Journal" of 1750-51.

_Hutchins, Thomas._ Topographical description of Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, comprehending the Rivers
Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, etc.
London, 1778.

_St. John, M._ Lettres d'un cultivateur Americain. Paris, 1787, 3
vols.

Vol. 3 contains an account of the author's boat trip down the
river, in 1784.

_De Vigni, Antoine F. S._ Relation of his voyage down the Ohio River
from Pittsburg to the Falls, in 1788.

Graphic and animated account by a French physician who came
out with the Scioto Company's immigrants to Gallipolis. Given
in "Proc. Amer. Antiq. Soc.", Vol. XI., pp. 369-380.

_May, John._ Journal and letters [to the Ohio country, 1788-89],
Cincinnati, 1873.

One of the best, for economic views. May was a Boston
merchant.

_Forman, Samuel S._ Narrative of a journey down the Ohio and
Mississippi in 1789-90. With a memoir and illustrative notes, by Lyman
C. Draper. Cincinnati, 1888.

A lively and appreciative account. Touches social life at the
garrisons, _en route_.

_Ellicott, Andrew._ Journal of the late commissioner on behalf of
the United States during part of the year 1796, the years 1797, 1798,
1799, and part of the year 1800: for determining the boundary between
the United States and Spain. Philadelphia, 1803.

His trip down the river was in 1796.

_Baily, Francis._ Journal of a tour in unsettled parts of North
America, in 1796 and 1797. London, 1856.

The author's river voyage was in 1796.

_Harris, Thaddeus Mason._ Journal of a tour into the territory
northwest of the Alleghany Mountains; made in the spring of the year
1803. Boston, 1805.

A valuable work. The author traveled on a flatboat.

_Michaux, F. A._ Travels to the west of the Alleghany Mountains.
London (2nd ed.), 1805.

Excellent, for economic conditions. The expedition was made in
1802.

_Ashe, Thomas._ Travels in America, performed in 1806. London, 1808.

Among the best of the early journals, although abounding in
exaggerations.

_Cuming, F._ Sketches of a tour to the Western country, etc.,
commenced in 1807 and concluded in 1809. Pittsburg, 1810.

_Bradbury, John._ Travels [1809-11] in the interior of America.
Liverpool, 1817.

_Melish, John._ Travels in the United States of America [1811].
Philadelphia, 1812, 2 vols.

Vol. 2 contains the journal of the author's voy