THREE DAYS ON THE OHIO RIVER.
BY FATHER WILLIAM.
New-York:
PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PHILLIPS.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 200 MULBERRY-STREET.
1854.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by
CARLTON & PHILLIPS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern
District of New-York.
[Illustration: A WESTERN STEAMBOAT. See page 9.]
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I.--PRELIMINARY REMARKS 7
II.--THE STEAMBOAT 9
III.--BEGINNING THE VOYAGE 14
IV.--SAILING UP THE RIVER 17
V.--MAYSVILLE 19
VI.--IN THE CABIN 22
VII.--THE FOUR INDIANS 26
VIII.--THE COAL COUNTRY 30
IX.--THE VARIETY OF FACES 38
X.--BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND 43
XI.--THE ANCIENT MOUNDS 46
XII.--A SUSPENSION BRIDGE 49
XIII.--LOGAN, THE MINGO CHIEF 52
XIV.--THIRD NIGHT ON THE RIVER 54
XV.--ARRIVAL AT PITTSBURG, WITH REFLECTIONS 56
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A WESTERN STEAMBOAT 2
POMEROY COAL-MINES 35
THREE DAYS ON THE OHIO.
CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
I was once in the city of Cincinnati, and wished to go to Pittsburg by
way of the river. Not that this was the nearest way, or the swiftest, or
the cheapest; but I desired very much to see the country through which
the river runs: for, as I had read in the histories of the United
States, and particularly in the accounts of our wars with the Indians,
much about the Ohio River, with many of its towns and villages, my
curiosity was very active; and I was determined to behold it.
It was Monday, the 29th of March, and a most lovely morning, too, when
I went on board the steamboat Pittsburg, bound for the city of the same
name. I was careful to set out early in the week, so as, if possible, to
reach Pittsburg before Sunday.