J40 AMERICAN RIVERS. ^ 
the navigation is obstructed by strong currents, j,e 
seldom advance farther than five or six leases i 
of a day and night. This river bounds s 
eastward ; and at its mouth is the Isle or Ui ,-.j.|eai'y 
beautiful and fertile spot. The city of Ne'V 
cupital, owed its rise to tlie delusions which . -tot V 
on the French nation by the celebrated ^ 
The immense wealth which was supposed to ^ 
in the mines of St. Barbe, in Louisiana, „,j5V, it 
to be formed in France ; and the national pW 
was long prevalent, led vast numbers to -ppi, J 
purpose of settling on the banks of the 
landed in West Florida, the greater part pen 
and the survivors were removed to tin 
want 
tne city of New Orleans was built for their 
tion. 
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THE OHIO* .. 
-w'" ^ 
"?His river rises in sevenal branches^ otl’^'ld.* 
theii source in the vicinity of Lake Erie, 
few miles of Lake Ontario. It is also de i , i 
Fair river," and is styled by Mr. Jefterson» 
of Congress. “ the most beautiful river on 
Congress, “ the most beautinu rivei oi* - 
k is joined by tire Monongahela, it is nameu > ^ ^ii 
the former rising from the w^est side o 
mountains, in a great number 
nnite, and, together with the Alleghanv, tor pe ^ 
forty degrees, thirty-five minutes north 
now the name of the Ohio, its general c j 
now the name ot tne unio, us geucim jj,. 
inclines to the south-west, and takes a - 
serpentine form. At Fort Pitt, where the j 
it is little more than a mile in width, bu ^ja 
wider before it joins the Mississippi, m .gral’,/,' 
^trrlnf rYtmiifpc. Tiortli.. r0CcivinC _,1 ^ It 
VViUCi UCIUIC AUjVAiiAa CC , _y 
degrees, eight minutes, north, receiving » 
Its course thither. Between the lakes ^ilf 
Its course tmtner. Between me , pjiN" j 
iunction, the country, for several hundt^,j^ 
delightfiilly variegated scenery, and “ 
This river is not, any more than the cy f 
Sy tides, the copious efflux causing the sva 
(M-oceed with rapidity toward the pp"-- 
cannot, without great difficulty, navngai® jd jii 
foramercial benefits which these rivers 7 
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