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AFLOAT ON THE OHIO

Afloat on the Ohio

AN HISTORICAL PILGRIMAGE,

OF A THOUSAND MILES IN A

SKIFF, FROM REDSTONE TO

CAIRO

BY

REUBEN GOLD THWAITES

Secretary of the State Historical Society of

Wisconsin, Editor of "The Jesuit Relations,"

Author of "The Colonies,

1492-1750," "Historic Waterways,"

"The Story of Wisconsin,"

"Our Cycling

Tour in England,"

etc., etc.

 

 

 

CHICAGO
WAY & WILLIAMS
1897

COPYRIGHT

BY REUBEN GOLD THWAITES

A.D., 1897

[pg v]

 

 

To
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, Ph. D.,

Professor of American History in the University of

Wisconsin, who loves his native West

and with rare insight and gift of phrase

interprets her story,

this Log of the "Pilgrim" is cordially inscribed.

[pg vi]

[pg vii]

CONTENTS.

Preface. xi

Chapter I.

On the Monongahela—The over-mountain path—RedstoneOld Fort—The Youghiogheny—Braddock's defeat. 1

Chapter II.

First day on the Ohio—At Logstown. 22

Chapter III.

Shingis Old Town—The dynamiter—Yellow Creek.

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