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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... entirely unac- quainted with the country round him . He never went west , because he had no business ; on the cast , he was bounded by the mountain , which he was deter- mined never to ascend ; and on his right and left was a wilderness ...
... entirely unac- quainted with the country round him . He never went west , because he had no business ; on the cast , he was bounded by the mountain , which he was deter- mined never to ascend ; and on his right and left was a wilderness ...
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... entirely annihilated , if they were not capable of subsisting in places almost inaccessible to man . The small number that remain , frequent the moun tains : their desire for the water of the saline springs however , occasionally brings ...
... entirely annihilated , if they were not capable of subsisting in places almost inaccessible to man . The small number that remain , frequent the moun tains : their desire for the water of the saline springs however , occasionally brings ...
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... entirely removed . These improvements , together with many others that might be enumerated , must undoubtedly , sooner or later , be carried into effect , as they are a national concern of the first importance . In the mean time , some ...
... entirely removed . These improvements , together with many others that might be enumerated , must undoubtedly , sooner or later , be carried into effect , as they are a national concern of the first importance . In the mean time , some ...
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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