OF

NORTHERN NEW YORK

AND THE

ADIRONDACK WILDERNESS:

INCLUDING

TRADITIONS OF THE INDIANS, EARLY EXPLORERS,
PIONEER SETTLERS, HERMIT HUNTERS, &c.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1877, by

NATHANIEL BARTLETT SYLVESTER,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

EDWARD GREEN,

PRINTER, TROY.

TO THE MEMORY

OF

My Only Brothers,

AN ELDER AND A YOUNGER,

WHO, IN THEIR EARLY MANHOOD,

BOTH DIED THE SAME YEAR,

THIS VOLUME

IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.