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the above glades I lodged this night, with no other shelter or cover than my cloak. & was unlucky enough to have a heavy shower of Rain. . . 26th. . . passing along a small path . . loaded with Water . . we had an uncomfortable travel to one Charles friends[1] about 10 Miles. . . A Mile before I came to Friends, I crossed the great Branch of Yohiogany. . . Friend . . is a great Hunter. . . From Friends I passed by a spring (distant 3 Miles) called Archy's from a Man of that name—crossed
- ↑ The Friends were the earliest pioneers of Garrett County, John Friend coming in 1760 bringing six sons among whom was this Charles. The sons scattered about through the valley of the Youghiogheny, Charles settling near the mouth of Sang Run, which cuts through Winding Ridge Mountain and joins the Youghiogheny about fifteen miles due north from Oakland. Washington, moving eastward on McCulloch's Path probably passed through this gap in Winding Ridge. A present-day road runs parallel with Winding Ridge from Friendsville (named from this pioneer family) southward to near Altamont, which route seems to have been that pursued by McCulloch's Path. See Scharf's History of Western Maryland, vol. ii, p. 1518; Atlas of Maryland (Baltimore, 1873), pp. 47–48; War Atlas 1861–65, House Miscellaneous Documents, vol. iv, part 2, No. 261, 52d Cong. 1st Sess. 1891–92, Plate cxxxvi.
