REPRINT OF ORIGINAL TEXT 61 



340 and very winding, or about 400 english, miles. 

 It has 5 principal branches, Dick river. Black river, 

 &c. It overflows in the spring and is then navigable 

 even for Steam-Boats, &c. It has many rapids, but 

 no real fall. Its valley is deep and often narrow ; in 

 the narrows, the limestone cliffs are 300 feet high, 

 and very near each other, without any bottoms. It 

 had formerly a few small lakes and hilly islands. It 

 empties at Port William. Former name Cuttawa. 



15. Salt River. Flows in Kentucky, rises in 

 the knobby hills, course N. W. 80 miles long, nat- 

 ural course winding about 140 miles, or 160 english 

 miles. It is partly navigable and has many branches. 

 It empties at Adamsville. 



16. Green River. It rises in Kentucky, in the 

 knobby hills, which are spurs of the Cumberland 

 Mountains, and flows West and N. W. into that state. 

 Direct course 175 miles, usual course about 350 or 

 more than 400 english miles. It has four large 

 branches, such as Barren river, Rough and Panther 

 creeks, &c. It has a gentle current and is navigable. 

 Its valley is very wide in the lower part, and when 

 it joins the Ohio, above Evansville, its stream is 

 almost as large as the Ohio. It was formerly called 

 Buffaloe river. 



17. Wabash. It rises in Indiana, on the ridge 

 dividing the basons of the Ohio and the Lakes, near 

 latitude 41^^, and below it forms the limits between 

 Indiana and Illinois. Direction S. [I. 367] [jp] S. 

 W. Length 250 miles, real course 450 miles or 

 nearly 525 English miles. It is a large and deep 

 stream, navigable even in summer, as far as the falls. 

 Its lower valley is wide and shallow, with many 

 islands and bayous. It has five large branches, such 



