This book will be a compelling read for anybody who wants to begin to understand the movement of white European settlement into the northwest region of our state.  Particularly compelling is the description of the survey camp at the mouth of Anderson Creek and plans for surveys over the divide into the westward flow of Sandy Lick Creek.  Forcey shares his research of the records of the Holland Land Company and the letters exchanged by the first survey parties who explored and mapped the much of the area that we now refer to as, “Pennsylvania Wilds,”  from Bald Eagle Creek to Mile’s cabin, then by horseback over the Chincleclamousche Trail to Anderson Creek and beyond.  The letters reveal the influence that Seneca Chief Cornplanter had and how relations between the parties developed.  The book is a treasure trove of information of our early history.