[492] Ibid., 180-182. [493] Howells, W. C., Recollections, 9. [494] Ibid., 10. [495] Niles, Weekly Register, V., 263. [496] Ibid., 39. VIII. [497] Ibid., VIII., 420. [498] Niles, Weekly Register, VII., 350. [499] Ibid., XI., 223. Ibid., XI., 127. "We observe the current of emigration directed strongly toward the Territory of Missouri." Ibid., XI., 208. "Emigration powerfully sets westward. 50 wagons are said to have passed the Muskingum at Zanesville, in a day, going west." [500] Brown, S. R., Gazetteer, 316. [501] Niles, Weekly Register, XIII., 224. November 29, 1817. [502] Niles, Weekly Register, XI., 336. June 11, 1817. [503] Birkbeck, M., Notes, 25-26. [504] Ibid., 79. [505] Birkbeck, M., Letters, 33. "Horseback is the most pleasant and expeditious; on foot the cheapest; a light wagon is eligible in some cases; in others the stage is a necessary evil." [506] Birkbeck M., Letters, 33. [507] Birkbeck, M., Letters, 97. [508] Ibid., 110-111. [509] Ibid., Notes, 36. Fearon, H. B., Journey, 192. "All the emigrants with whom I conversed complained of the enormous charges at taverns." Welby, A., Visit, Early W. Travels, XII., 195-196. Says that the charges at a good English Inn would be double the amount charged in America. Faux, W., Memorable Days, Early W. Travels, XI., 171, 196-197. Complains of the expense. [510] Fordham, E. P., Travels, 118. [511] Ibid., A journey from New Orleans up the Mississippi cost $90. Fearon, H. B., Journey, 337-338. Quoted from M. Birkbeck's letter of November 29, 1817. Fordham, E. P., Travels, 59. The wagons from Baltimore to Pittsburg, made the journey of 240 miles in 16 days. Fearon, H. B., Journey, 452-453. [512] Flint, J., Letters, Early W. Travels, IX., 98, 74, 68, 101. Discusses the expense of traveling. Faux, W., Memorable Days, Early W. Travels, XI., 198. Passage in steamboat from an eastern port to New Orleans was $200. [513] Fearon, H. B., Journey, 196. Ibid., 188. He speaks of meeting 20 wagons containing families from Massachusetts, Jersey, and Connecticut. [514] Fearon, H. B., Journey, 213-214. [515] Ibid., 255. Reynolds, J., My Own Times, 176. [516] Flint, J., Letters, Early W. Travels, IX., 67-68. Ibid., Ix., 65, 72, 77, 87. For reference to the vast numbers of emigrants [517] Flint, J., Letters, Early W. Travels, IX., 105-115. [518] Ibid., IX., 288. [519] Nuttall, T., Travels, Early W. Travels, XIII., 65. James, E., Account, Early W. Travels, XIV., 59. For reference to emigrants on the Ohio. Niles, Weekly Register, XVII., 286. [520] Ogden, G. W., Letters, Early W. Travels, XIX., 80. [521] Ibid., Ibid., XIX., 82. Mentions other inducements to emigration Reynolds, J:, My Own Times, In 1820 the price of land was reduced from $2 to $1.25 per acre.