Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1994 - Mississippi River Valley |
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Page 112
... cast - iron . salt - pans , Indian corn , whiskey , -in short every thing but what I wanted , which was money . The highest offer made , was cast - iron salt - pans to the amount of a hundred and thirty dol- lars . I asked the ...
... cast - iron . salt - pans , Indian corn , whiskey , -in short every thing but what I wanted , which was money . The highest offer made , was cast - iron salt - pans to the amount of a hundred and thirty dol- lars . I asked the ...
Page 164
... cast by parts of Pennsylvania , Con- necticut , and New York . f Peas །། treads The left - hand side of the Ohio is bounded by Pennsylvania , Virginia , and Kentuckey ; and these provinces , or their proper proportion , are bounded on ...
... cast by parts of Pennsylvania , Con- necticut , and New York . f Peas །། treads The left - hand side of the Ohio is bounded by Pennsylvania , Virginia , and Kentuckey ; and these provinces , or their proper proportion , are bounded on ...
Page 277
... cast a biscuit when I first began to work across the stream . At other times I have been greatly deceived , on mak- ing land at night , as to my opinion of the nearest bank , after taking the near- est for the most distant ; and after ...
... cast a biscuit when I first began to work across the stream . At other times I have been greatly deceived , on mak- ing land at night , as to my opinion of the nearest bank , after taking the near- est for the most distant ; and after ...
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acre Alleghany Alleghany mountains America animals appeared arrived banks beasts beautiful boat bounded Brownsville bushels cach called cast channel character Charlestown Cheat river climate colour Congress Lands consequence considerable corn creek Cuff cultivated dæmon danger delight descend distance dollars emigrants feet fire Grape Island ground head hills hour hundred miles imitative powers immense Indian inhabitants interesting island Kentuckey lakes LETTER Long Reach manner Marietta ment mind Monongahela Monongahela river moun mountains mouth Muskingum nature navigation nearly neighbourhood never night North-West Territory oars Ohio Ohio country Ohio river passed Pennsylvania perceive persons Philadelphia Pittsburg plains posed possess principles racter remains ripples rise river road sassafras settlements settlers shew shore side situated spring stone stream surface tains thousand timber tion town TRAVELS trees valley variety Virginia visited Wheeling wild turkeys woods