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 iii
... navigation - its obstructions might easily be removed - Advice to persons wishing to descend the Ohio . LETTER IX . Proper season to descend the Ohio - a Monongahela , or Ken- tucky boat described - Confluence of the Monongahela und ...
... navigation - its obstructions might easily be removed - Advice to persons wishing to descend the Ohio . LETTER IX . Proper season to descend the Ohio - a Monongahela , or Ken- tucky boat described - Confluence of the Monongahela und ...
Page iv
... Navigation from Charles- town to Wheeling this port - town described - its origin- sketch of the inhabitants and their propensities - a Virginian horse - race - a boxing - match - A ball and supper - the se- quel - a pathetic story ...
... Navigation from Charles- town to Wheeling this port - town described - its origin- sketch of the inhabitants and their propensities - a Virginian horse - race - a boxing - match - A ball and supper - the se- quel - a pathetic story ...
Page 150
... navigation , and which I have collected from the most experienced watermen , will be found useful to those who may hereafter pro- pose descending the river , and who are unacquainted both as to the manner this voyage is to he undertaken ...
... navigation , and which I have collected from the most experienced watermen , will be found useful to those who may hereafter pro- pose descending the river , and who are unacquainted both as to the manner this voyage is to he undertaken ...
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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