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Show 2~2 EMIGHANT'S GUIDE. anJ, winding through a very hilly country, falls into the Ohio river a~ Troy, after a course of about eighty miles in a southeast direction. This river has two· considerable falls, wHch by auruptly precipi tating the volume of water to nearly a level with that in the Ohio, renders this small stream the greatest distance navigable, comparatively with its length, of any stream in the state of Ohio. Muskmgum river,-the most extensive river whose entire ~ources and cour~e are in the state; its extreme north sources are in Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties, interlocking with the heaJ waters of Huron, Vermilion~ Black, Rocky, and Cuyahoga river~, which fall into lake Erie. The lVluskingum is formed by the union of "\V"hite Vvoman's and Tuskarowas rivers, at the town of Coshocton, in Coshocton county. rVhite Woman's river, is itself formed by the junction of Owl and Moh can creeks, a few miles above the town of Coshocton. Owl creek rises in the southwest corner of Richland and Mohecan, in the centre of Richland and the western part of Wayne county, by two ]arge creeks, which join in the southwest corner of the latter; the united streams llow south into Knox, through which it ranges twelve miles, turns southeast into Coshocton counf.y, quickly joins with ()wl creek, and forms White Woman's river. Killbuck creek rises in .Medina county, and aftt>r a southern course of abottt sixty miles through Medina, Wayne, and Co. bocton counties, falls into \'Tbite Woman's river six mileR northwest of the town of Coshocton. '.l.'usca?'a'!QJas river. The nurth branch of this stream, Indian creek, rises in the Medina county, and pursuing a SOtlthea t course of twenty ... Eve rniles, through Medina, W <iyne, and S ark counties, then, within the latter, bends to the south, and continues that direction thil'ty· five mile , to near the centre of Tuscarawas county, where it turns wrst· southwest, and after following that eourse thirty miles, joins vVhite Woman's, and forms the Muskingum river; the entire length of the Tuscarawas is nearly eighty-five miles. By a very circuitous channel of upwards of one hundred miles, below the jund ion of White W omau's and Tuscarawas nvers, the 1\f u:;kingum fails into the Ohio rivet at Marietta, having only received, in this latter distance, one creek worthy particular notice, tbat is, Licking creek, from the county of the same name, a small stream of about thirty miles in lenglh. The Muskingum is navigable to the town of Coshocton for batteaut o~ considerable size ; smaller vessel ascend its tributary streams, at }JJgh water, forty or fifty miles higher. At Zanesville, near the mouth of Licking creek, the lHuc.:kin ru~ is obstructed J.:,y considerable falls. A company was incorporated in 1814, to construct lock navigatio11 aro_und these falls; the operations of the company are commenced; est1mated expense, one lJUnured thousand Jollars. A remark maue respecting the couutry w ~ttered by the Sciota, is e~ually applicable to that of the Mu ~ kingum, that of becoming more hilly as the Ohio river is approach<' U. The region watered by the Tuscarawas is al ·o much more broken than that of w· dt Woman's river. The current of the Muskingmn and all its branches is very rapid. EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. 223 Some of fhe best land in the state is upoQ this river; the country ·watered hy it has considerable resemblance to the western parts of Pennsylvania. The peninsula included between the Ohio and Muskingum rivers is far the mu t broken part of the state of Ohio. In this tract limestone and mineral coal abound. No streams of any cousiderable consequence enter the Ohio river from either bank, between Big Beaver and Muskingum, a di ·tance of upwards of one hundred miles. The Munengehela and Muskingum rivers flows nearly parallel to each other, though in oppo~ite directions, and pre~erve very nearly an equal oi stance from the Ohio, about forty miles ; the intermediate spaces extremely broken. B'ig Beaver rises partly in the state of Ohio, but its mouth is in Pennsylvania : that part of this stream, Mahoning creek, which rises in the state of Ohio, bas its source in Portage county, flows east iflto Trumbull, in which latter county, at the town of \.Yarren, it turns southeast, which course it pursues until passing the line of demarkation between the two states, it leaves Ohio and enters Pennsylvania a s~ort distance within which it faJis into the Ohio river at the tow~ of Beaver, 'I'he llividing line between the waters which flow into the Ohio river, from those which enlH Lake Erie winds through Ashtabula, Trumbull, Portage, Medrna, and R1chland counties. LeavinO' the white settlements, this line runs through the Indian country, first west between the head waters of the Sciota and au Glaize rivers then turning southwest between the sources of the Maumee and Miami, ~nters the state of. Judiana. Thi_s dividing line, in nearly all its range m the state of Ohw, traverses h1gh table lanu, some parts of which are marshy, none very hilly. The line after leaving Pennsylvania, gradually declines from Lake Erie, in such manner that the rivers that enter that lake, have a nearly regular increase of length, advancing through the state of Ohio from northea .. t to sotilthwest. The most remark~ b_le of these lake streams, are, the Maumee, Sandusky, Huron. Verm~lwn, Black, Rocky, Cayahoga, Chagrine, Grand, and Ashtabula nvers. Maumee river rises in the Indian country, near Fort Loramie, fl~n·s first, by the nam~ of ~t. Mary's river, southwest thirty-five m1les, enters the state of lnchana, thence turus west thirty miles again _enters Ohi~, and_ assuming a northeastern course, runs twenty~ five miles and unttes w1th the au Glaize river, and now assuming the !1 ~me of Maumee, continues N. E. seventy five miles to Lake Erie. I he au Glaize river rises near the sources of the St. Mary's, but flows very nearly west forty miles, receives BlancharJ's fork and };euty miles farther jo_ins the St._ 1\!ary. The Maumee is navigable om the border of Jnd1ana to w1thm a short distance of its mouth wb ere 1·t I·s ob structed by falls and rapids. The lands are represent-' ed to be extremely fertile which are watered by this stream; much of the surface is however either prairie or marshy. An immense sw amp 1I' es be tween the Maumee and Sandusky, aud reaches nearly !~~he au ~laize r~ve~. T~1e entire length of the Maumee, exclusive Its particular wmdmgs, 1s one hundred and sixty-five miles. |