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Show .. , 220 El\HGRAr rr'S uUIDE. from the mouth of Big Sandy to that of t 1e Great :Miami, tlH~ Ollie, river se paratf·; the state of Kentucky from tbe state of Ohio. \Vhcre it washes the state of Ol1io, the river forms an immense bend; prese nting its convexity into Virginia a 1d K ntucky. Oppositt~ the former tLP general course is nearly outhwest ; but uelow the mouth of hig S<lndy the Ohio turns to northwest by west, nearly wh ell course it maintainb o the mouth of the Great Miami. There are many parti al bend that aJd to the varieties of this beautiful s r<'arn. ·That pa rt of Ohio river ·which we are now describing, contains the most pleasing part of its !'Cenery, and the most fertile of ita sbores. It is iu reality difficult to concei ve of any river of the world winding through a va ley m0re ricb in the bounties of nature, or more clf'gant ly cheque red with hill and dale. Many picturesque islands conlri lm te to gi ve relief to this delightful canvass. In a distance of upwards of four hun dred miles not one bend of the river but twha' pre ents a nP-w lauusc· pe entirely different from that of any other. The bottoms are from a quarter to a mile wide, having generally a fH rceptible slope backwards to tbe base of the hills. The soil is uniformly fert ile in a high degree, producing, iu great abundance, wheat, maize, rye, oat~, barley, and indP.ed every product necessary to human ubsi, tence that the climate will admit. Frulls art also produced in great quantity and of excellent quality, particularly app lt~s and peaebes. The Ohio bottoms are supposed to prod uce the latter fruit in greater degree of perfection than any glher part of North America hitherto peopled by the whites. These bot tom~ have been also considert•d the favourite soil of maize; that rrram does indeed reach in this rich loam the utmost developement of its growth Then~ are upon the margin of the Ohio, often two, and someCmes thre , bottoms, ri. ing oue above another by elevations of 20 or 30 fett. Tile soil of the highest and lowest Jo .s nut J itTer materially, and thOUf:,h extremely fertile, wheat SUCceeUS perfectly well U}JOB all. For a few years after be ing first ch ared from wood, wheat is apt to grow loo heavy in the straw and fall before becoming r'pe · bu1 four or five years culture removes tbis exuberance, anu wl!ea. comes to full perfection. 'J'brs favourable represctltation of the lands upon the Ohio must ha confined to the bottoms of thot river; tire mo ... t hilly aud broken part oft e !'tate uf Ohio is that part irr,medtately contiguous to the river. Tbe~e hiH~ are rich in mineral coal. which have been tound in a great numb rot' 1daces, and no Joubt exists in the entire range of hills that ski rt the Obio in al' the extent of tbe st<l te. Iron ore h::~s also been uiscoverc"! w several places. Those bills are in their natural state c.overed wrth a uense forest, composed of a great variety of val uable ttmber trees ; and among~t others the various species of ot1ks, poplar~ ash,. elm, linden, and maples, may L>e con::sidered the most pre~ dor tna~t. Sugar n1 aple 1s in man)' parts very abundant, large and proJucl1ve. ~ re~t M i~m i.' rise." in the Indian country by two branches, which umte m l\i1amt countv. The united ~tl·eams flow south throug~ w . EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. 221 Miami and Montgou1c->ry counties, enters the northeast corner of But~ ler, through which and Hamilton conntres it continues iu a sou thwest by. outh course to its juncti m with Ohio river 39° 04' north Iat 7,0 35' w.e t .l<~n. from \Vashington city. The e'ntire length of th~ (nc<lt M1amr Jil about 130 miles, aho\.·e 100 of which are in the sett]() rnen!s. Several ~)rancbe~ fall into this river; the White water and Suutl1west br:mch from the wrst, and I\1; J river from the east. The twu htter enter the Great Miami a sho rt di:;tance above the town of V_:::yton , 75 mil s ab~Jve tnc mouth ; tbus fa r the river is na,•iaable. L1ke all tl c ~alcrs ot th P- slate of Ohio which flow iuto Ohio river thf:'. current ·A the• Grent l\' i<tmi is excess iv~ly rJpid ; a, is alsn tha t of all Jts brand_te:'i. This tr.ait iu t le natur;d hi, tory of tho,P rivers arises frum the L}Utc \: d ~ ;:)cenl trom the high table la11d in the centre 0 f the stn tc. Little .'l1iami. The main branch of this stream rises in Green cour~ty, thr u~~l which anJ \Varren county it flows in a southwest directi•. Jn, II en , lc, t\'\relve miles, forms the Jim·t b •tween Hamilton and ~ lennont counties, receives a branch from the ea tward and cmtors the torlller .cou.u ty, .aud ~Iter tra\'e;:r ing it surfnce eight miles, falls into th.c <?hto SIX mrles auove the town of Cinciunati. The entire lcn crth ot tb s stream, by either branch, i!; ~1bout sixty rniJes in a direct li~e bu t rt :orc t!Jan twi c(J th :-t t djstanc<:> if I he meanders of the st ream ar~ pn rc..u (•J. Tht> riJ~IJl1~l of th1s river i · ve ry precipitous, affording an '.mmense number of ~ndl seAts; many of which are alre·-\dy impro\·ed. One Or' two p;_.pcr mills are already erected Oil its uanks. Sciota 1;r~·c r , risrs in the fnui_tila c_uun ~ry, north of Champaign county. I he country uut of wluch th s nver flows is morass · the he ~ J Granche:; iut ~rlock witiJ those of S:mdu<iky, au Glaize bran~b of Maumee, aud with th fl'c of the Gn·nt Mi :Hni. Whetstone river the nonhwest branch of Sciota, ri se-s in R · cbl;wJ county llows ove; the nor.tla~~n oblong ~f DeJa\ are county, tntt~rs the r'ndian country, wbrcb 1t tra verses m a southwest co ursf~, anu a~ain enttrs Delaware county .. Seven mile,. alollg tlJe lndj ;,n boundary line, from where tl at lrne IS passe<..! by tbe Wh~t ·tunc, it is int rsected by the Sciota • th~ two ~jvers flow a Jittle south of a.,t, nea rly p<HJllcl, upwards uf' t.hrrty miles, over the surface uf Delaware and Franklin counties, and fmally ~11ite at the town or Colu mbn-, the seat of government for the state of Ohio. The united strt:> <Hrl::. form tile Sciota, which, pursuing nearly a south course u{ upwarJs of one lwuured miles throwrb ~:I:anklin, Pick~nvar, Hos,·, P1ke, ~ud Sciota counties, join· th~ ut;io rner.at the town of Purlbtll(Juth . fhe tributary . treams of the Sciota ar~ from the south·west, Paint creek, Deer creek, Dat by,s creek, and Mtll creek ; those from the southwe ... t are, Salt creek VVaJnut creek an~ Big-belly creek. ' ' d The S_ci~>ta is .an extremely rapid ri.ve r, but the ~tream falling gra-bually, It J .uav1gable t(! the town uf Columbus; towards its s urce t c co~ntry IS m~rs~1y, 1n the m 'JJlf' le\·el, though not absolutely flat, Wtth much fertile soil ; towarus the Ohio the country becomes very hilly anu broken. Hocklwcking river, rjses in Fair6eiJ county, near New Lancaster |