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North and South Trails, No. 4.

Name: Miami Trail.
Termini: The Miami valley and Virginia and Kentucky.
Route: Various branches north of the Ohio, from the valley of the Little Miami and Great Miami, converged on the Ohio and crossed near the mouth of the Licking river. Ran through Licking and Kentucky river valleys to watershed between the Green and Cumberland rivers. Branch took to watershed south of the Green river through the Cumberland mountains into the country of the Cherokees. Another branch joined the Scioto trail ("Warriors' Path") through Cumberland Gap.
Remarks: The route from the country of the Miamis southward to Kentucky and the Cherokees' country. Indian war path and route of many of the invasions from each side of the Ohio during the Revolutionary War. For map, see Filson's.