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the Ohio, west by the Mississippi, and north by 

 the line between the United States and Canada, 

 which makes the extent of this Territory consider- 

 ably greater than the State of Ohio. 



The general face 6f the country approaches to • 

 a level, but some parts of it are hilly. It has a 

 number of large, navigable rivers meandering 

 through it to the Ohio and Mississippi, and many 

 smaller streams, some of which run into the 

 lakes. 



The Wabash is a large river, rising near the 

 head waters of the river St. Joseph, and the Mi- 

 ami at the lakes, and running in a southwesterly 

 direction empties into the Ohio,nbout four hundred 

 and seventy miles below the Great Miami river. 

 It is four hundred yards wide at the mouth, and 

 jaavigable for keel boats, about four hundred miles, 

 to Ouiatan, an ancient French village ; and from 

 ibis village, with small craft, to a portage on a 

 south branch, Which forms a communication with 

 the Miami that runs into Lake Erie. This por- 

 tage is eight miles, and comes to the Miami near 

 Fort Wayne. 



From a north branch, by a short portage, a 

 communication is made with the river Saint Jo- 

 seph, running into Lake Michigan. The Wabash 

 is replenished with numerous tributary streams, 

 and has generally, a gentle current above Saint 

 Vincennes. Below are several rapids. Those 

 which principally obstruct the navigation are 

 between Saint Vincennes and White river, called 



