 The group experienced hardship over the next few months , including wet weather and a shortage of food . Hudson traveled back up the Cuyahoga to Cleaveland in an attempt to buy food . " The weather was exceeding wet and very cold , and I experienced the most uncomfortable night I ever felt " , he wrote in his journal . When Hudson returned to Cleaveland , he found few settlers and no food to spare . He continued east on Lake Erie to the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek , a stream in Western New York . There , Hudson obtained food and brought it back to the settlement . 
