CHAP. I.—Departure from Philadelphia. Geological remarks. Route through Harrisburgh and Carlisle to Cammel's town. Loudon, and the adjacent mountain scenery. The North Mountain. Cove Mountain. Passage of the Juniata, and surrounding scenery. Bedford. Organic remains. The Alleghany Ridge. Stoy's-town. First indications of bituminous coal. Laurel Mountain. Greensburgh. Arrival at Pittsburgh; manufactures; scenery, and peculiar character of its coal-mines.
CHAP. II.—Departure from Pittsburgh. Autumnal scenery.
Georgetown. The unfortunate emigrant. Steubenville. Picturesque
scenery. Wheeling. Little Grave creek, and the Great
Mound. Other aboriginal remains. Marietta. Belpré settlement.
Other ancient remains. Coal. Galliopolis. Ancient level of the
alluvial forest. Misletoe. Aboriginal remains. Big Sandy creek,
and commencement of Cane-land. Corn-husking. Salt creek.
Maysville. Organic remains. Cincinnati. Lawrenceburgh. The
French emigrant. Vevay. Madison. Louisville. Prevalence of
particular winds on the Ohio. Falls of the Ohio.
CHAP. III.—Departure from Shippingsport. Velocity of the
current. Troy. Owensville. Indigence of the hunting emigrants.
Mounds. Evansville. The Diamond island. Shawneetown.
Grandeur of the river, and the uncultivated state of the surrounding
country. Fort Massac. Arrival at the mouth of the Ohio. Delayed
by the ice of the Mississippi. {x} A visit from the Delaware
and Shawnee Indians. Observations on their mutual jealousy and
improvidence.
CHAP. IV.—Embark amidst the ice of the Mississippi. Run
aground on Wolf's island in attempting to land. Relieved from this
situation, but find ourselves again involved in it, and are imposed
upon by the extortion of a neighbouring voyager. Pass the Iron
banks. Cypress. Solitude of the country. New Madrid. Oscillations
of the earth still frequent. Point Pleasant. Vestiges of the
great earthquake. The Little Prairie settlement almost destroyed by
it. The Canadian reach. A dangerous and difficult pass of the
river. The first Chickasaw Bluffs. Additional danger and uncer-
