48 HISTORY OF OHIO. 



are lono- and numerous; hence its Indian name, Seeyo toh! 

 '' Greatleo-s." On the east side of it, empty into it, the Little 

 Scioto, Olentangy, Gahannah, or Big Walnut, Little Walnut, 

 and Salt creeks. On the west side, are Rush creek, Mill 

 creek, Boke's creek, Darby, Deer and Paint creeks, and these 

 are all " longlegs,'''' for their size. They all rise in a compar- 

 atively level and alluvial country, except Salt creek. 



Where they rise, and also where they flow, the surface of 

 the country, is either level, or very gently undulating. The 

 soil, where these branches rise and run, is as fertile as any 

 can be in the world, producing maize, grass, and grain of all 

 the kinds which arc cultivated in this state. At Chillicothe, 

 the Scioto, enters the hilly, sandstone region, and passes through 

 it, to the Ohio river, in a valley, of several miles in width. 

 Above Chillicothe, the Scioto spreads its branches, like the 

 frame work of a fan fully expanded, forming a semicircle, of 

 about seventy miles in diameter at its upper extremity. The 

 Scioto may be estimated by the contents of the surface of its 

 vallev. It is one hundred and thirty miles in a direct line, 

 from its summit to its mouth, at Pourtsmouth. Its breadth 

 from east to west, will average seventy miles. From the town 

 of Delaware, to Chillicothe, a distance of seventy miles, from 

 north to south, in the summer months, the traveler sees the 

 most beautiful country, in Ohio. It is a perfect paradise, wav- 

 ing with grass and and grain as far as his eye can see. The 

 country is animated by a people, living either in beautiful towns, 

 or along the road side on farms. Sometimes are presented to 

 view, large droves of cattle, horses and hogs. From Delaware 

 to Columbus, the road runs near the Olentangy. From Colum- 

 bus downwards, the traveler almost every where sees the canal, 

 with its boats, he hears the sound of their horns, and sees the 

 * Scioto winding its way along to the Ohio river. TTiis is the 

 Scioto country, famed, in all time, since man dwelt on its 

 surface, for its beauty and fertility. That ancient race of 

 men, who were the earliest inhabitants, dwelt here in greater 

 numbers, than any where else, in the western states. The 

 Indians of the present race, preferred this country, to any other, 



