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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For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity Thomas Ashe. LETTER V. Morgantown The Monongahela River - Cheat River and ...
For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity Thomas Ashe. LETTER V. Morgantown The Monongahela River - Cheat River and ...
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... river afforded few ob- jects for the mental amusement . The contraction of the river , the height of its boundaries crowned with stately trees , and the inaccessibility of its sur- face to the direct rays of light , give it a solemn and ...
... river afforded few ob- jects for the mental amusement . The contraction of the river , the height of its boundaries crowned with stately trees , and the inaccessibility of its sur- face to the direct rays of light , give it a solemn and ...
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... river was the most accessible , and the most abundant in the curiosities and other objects of my research . The Muskin- gun is two hundred and eighty yards wide at its mouth , and two hundred yards at the lower Indian towns , one ...
... river was the most accessible , and the most abundant in the curiosities and other objects of my research . The Muskin- gun is two hundred and eighty yards wide at its mouth , and two hundred yards at the lower Indian towns , one ...
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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