Lewis James Heatwole

“ All floating craft in the shape of rafts, skiffs, boats, and other vessels went gliding down the beautiful stream, all laden with unfortunate people who with their bundles, boxes, and chests were carrying with them the few things they still possessed. ”

“ When finally the poor wanderers reached the beautiful Schoharie, they had nothing to live on, and they would in all probability have starved, had not the Indians taken pity on them and provided them with game until the disappearance of the snow and the coming of spring. ”

“ It was found that the government did not have ships enough to transport so great a multitude, when by the beginning of winter, the miseries of the waiting multitude became constantly greater, which in consequence caused the death of about a thousand persons. ”