 Nevertheless , Hutchinson was not the first to see First Falls . The first known recorded sighting of the waterfall by a colonial was that of John William Adams , an emigrant of HMS Buffalo in early January 1837 , who named it " Adams ' Waterfall " . He was traveling with his wife , Susanna and a party consisting of Nicholson 's and Breaker 's who had the use of a dray to go into the hills . Adams states " we were opposite the spot where the Eagle on the Hill now is , and the question was put , who would volunteer to go down the hillside to try for water " . 
 Nevertheless , Hutchinson <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a>the first to see First Falls . The first known recorded sighting of the waterfall by a colonial was that of John William Adams , an emigrant of HMS Buffalo in early January 1837 , <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>named it " Adams <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'</mark></a>Waterfall " . He was traveling with his wife , Susanna and a party consisting of Nicholson <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>and Breaker <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a><a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>who</mark></a>had the use of a dray to go into the hills . Adams <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>states</mark></a> " we <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>were</mark></a> opposite the spot where the Eagle on the Hill now <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>is</mark></a>, and the question was put , <a href='null_relcl' title='11'><mark>who</mark></a>would volunteer to go down the hillside to try for water " . 
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