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 65
... visited by peri- odical diseases . Slavery also reigned here ; and consequently tyranny , sloth , avarice , and licentiousness . He had now visited the whole of set- tled America ; and at length awoke from those dreams in which he had ...
... visited by peri- odical diseases . Slavery also reigned here ; and consequently tyranny , sloth , avarice , and licentiousness . He had now visited the whole of set- tled America ; and at length awoke from those dreams in which he had ...
Page 196
... visited their unsuspecting friends , who sold them their possessions in cx- change for this poison and trumpery , and by degrees , retired from their favorite waters into the bosom of the deepest woods . So ignorant were they of the ...
... visited their unsuspecting friends , who sold them their possessions in cx- change for this poison and trumpery , and by degrees , retired from their favorite waters into the bosom of the deepest woods . So ignorant were they of the ...
Page 235
... visited the theatre of the late effervescence , and found but one person stretched on the ground . I was proceeding to express some apprehension , when my host ex- claimed " Oh ! it is Mr. - , he is only drunk , he will remain here qui ...
... visited the theatre of the late effervescence , and found but one person stretched on the ground . I was proceeding to express some apprehension , when my host ex- claimed " Oh ! it is Mr. - , he is only drunk , he will remain here qui ...
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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