LETTER I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI.
Numerous typographical errorshave been corrected.—Etext transcriber.
A SUMMER JOURNEY IN THE WEST.
A
SUMMER JOURNEY
BY
Mrs. STEELE.
NEW-YORK.
PUBLISHED BY JOHN S. TAYLOR,
145 Nassau Street.
SUMMER JOURNEY IN THE WEST.
BY MRS. STEELE,
AUTHOR OF HEROINES OF SACRED HISTORY.
NEW YORK:
JOHN S. TAYLOR, AND CO.
(Brick Church Chapel, 145 Nassau-St.)
1841.
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by
JOHN S.
TAYLOR & CO.
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
PREFACE.
This little book assumes to be nothing more than a note book of all thatpassed before the observation of the author, during a summer tour offour thousand miles, through the great lakes; the prairies of Illinois;the rivers Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio; and over the Alleghanymountains to New York. Since she has been ‘urged by friends to print,’the author has added to her notes and letters, some little informationregarding the western States, in hopes her book may be of use to futuretourists and emigrants, who will here find an account of the distances,prices, and conveyances, throughout the author’s route. Anxious to guardagainst errors, information acquired upon the road, has been comparedwith the best Gazeteers. Accuracy, in a newly settled country, isdifficult, and accounts differ much; still the author trusts thetraveller who may honor her by taking her book for his guide, will notbe far mis-led.
New York, May, 1841.
A SUMMER JOURNEY.
LETTER I.
June 14th, 1840.
My dear E.—The variety of scenes which have passed before my eyessince I last beheld you, and the crowd of new ideas acquired thereby,have not obliterated your Shaksperian adieu from my mind:
Some rare note-worthy object in thy travels,”
were your last words—in consequence of this desire, I hereby send youall I deem note-worthy. With what delight did I find myself once moreupon the Hudson! Although so often seen, to me it is still lovely, for