vcr. with Falls, has not been improved to any Inland Navigation, by Reafon of
II Dd Ed the Thinnefs of the Settlements that Way. From Cufhietunk to Trenton
iEdFd Falls §, arc fourteen confiderable Rifts, yet all pafTable in the long flat
Boats
Delaivare R. and iis Branches; Leghemacfein -, Schuylkill ^ &c. zi
Boats * ufed in the Navigation of thefe Parts ; fome carrying 500 or 600 Eu-
fhds of Wheat, The greateft Number of the Rifts are from Eafton(| HFe
downward. And thofe fourteen Miles above Eafton, another juft below
Wells's Ferry, and that at Trenton, are the worft. The Boats feidom come
down but with Frefhes, efpecially from the Minnefinks §. The Freight thence to § E d
Philadelphia is 8 i. a Bufhel for Wheat, and 3 j. a Barrel for Flour. From
the Forks, and other Places below, 20s. a Ton for Pig Iron, yd. a. Bufhel
for Wheat, 2 j. 6d. a Barrel for Flour. This River, above Trenton, has
no Branches worth mentioning for Conveniency of Navigation ; Legheiwacfein § § Leghelwac-
has not the Hundredth Part fo much Water as Delaware has at the Mouth ^'^'"' ^ ^ '[
of it. This Creek takes the general Courfe laid down in the Map. But as
Mr. Edward Scull, to whom I am obliged for many Obfervations in the
Courfe of my Map, has lately laid out Ibme great Trads of Land on this
Creek, and given me an Account of it, fince the Engraving of that Part, I
fhall here deliver a few Particulars, to avert fome public Difputes that have
been about it. From the Mouth to the Fork the Courfe is S. yo^ W. about Its Fork,
twelve Miles in a ftrait Line, the Creek crooked and rapid. There the two
Branches are nearly of a Bignefs, the Southern one rather the largeft. Half
a Mile above the Fork, the South Branch, or Wallanpaupack, tumbles about The Southern
thirty Feet perpendicularly -, and a little Way higher are two other Falls, not Branch,
quite fo large. From the Fork to the Proprietaries Tradt, it is S. 60 W. foyr or J 'if^^ S""^*'
five Miles, the Channel pretty ftrait. Thence for ten Miles taken in a ftrait
Line, the Courfe is S. ^6 W. by Compafs, the Stream crooked and very
gentle. By the Range of the Hills, this Branch continues much the fame
Diredion to its Source. The Northern Branch of Legheiwacfein, divides The North-''
again into two Branches, at about a Mile and a Quarter above the Mouth, «•■" Branch
where each is about large enough to turn an under-ihot Grift Mill, Three ^^'^* ^S^*"*
Quarters of a Mile higher is a great Pine Swamp, through which both
Branches come. Mr, Scull thinks that thefe Branches, whofe general Courfe
;is about N. W. do not at moft extend above 15 Miles; and that all the
Waters this Way are confined to the lower Side of the great Chains of
Mountains, which extend from about the Station Point to Sufquehanna about
Whioming.
The IVeJt Branch § of Delaware is but inconfiderable, compared with the § The Weft
North-Eaftern Branch, into which it falls at Eafton. Above the Tufcarora Branch, F e
Hills at Gnadenhutten, it is divided into little Creeks, and no Part goes
North- Weftward of the Cufhietunk Mountains. Delaware has no other
Branches on the Weft Side between the Station Point and Eafton, worth the
mentioning ; the Country being drained by little Runs and Creeks;
Schuylkill is a fine Branch, up which the Tide runs about five Miles Schuylkill,
above Philadelphia, where there is an impaflable Fall ; and three Miles higher
another not much better. Thence to Reading is a fine gliding Current eafy
fee
• Thefe Boats are made like Troughs, fquare above, the Heads and Sterns floping a little
fore and aft ; generally 40 or 50 Feet long, 6 or 7 Feet wide, and 2 Feet 9 Inches or ^
Feet deep, and draw 20 or zz Inches Water, when loaden.
22 . :Sufquehanna"River. Chef op eak' Bay. Portages to "Delaware]
fetagainft, as the Bottom is gravelly and even •, and.at Seafons not very dry,
would furnifh 15 or . 16 Inches Water all the Way.
