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water is high, eighty miles above. It is naviga- 

 ble for loaded boats, at a high stage of the water,, 

 two hundred miles. The second is the Cumber- 

 land, or Shawnee river, which falls into the Ohio 

 about five hundred miles below the Kentucky 

 river, and four hundred miles below the Rapids, 

 and is three hundred yards wide at its mouth. 

 There being no obstructions, and having a fine 

 gentle current, ships of four hundred tons can 

 descend in times of floods from the distance of 

 about four hundred miles into the Ohio. The 

 third is the Tennessee, or Cherokee river, which 

 enters the Ohio, about twelve miles below the 

 Cumberland ; and is five hundred yards wide at 

 its mouth. This is the largest river that empties 

 into the Ohio. It is computed to be navigable 

 for boats one thousand miles, and will admit ves- 

 sels of considerable burden as far as the Muscle 

 Shoals, which is two hundred and fifty miles from 

 its 'mouth. 



On the Indiana side of the Ohio, there are only 

 some scattering settlements, excepting Jeffer- 

 sonville, and Clarksville, two small villages, at 

 the Rapids, one hundred and fifty miles below 

 the Great Miami. Jeffersonville is situated in 

 the bend of the river, on an high bank, just above 

 the Rapids, where pilots are taken off for conduct- 

 ing vessels over them. It is a post town, but 

 contains only a small number of inhabitants, and 

 probably will never be a thriving place. Clarks- 

 viiit- is another small village immediately below 



