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 35
... thing worthy of mention struck my no- tice till I arrived within three miles of Pittsburg , when I descended into the beautiful vale which leads into that town . It was impossible to behold any thing TRAVELS IN more interesting than ...
... thing worthy of mention struck my no- tice till I arrived within three miles of Pittsburg , when I descended into the beautiful vale which leads into that town . It was impossible to behold any thing TRAVELS IN more interesting than ...
Page 112
... 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 proprietor of this heavy commodity , how much cash he would allow me instead ...
... 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 proprietor of this heavy commodity , how much cash he would allow me instead ...
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... thing considerable of ice remains . If at any time boats are obliged to bring to on account of the ice , great cir- cumspection should be used in the choice of a spot to lic in . places where the shore , There are many projecting to a ...
... thing considerable of ice remains . If at any time boats are obliged to bring to on account of the ice , great cir- cumspection should be used in the choice of a spot to lic in . places where the shore , There are many projecting to a ...
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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