Snfquehanna Susquehanna River is navigable with Canoes quite from the Lakes at the
River, its up- Head § to the Falls at Conewaga |i •, nor is there any Fall till that three
per Parts na- Tyijjgg below Whioming §. A Quarter of a Mile below Nefcopeki \\ is ano-
rf) d^* II F f ther -, both paflable up or down with Safety •, the Water thence to Shamo-
^Ff II F f kin t is generally pretty gentle. Thence to Conewaga are feveral trouble-
t -P f fome Falls, but all paflable downward v/ith Safety in Frefhes. Conewaga is
Conewaga the only Falls which tumbles headlong in this River. Below this arc three or
paffable'Falls. fo"^ o^'^^^'s which are paflable only with Frelhes. By Reafon of fo many
bad Falls this River has not yet any Inland Navigation ; nor is it indeed capa-
Its confidera- ble of any from Conewaga downwards. Its confiderable Branches are,
ble Branches Owege §, Tohiccon or Cayuga, Senaghfe or Weft Branch, Juniata, Swatara,'
WTohiccon Conewaga, Codorus, and Coneftoga. Tohiccon promifes well for a good
E f " Navigation with Canoes to the Head of Ohio River, as it is a fine large
II VVeftBranch Branch, and the Stream pretty moderate. The tVeJi Branch IJ is (hallow
^ ^ and rapid, and has fcarce a Fall worth the mentioning, and not one impafla-
§ F h ble. It is paflable only when the Rains raife it ; and then to the Path §
leading from Franks Town to Ohio, where a Portage of forty Miles makes
I Juniata. F f this Way a Communication with that River. Juniata ||, as it is obftrufted
with fliort Falls, is gentle and pretty deep in the intermediate Places, and
may be improved for the Carriage of Goods almoft to Frank's Town. Swa-
§ Swatara, tara §, Conewaga §, Codorus § and Conefloga §, fome Centuries hence will
^'^- ^ ^ no doubt be improved to good Account.
Chefopeak Chesopeak may be juftly efteemed the Bay of Sufquehanna -, and as fuch
^ay- we may reckon all the Creeks and Rivers from Potomack upwards, as fo
Many Port- many Branches of it. The many Portages from the Creeks of this Bay to
ages between thofe of Delaware are become already very ufeful, and in future Ages will be
"^H^h^^f^^ more fo. Several are pointed out in the Map : And it may alfo be obferved
Delaware." ^^'■^» ^^^^ ^^^ ^02id at each is extreamly level and good ; and Veflels of dif-
ferent Magnitudes come up to the Portages.
II Portages Large Sloops can come up to Snow Hill on Pokomoke j], the Portage is
from Poko- five Miles from thence to Senepuxen Sound, where Ships may come to. If
moke. H e Mariland ever intends a dired Paflage through their own Colony to the Sea,
here an Attempt would be moft likely to fucceed.
§ From Nan- Shallops may go up Nanticoke River, near twenty Miles into Delaware
ticoke. He Colony § ; the Portage from this River to Indian River is thirteen Miles, and
to Broad Creek twelve.
II FromChop- Choptank || is navigable with Shallops to the Bridge, about fix or feven
tank. G e Miles within Delaware Colony ; and the Portage thence to Motherkill is fif-
teen Miles.
§ From Che- From Chejier River § to Salifbury on Duck Creek the Portage is thirteen
Her and Salle- M\ks. And from SafTefras there is another Portage to the fame Place thir-
ftas Rivers, jgen Miles alfo.
From
Potomack. Portage from it to Ohio. Toughiogant. 2-?
• From Frederick^ on Saffefras, where good Ships can come, there Is a ffo^i Frede-
Portage to Cantwell's Bridge on Apoquinimy fourteen Miles. nek &Bohe-
FROM '5t?/?7fWf«, where large Flats or fmall Shallops can come, there is a ^^j'^J^^q'
Portage of eight Miles to Cantwell's Bridge. This is the moft frequented of
any between' the Waters of Delaware' and Ghefopeak. All thefe Creeks
which lead into Delaware will receive la-ge Shallops, but no larger VelTels.
