Image: The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path, with some new annals of the Old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones (14594836028)

Description: Identifier: wildernesstrail02hann (find matches) Title: The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path, with some new annals of the Old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Hanna, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1863-1950 Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America Publisher: New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: about 60 perches over a rich bottomto the foot of a low, steep ridge, on the summit of which, near the declev-ity, stood the upper town, commanding a most agreeable prospect, overthe lower, and quite a cross the Ohio, which is about five hundred yardswide here, and, by its majestic, easy current, adds much to the beautyof the place. The road proceeds beyond Logstown at a small distance from theriver and in some parts in sight of it, through a fine country, interspersedwith hills and rich valleys, watered by many rivulets and covered withstately timber, to Big beaver creek, 25 miles and a half and 56 perchesfrom fort Pitt, and 8 miles from Loggstown. This creek is twenty perches wide, the ford stony and pretty deep.It runs through a rich vale, with a tolerable strong current, its bankshigh, the upland adjoining it very good, the timber tall and young. About a mile below its confluence with the Ohio stood formerly alarge town, on a high steep bank, built by the French, of square loggs, Text Appearing After Image: u +-> pj 3 O U o r/i id A Wh O Pi 0 U +-> o o >1 a cd cj — ^S hJ 0) r-t- ,d V£> t^. a >i in c^ in oo a; .d 3 a o W £ rn crt a o ^ H Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path, with some new annals of the Old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones (14594836028)
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Author: Hanna, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1863-1950
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