[249] Hall, J., The West, 124. Niles, Weekly Register, X., 400. [250] Niles, Weekly Register, VI., 320. [251] Ibid., VIII., 320. [252] Ibid., VIII., 404. [253] Niles, Weekly Register, VI., 320. Louisiana Gasette, July 5, 1814. "She has two cabins, and four State rooms for private families, and will conveniently accommodate 100 persons with beds." Louisiana Gasette, July 26, 1814. "The steamboat Buffalo arrived at Maysville on Thursday in 48 hours from Pittsburg." [254] Niles, Weekly Register, VIII., 404. [255] Ibid., X., 96. [256] Ibid., XI., 106. [257] Ibid., X., 349. [258] Hall, J., The West, 125-126. [259] Ibid. [260] Ibid. [261] Louisiana Gasette, October 24, 1815. [262] Howells, W. C., Recollections, 73. [263] Ibid., 74. [264] Niles, Weekly Register, X., 231-232. June 1, 1816. [265] Ibid., XI., 208. November 23, 1816. [266] Ibid., XIV., 312. June 27, 1818. [267] Howells, W. C., Recollections, 74. [268] Hall, J., The West, 127-128. [269] Hall, J., The West, 127-128. [270] Niles, Weekly Register, XIII., 112. [271] Birkbeck, M., Notes, 133. "from 50 to 400 tons burthen." [272] Niles, Weekly Register, XV., 175. [273] Ibid., XIV., 439. [274] Birkbeck, M., Notes, 135. [275] Nuttall, T., Travels, Early W. Travels, XIII., 317. Flint, J., Letters, Early W. Travels, IX., 286. "Says that there were 60 boats." [276] Nuttall, T., Travels, Early W. Travels, XIII., 67. [277] Niles, Weekly Register, XVI., 144. [278] Ibid., XX., 416. [279] Niles, Weekly Register, XXIX., 305. [280] Ibid., XXXIII., 181. [281] Hall, J., The West, 129. [282] Ibid., XII., 143. [283] Ibid., XV., 267. [284] Birkbeck, M., Notes, 133. [285] Niles, Weekly Register, XVI., 319. [286] Ibid., XXVI., 251. [287] Niles, Weekly Register, XXIX., 305. [288] Ibid., XXXII., 35. [289] Ibid., XXXII., 229. [290] Ibid., XXXII., 148. [291] Ibid., XXXII., 224. [292] Ibid., XV., 384. [293] Faux, W., Memorable Days, Early W. Travels, XI., 197. [294] Niles, Weekly Register, XXV., 95. [295] Bullock, W., Journey, Early W. Travels, XIX. [296] Hall, B., Travels, III., 368-369, 349, 128-129. [297] Flint, T., History and Geography. Appendix, 212. [298] Niles, Weekly Register, XXXI., 304. [299] Flint, J., Letters, Early W. Travels, IX., 164. [300] Ibid., IX., 286. [301] Hall, J., The West, 133. [302] James, E., Account, Early W. Travels, XIV., 76. [303] Ibid., XIV., 92. [304] Ibid., XVII., 174. [305] Fordham, E, P., Travels, 81-82. [306] Hall, J., The West, 60. [307] Niles, Weekly Register, XXIX., 127. Contains some account of this work. October 22, 1825. [308] Burnet, J., Notes, 491. [309] Hall, J., The West, 77-78. [310] Flint, T., History and Geography, I., 355. Niles, Weekly Register, XXIX., 322. January 21, 1826. Contains account of the awarding of the contract. [311] Flint, T., History and Geography, I., 355. [312] Hall, J., The West, 78-79. [313] Hall, J/, The West, 79-81.