From the Head of Elk^ where ShaUops can come, the Portage is twelve From Elk to
Miles to Ghrifteen Bridge. And it is about the fame Diflance to Omelanden Chrifteen
Point, a fail Landing on Delaware River, three or four Miles below New- ^"'^S^- G-e
Caftle. This latter Portage has not been occupied fince'' thefe Parts ciamc kft
under the Dominion of the Englifli. â– . 'v
Potomack is navigable with large Shipping to Alexandria H ; there is a PotomtcL
Portage thence of fixtecn or eighteen Miles, to avoid the great Falls, which I! fff "
are not paflable. Boats fhaped like thofe of Delaware, and of fomething
lefs Dimenfions, may go up to the North Mountain without Obftruftion,
fave at the Rift, or Falls, in the South Mountain §, which however is paffa- §^g
ble. The River runs through the North Mountain without any Fall ; and
from thence to Wills's Creek |1, there are three or four Rifts paflable with || G h
Canoes or Batteaux, when the Water is not Very low. The Inland Naviga-
tion by this River is fcarce begun -, butoncmay forefee that it will become
in Time the moft important in America, as it is likely to be the fole PalTage
from Ohio to the Ocean, The North Branch is fcarce paflable with Canoes
beyond the Shawane Fields, fome three or four Miles above Willi's Creek.
The Portage from this Branch to Otfio is^yet unfettled, 'by Reafon of the Portage from
bad Roads- and Hills. But as at this Time it may be an Obie6t of â– Enquiry, Wills's Creek
fome Account of the Ground will not be unacceptable. From Wills's Creok '° youghio-
the' Ground is very ftony for the greater Part of the Way to the Allegeny ^^"'*
Mountain § ; but not fo much fo from the 'Shavv'ane Fields. The Mountain, § G h
though pretty ftony, inay have a good Waggon Road made over' it. -On
the North Weft Side of this Chain of Hills, there is all along a great Deal
of Swampy Ground, which is a confiderable Obftpuftion to a diredt Paffage ;
but yet manageable by taking fome little Compafs round. From- this Weft-
^ard you crofs two Branches of Youghiogani ; the greater, which is the moft
Wefterly, at three Miles above the Joining of the three Forks, or Turkey
foot II. And the three Forks are three Miles above the Lawrel Hill, thro' || Gj
which Youghiogani precipitates by a great Fall of near -thirty Feet, 'and con- Ohiop^^Ie
tinues to run with great Rapidity for two or three Miles further. At this ^^"5-
Time to go from the great Crofiing to. Youghiogani below the Falls, they arc
obliged to go by the Meadows, there crols Lawrel Hill, and return again
Northward, and by that Means take near thirty Miles to reach the navigable
Water of this River-. 'Whereas if a Road could be made near the Fall, 15
or 20 Miles might be faved in the Way- to Fort du Quefne,. There is a good
Ford through Youghiogani, afld the Ground all the Way good and found ;
and a Road eafily made along it. Lawrel Hill, though fmall, .is- a Ridge ^ . 1 RfTj
-very hard to crofs, by Reafon of its Steepnefs ; but at tiie Meadows is the g j
beft
24. Monaungdhela. Rapahanmck, &c, jfames River\
befl: Pafs we know of yet towards Virginia ; there a Waggon, which would
require four Horfes to travel with, may be drawn up by Six. Probably a
Pafs may alfo be found for Wheel Carriages to the North of the Falls •, and if
tliere fliould, it would much improve the Portage between Potomack and
Youghiogani, and reduce it to fifty Miles, whereas it is now but little fhort
of Seventy. If we have the good Fortune of being Mafters of Ohio the
Youghiogani Navigation of Youghiogani will be of Importance, fince it is pafiable with
navigable to flat-bottomed Boats, capable of carrying four or five Tons, from the Mouth
the l^alls, j.^ j.j^^ p^^j. ^f j.j^g j^ifj. i^gj^^ jf^g YsX\s. A Horfe Path may be conduifled in
fix or feven Miles without much Expence from the great Croffing to the
Head of navigable Water, From this to Fort du Quefne you may go down
in a Day, but it requires at leaft Three to return up the Stream,
South Branch Though in Search of the Head of Potomack^ the King's and Lord Fatr-
of Potomack. p^^'s CommilTioners determined the North to be the main Branch •, yet it is
very well known, that the South Branch is navigable forty Miles up, with
Batteaux. And as it was not clear to me that the true Head of Potomack
was at the Place thofe Gentlemen determined it, I have not laid down
the Weftern Side of Mariland, which fhould be a Meridian drawn from the
Head of Potomack to the Penfilvania Line. If the Affair is candidly ex-
amined, it will probably be determined, that the South Branch is the moft
confiderable. If fo, the Head of the North Branch will not be the Weftern
Extremity of Mariland, though it now is of Lord Fairfax's Grant. No
Search has been yet made, if there is any Portage by a good Road from the
§ Monaunga- South Branch to Monaungahela§. As this latter River is fine and gentle,
hela. G j f^me Ufe may in future Times be made of it, either in a Communication with
Green Briar or Potomack j for it is paflTable with Flats a great Way above
Red Stone Creek.
