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Afloat on the Ohio

Reuben Gold Thwaites · Travel_Writing · 13 章

目录

First day on the Ohio—At Logstown.The Big Grave—Washington, and Round Bottom—A lazy man's Paradise—Captina Creek—George Rogers Clark at Fish Creek—Southern types.Cliff-dwellers on Long Bottom—Pomeroy Bend—Letart's Island and Rapids—Game in the early day—Rainy weather—In a "cracker" home.The Scioto, and the Shawanese—A night at Rome—Limestone—Keels, flats, and boatmen of the olden time.New Switzerland—An old-time river pilot—Houseboat life, on the lower reaches—A philosopher in rags—Wooded solitudes—Arrival at Louisville.Fishermen's tales—Skiff nomenclature—Green River—Evansville—Henderson—Audubon and Rafinesque—Floating trade—The Wabash.Historical outline of Ohio Valley settlement.INDEX.Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE