ery of the Great West.—Conquest of New France.—

Ohio Land Company of Virginia.-Settlement of Ken-

tucky. The Athens of the West.

CHAPTER SECOND.

MASSACHUSETTS COLONIZES THE OHIO COUNTRY.

THE Ordinance of 1787.-The Ohio Land Company of Massa-

chusetts.-The Planting of Marietta on the Muskin-

gum.-First Fourth of July Celebration in Ohio.-Civil

Government Established.

CHAPTER THIRD.

THE QUEEN CITY AND THE BUCKEYE STATE.

THE Symmes Purchase. -Losantiville and Filson.-Cincin-

nati. Society of the Cincinnati.-The State of Ohio.-

The Buckeye Tree.

CHAPTER FOURTH.

WESTWARD BY HOOF, WHEEL, AND KEEL.

TRAVELING in the Days of Seventy-six.—Tracking Forest

Paths. Pack-Saddle and Saddle-Bags. - First Wagon

Roads to the West.-Oar, Rudder, and Pole.-"To Mari-

etta on the Ohio."-Down the River in 1792.-Harris's

Tour From Boston to Marietta in 1803.-First Rigged

Vessel Built on the Ohio.

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CHAPTER FIFTH.

WESTWARD BY HOOF, WHEEL, AND KEEL-CONTINUED.

CHRISTIAN SCHULTZ'S "Voyage" to the West in 1807.-From

Salem to Cincinnati in 1815.-Timothy Flint.-The Wag-

oner of the Alleghanies.-Boatmen on Western Rivers.-

River Craft in 1815.-Perils of River Navigation. The

Cumberland Road.-A Torrent of Migration to the West.-

Thomas Corwin on The Great West.

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CHAPTER SIXTH.

RAPID SETTLEMENT OF THE CENTRAL STATES.

THE Song of the Pioneers.-A Century's Increase of Popula-

tion and Growth of Settlements.-Growth of the States

Formed from the Northwestern Territory.-Population.-

"Go West, Young Man!"-Pioneer's House and Home.—

The Raising.

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CHAPTER SEVENTH.

LOG-CABIN LIFE IN THE OHIO VALLEY.

THE Hoosier's Nest.-Costume and Furniture.-Light, Fire,

Food, and Water.-War on the Woods. The Corn

Husking. The Apple Cutting and the Frolic.-The Lux-

uries of Nature.-The Old, Old Story in the New Coun-

try.-Presto, Change.—The Primeval Forests of Ohio.

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GOVERNOR MORROW'S MILL ON THE MIAMI,

SCHOOL-MASTER ON SNOWY ROAD,

SCHOOL-HOUSE IN WINTER,

JUNE ON THE MIAMI,

THE MOVERS,

THE PIONEER'S CHIMNEY,