Shanedore. Shanedore is 3 fine Branch of Potomack ; -but its Inland Navigation is
^ S- yet inconfiderable j but, in future Time, it will no doubt be improved to a
good Account.
§ Rapahan- Rapahannock §, Tork River ^^ Matapatiy % and P^wii«^j§, though of
nock, York excellent Marine Navigation, are but inconfiderable above the Lower Plains ;
^'^^'^^nd' Pa" ^^^^^ Branches being confined below the South Mountain, and impaflable with
muTky" If' the llighteft Inland Craft.
1 g
James River is fcarce inferior to any, in excellent Navigation for Marine as
well as Inland Craft. Its lower Falls being near fix Miles long, and tumbling
in httle Ihort Cafcades, are intirely impaflable. The River thence upward to
the North Mountain is excellently fitted for large Boats like thofe already de-
fcribed in Delaware, And it is paflable with lighter Craft ftill further ; and
would not require above forty or fifty Miles Portage to the Branches of Kan-
Kanhawa hawa River. But this however is not improveabie to Ohio; for Kanhawa
River. has an impaflfable Fall in a Ridge, which is impafiTable for Man or Beafl by
Land. But its opening a PafTage to the. New-Virginia is a very great Ad-
vantage.
ROANOAK,
Rcmoakt OhtGf its Navigation to Chartier's^ and to the Falls, 25
RoANOAK, which falls into Albemarle Sound, beyond the Bounds of this Roanoak Ri-
Map, is barred at the Entrance, fo as not to receive fuch large Ships, as it ^^'"'
would otherwife bear. It is paffable with Shallops to the Falls §. From §Kk
thence upwards it is generally placid and wide, and in fome Places interrupted
with little Rifts and Falls ; none of which, that I have heard of, impaffable.
It is liable to very great Freflies ; and has not been yet improved to any In-
land Navigation -, for the People on i-ts Branches, Holfton River §, Yadkin ||, § K I |j Kg
and New River f, turn hitherto all their Commerce into James River. I'here 4. i k
is no River more likely to be of Importance in the future Navigation of the
Inland Parts this Way, than Roanoak, becaufe it has good Depth of Water,
and extends right into the Country.
• There are many other Creeks and Rivers- in the Settlements, which would
well deferve Defcription, if I were to give a Detail of any particular Colony,
that are obfcured by the fuperior Excellence of-thefe already defcribed.
The little Acquaintance that the Public has had with the River H 10^ OKIo.
will be a fufficient Apology fdr my entering info a moPe minute Detail of it
and its Branches, than of any other already defcribed.
From the Head §, which interlocks with the Cayug^a Branch of Sufque- From the
hanna, to Canawagy ||, I have httle Knowledge, but fuppofe, from the Even- Head to Ca-
nefs of the Land, that it may afford good Inland Navigation in future Ages, "^^wagung
From Canawagy to Chartier's Old Town §, the River is t\\ along fufficiently fjjence to ^
moderate, and always deep enough for Canoes and Batteaux, which do not Lhartier's.
draw above 15 Inches Water ; nor is it obft ruded with any remarkable Rifts § Fj
or Falls, fave at a (harp Bent, iome Miles below Licking Creek, where the ^ ^^^';P ^^-
Water rulhes on a Rock with great Violence || -, and at Toby's Falls §, cl^ei:'*^^^^^'
which is a Rift paffable with Safety on the W-eli Side. In this Part of the § {,j
River are feveral Fording-places ; but they ^re the more rare as you come Fords,
lower down. That at Chartier's Old Town § is the beft ; which, as foon as § ^' Char-
the Rock appears above Water, is paffable clofe above it. At Shanoppensjl fif^ ^ p.
is another in very dry Times, and the loweft down the River. This (-"art, m ^tShanop,
which is very crooked, has feldom been navigated by our People ; becaufe pens, i?;
the great Number of Horf.s neceffary to carry their Goods to Ohio, ferve
them alfo to carry them there from Place to Place, and the little Game
that Way makes it but little frequented.
