and horses. Besides the buildings above mentioned, she owns a number of
houses that are occupied by tenants, who work her flats upon shares. Her
dwelling, is about one hundred rods north of the Great Slide, a curiosity
that, will be described in its proper place, on the west side of the
Genesee river.

Mrs. Jemison, appeared sensible of her ignorance of the manners of the
white people, and for that reason, was not familiar, except with those
with whom she was intimately acquainted. In fact she was (to appearance)
so jealous of her rights, or that she should say something that would be
injurious to herself or family, that if Mr. Clute had not been present, we
should have been unable to have obtained her history. She, however, soon
became free and unembarrassed in her conversation, and spoke with degree
of mildness, candor and simplicity, that is calculated to remove all
doubts as to the veracity of the speaker. The vices of the Indians, she
appeared disposed not to aggravate, and seemed to take pride in extoling
their virtues. A kind of family pride inclined her to withhold whatever
would blot the character of her descendants, and perhaps induced her to
keep back many things that would have been interesting.

For the life of her last husband, we are indebted to her cousin, Mr.
George Jemison, to whom she referred us for information on that subject
generally. The thoughts of his deeds, probably chilled her old heart, and
made her dread to rehearse them, and at the same time she well knew they
were no secret, for she had frequently heard him relate the whole, not
only to her cousin, but to others.

Before she left us she was very sociable, and she resumed her naturally
pleasant countenance, enlivened with a smile.