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half a mile below. It is avoided by keeping very close 

 to the bank, on the south side. There are but a few 

 miles j)ortage between a branch of this river and the 

 navigable waters of the river Mobile, which runs into 

 the Gulf of Mexico. 



Cumberland^ or Shawanee river, intersects the bound- 

 ary between Virginia and North Carolina (J7 miles from 

 the Mississippi, and again 198 miles from the same riv- 

 er, a little above the entrance of Obey's river, into the 

 Cumberland. Its clear fork crosses the same bounda- 

 ry about 300 miles from the Mississippi. Cumberland 

 is a very gentle stream, navigable for loaded batteaux 

 800 miles, without interruption ; then intervenes some 

 rapids of 15 n)iles in length, after which it is again na- 

 vigable 70 miles upwards, which brings you within 10 

 miles of the Cumberland mountains. It is about 120 

 yards wide through its whole course, from the head of 

 its navigation to its mouth. 



The IVabnsh is a very beautiful river, 400 yards wide 

 at the mouth, and 300 at St Vincennes, which is a post 

 100 miles above the mouth, in a direct line. Within 

 this space there are two small rapids, which give very 

 little obstruction to the navigation. It is 400 yards 

 wide at the mouth, and navigable 30 leagues upwards 

 for canoes and small boats. From the mouth of Maple 

 river to that of Eel river is about 80 miles in a direct 

 line, the river continuing navigable, and from one to 

 two hundred yards in width. The Eel river is 150 

 yards wide, and affords at all times navigation for pe- 

 riaguas, to within 18 miles of the Miami of the Lake. 

 The Wabash, from the mouth of Eel river to Little 

 river, a distance of 50 miles direct, is interrupted with 

 frequent rapids and shoals, which obstruct the naviga- 

 tion except in a swell. Little river affords navigation, 

 during a swell to within 3 miles of the Miami, which 

 thence affords a similar navigation into Lake Erie, 100 

 miles distant in a direct line. The Wabash overflows 

 periodically in correspondence with the Ohio, and in 

 some places two leagues from its banks. 



Green river is navigable for loaded batteaux at all 