The Navigation from Chartier's Old Town ||, all the Way down to the Navigarion
Falls §, has been hitherto performed in very large wooden Canoes*, which f;om Char-
they make of great Length, as better fittfed to freer againfl a rapid Stream ; Jlf'*^ ^^^
they are navigated down by two Men, and upwards by four at leafl. From ^3°)^" '*J p-°
Chartier's to the Lower Shawane Town, they are ifi the Spring about four 5 j/
Days in going down with the Frefhes :, for then they let the Canoe drive in
the Night ; but towards the End of Summer, when the Water is low, and
lefs fwifr, they ufually fpend ten or twelve Days -, but at moderate Seafons
the Paffage is performed in fix or eight. In returning, they take often thirty
D or
* Generally 30 or 40 Feet long, 3 or 4 Feet broad; and drawing empty tea or tv/e!ve
Inches Water, and when loaden about 18 Inches.
2;6 Rifts ; Hdrfs Rock ; k Tanf s Falls ; Falls &f Ohio, the Navi-
Small Rifts, or forty Days, though double 4iande.d:, and feldom lefs than twenty. Sup-
pofitig ,we go dov/n the River from Chartier's, the Water is pretty moderate,
till you come to Sweep Chimneys Ifland, between Dicks's and Pine Creek,
where it is very rapid. It generally happens, that where the River is con-
fined to narrower Bounds by Iflands, 'tis more rapid, yet not fo but Canoes
may be eaGly let againft it. At Fort du Quefne, at Paul's Ifland* five Miles
lower, and at a Flat between that and Logs Town, the Water is pretty ra-
pid ; as it is alfo at a fmall Ifland between that and Beaver Creek. Thefe
are, however, inconfiderable ; nor are thofe Places juft below Beaver Creek,
and at a Flat a little above the upper End of the Pipe Hills much more
v/orthy Regard. At Hart's Rock\\, the River makes a quick Bend round
a rocky Point, and a very fharp Rippling, where, the Boatmen are obliged to
wade and hawl up near the Rock, rhe South Eafl: Side being full of Quickfands.
§ FJc II G 1 At Weeling Ifland §■, Mufl^ingujji Ifland ||,, a little Way above a fine Branch
of that Name, and at Beaty's Ifland, the Current is pretty rapid. At three
leTart'sFalls. qj- fouj- Miles above the big Bent is a confiderablgRift, called le Tart's Falls ^^
^ where the Water is fo rapid that they are obliged to hawl the Canoes with
Ropes in coming up, fqr near a Furlong along the South Eaft Side. From
,• this to the Lower Shawane Town, at the Mo.nth of Sioto, is no Obftrudtion
worth mentioning : And the Stream thence downward to the Falls is ftill
more gentle, and better fitted for VefTels drawing greater Depth of Water.
II Thefalls tjf The Fall is about Half a Mile rapid Water, which however is paflable, by
Ohio, J r evading and dragging the Canoe againft the Stream, when loweft ; and with
ftill greater Eafe, when the Water is raifed a little.
Ohio, as the Winter Snows are thawed, by the Warmth or Rains in the
Great Floods. Spring, riles in vaft Floods^ in, fbme Places exceeding twenty Feet in
. Height, but fcarce any where ^erfiowing its high and upright Banks. Thefe
Floods continue of fome Height for at leaft a Month or two, being guided
in the Tmie by the late or early Breaking up of the Winter. The Stream
is then too rapid to be ftemmed upwards, by failing or rowing, and too deep
for fettingi" ; but excellently fitted for large VefTels going down : Then Ships
of I GO or 200 Tons may go from Fort du Quefne to the Sea with Safety.
Thefe Floods reducing the Falls, Rifts and Shallows, to an entire Equality
with the Reft of the River.
Ohio carries a great Uniformity of Breadth ; gradually increafing from
11 Fj two or three Furlongs, at the Forks 1|, to near a Mile, as you go lower
down ; and fpreading to two Miles or more, where damm'd by the Rief of
§ J r Rocks, which make the Falls §. Thence t<i> Mifllfippi its Breadth, Depth
Navigation and eafy Current, equalling any River in Europe, except the Danube, afford-
below the jpg there the fineft Navigation for large failing VefTels ; but however in great
^ ^' Frefhes, it is full rapid to ftem, without a good Breeze. And there is fcarce
any Gale ft iff enough to ftem the Falls, when deep enough to pafs in Freflies.
