Three Days on the Ohio River
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Alcott tells about his observations of the people of different ethnicities he witnessed during the trip. He includes fascinating descriptions of the place and takes the readers on a journey with him through his skillful imagery.
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Three Days on the Ohio River - William A Alcott
William A. Alcott
Three Days on the Ohio River
Published by Good Press, 2022
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EAN 4064066124274
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
CHAPTER II. THE STEAMBOAT.
CHAPTER III. BEGINNING THE VOYAGE.
CHAPTER IV. SAILING UP THE RIVER.
CHAPTER V. MAYSVILLE.
CHAPTER VI. IN THE CABIN.
CHAPTER VII. THE FOUR INDIANS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE COAL COUNTRY.
CHAPTER IX. THE VARIETY OF FACES.
CHAPTER X. BLENNERHASSETT'S ISLAND.
CHAPTER XI. THE ANCIENT MOUNDS.
CHAPTER XII. A SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
CHAPTER XIII. LOGAN, THE MINGO CHIEF.
CHAPTER XIV. THIRD NIGHT ON THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XV. ARRIVAL AT PITTSBURG, WITH REFLECTIONS.
CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
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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.
CHAPTER II. THE STEAMBOAT.
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Were you ever on board a Western river steamboat? As some of you may not have had the opportunity, I will give you a short account of one.
Some of these boats are very large indeed. They would seem to you like a little world of themselves.
The Pittsburg is about two hundred and eighty feet in length by sixty in breadth. This boat, if placed in a field, would cover nearly half an acre of land.
These boats are high as well as long. Besides the hold, as they call it—a kind of cellar into which they stow away much of their heavy freight—they have two or three