Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Volume 4Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 - Mississippi River Valley |
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acres Allegheny American appearance bank Baton Rouge Bayau beautiful boat bottom breakfast brick Brunot's island cabin called CHAP Chickasaw Bluffs Chilicothe cotton court house CRAMER creek crossed cultivated Cumberland river Cuming Cuming's distance dollars farm feet ferry fifty five miles Fort Adams Fort Pickering four miles French half a mile half past handsome hills hilly horse hundred Indian inhabitants island Kentucky Lancaster land Lexington Licking Maysville mile long miles further miles lower mill Mississippi territory morning mountains mouth musquitoes Natchez Navigator night o'clock Ohio opposite Orleans passed Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pinckneyville Pittsburgh plain plantation pleasant Point Pleasant proceeded publick quarter ridge river road salt scite settled settlement shore side situation soil stone stopped street supper tavern thirty three miles tion town trees Virginia walked Washington West West Florida western Wheeling Wheeling creek whence whiskey woods yards wide Zanesville
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