Upon
* Here are fome Places mentioned, too inconfiderable to be laid down in the Map.
-}- By the known Laws of Mechanics, a Man Setting a Boat over a firm hard Bottom, has
twice the Advantage of the like Strength employed in Roii'ing. In Roiuing, the Water being
moveable, receives Half the Motion ; while in hefting, the Boat receives the Whole.
, gation below the Falls. Ohio^ its upper Branches^ .and Portages. 27
Upon the whole, the Navigation of this River may be divided into four Navigation to
Parts. I. From Canawagy to Chartier's Old Town, in Battoes, capable of ^^^'^'*^'''^' -^j
carrying about three or four Tons, and drawing twelve Inches Water.
2. From Chartier's to the Big Bent, in Flats, like thofe ufed in Delaware f , To the Big
or larger •, bearing eighteen or twenty Tons. Thefe two Parts muft be per- ^^' ^ "*
formed in long flat- bottomed Boats, as better fitted for fetting in fhallow Wa- * S 21.
ter and rapid Streams. 3. Froqi the Big Bent to the Falls, in Shallops or
Schooners, of ten or fifteen Tons : As thefe are made for failing and work-
ing to Windward, they mult have Iharp Bottoms, and deep Keels-, and
though made broader than the Flats, they will not admit fuch great Lengths,
and therefore not capable of fo large Burdens. 4. From the Falls to Mifll-
fippi, in good Sloops or large Schooners. The Navigation of Miffifippi
thence to the Sea is only fitted for light Canoes or Battoes againft the Stream ;
but for any VefTels downwards, when the Floods are not fo high, as to over-
flow the adjoining wicle extended Flats. Hence, in Procefs of Time, large
Ships may be built upon Ohio, and fent off to Sea with the heavy Produce of
the Country, and fold with the Cargoes.
OHIO has a great many Branches, which furnifh good Navigation to
the adjacent Parts ; the moft remarkable I intend to enumerate.
Canawagy ||, when raifed with Frefhes, is pafTable with Bark Canoes, or |[ Canawagy.'
light Battoes, to a little Lake at its Head ; from which there is a Portage of E j
twenty Miles to Lake Erie, at the Mouth of a little Creek called Jadaghque. ^^k^^fi '**
This Portage is but little frequented, becaufe Canawagy is too fhallow in
Summer, for the lighteft Craft.
BuGHALooNS § is not navigable-, and noted only for large Meadows, as ^Bughaloons*
the Word fignifies in the Delaware Indian Language. JS j v
ToRANADAGHKOA, French Creek, or Riviere le Bieuf ||, is noted for its || Riviere le
furnifhing the nearefl PalTage to Lake Erie. It is navigable with Canoes to Bieuf. Ej
the French Fort, by a very crooked Channel ; the Portage thence to another p ^ta t
Fort on Lake Erie, called Prefqu' IJle, from an adjoining Peninfula, is fifteen Lake Erie. '^ ^ ^
Miles ; this Way the French come frop Canada to Ohio. Licking Creek and Licking-
'Lacomick have no Navigation ; but the former has Plenty of Coals. Cieek, &c. Ej
Toby's Creek, is pafl^able with Bark Canoes a good Way up, towards the Toby'sCreek
Weft Branch of Sufquehanna ; and a pretty Ihort Portage may probably be Ej
found between them.
MoGHULBuGHKiTUM is pafl*able alfo a good Way towards the fame Branch, Moghulbugh-
and will probably furnifh a good Portage alfo, kitiim. F j
KisHKEMiNETAs is pafTable with Canoes forty or fifty Miles -, and good Kifhkemine-
Portages will probably be found between it and Juniata and Potomack. It tas, Fj
has Coal and Salt. .
MoNAUNGAHELA is a vcty large Branch, at whofe Junflion with Ohio Monaunga-
flands Fort du Qiiefne. It is deep and gentle, and pafTable with large Bat- ^e^^- ^J
toes beyond Redftone Creek, and ftill farther with lighter Craft. At fix
Miles from the Mouth it divides into two Branches ; the Northermoft Youghio- Youghigani.
gani, pafTable with good Battoes to the Foot of the Rift at Lawrel Hill. FJ
The Portage from this to Potomack has been already mentioned §. § Page 23