Excerpt from Topographical Description of the State of Ohio, Indiana Territory, and Louisiana: Comprehending the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Their Principal Tributary Streams: The Face of the Country, Soils, Waters, Natural Productions, Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral; Towns, Villages, Settlements and Improvements: And a Concise Account of The The writer of the following Sheets, duing a residence in the western country for many years, has had occasion to visit several parts, to travel'over a large portion of the State of Ohio, in different directions, and to descend the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, as far as New Orleans. In these excur sions, opportunities continually occurred for observing, and collecting information respecting, those objects which are inter esting to adventurers into a new country, and Which may be gratifying to the curios ity of others. Minutes were made of the face of the country, soil, waters, natural productions, and of whatever appeared worthy of particular notice; either from his own observation, or from the informa tion of others which he had reason to be lieve was authentic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.