P. Palmyra (Tenn.), as river port, 74. Pedee River, 17. "Pennamite" war, 194. Pennsylvania, Washington and transportation in, 9, 10-11; canals, 33-35, 136; roads, 35, 44, 45, 48-49, 50, 53-54, 119-120; "Bonnyclabber Country," 86, 87; and Great Lakes, 138; railways, 151. Pennsylvania Canal, 132; Washington forecasts, 9; route, 139; engineering achievement, 139-140. Pennsylvania Railroad, 142, 153; Washington and, 9-10; follows Indian trail, 29; incorporated (1846), 151; reaches Ohio River, 171. Perkins, fur trader, 186. Philadelphia, roads to, 48-49; meeting to protest against monopoly of Lancaster Turnpike, 55; Baily at, 84; rival of New York City, 137. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company, 53-54. Philadelphia Road, 49. Pickering plan of occupying West, 4. Pike, Captain Z. M., 93. Pioneer, stagecoach line, 122. Pioneer (steamboat), 156. Pitt, Fort, 28. Pittsburgh, growth, 26, 67; trade with, 65-66, 66-67, 75; shipbuilding, 76; port of entry, 77; Baily reaches, 88. Platt, Judge, and Erie Canal, 126, 127. Pontiac's Rebellion, 26-27, 34. "Pony Express," 192. Potomac Canal Company, 143. Potomac Company, 31-33, 138. Potomac River, Washington's vision regarding, 8, 10; commerce on, 17-18. Prairie (steamboat), 182. Presq'Isle (Erie) recommended as place of embarkation, 35. Prices in 1800, 92. Putnam, General Rufus, advocates Pickering plan, 3-4. Q. Quebec, furs brought to, 20. Queen of the West (British steamer), 182. R. Railroads, 134 et seq.; see also names of railroads. Revolutionary War, plans for payment of debt of, 2-3. Rhodes, Mayor of Philadelphia, 30. Rideau canal system, 160. Rivers and harbors, government policy of improvement, 12; Chicago convention (1846), 169. Roads, 44 et seq., 83; tolls, 59-60; see also Cumberland Road. Robinson, Moncure, 139-140. Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted, 176. Rumsey, James, 12; general manager of Potomac Company, 32; steamboat experiments, 101, 102, 103, 106; Virginia grants monopoly to, 106; Fulton and, 108. Russell, Majors, and Waddell found Overland Stage Company, 189. Rutherfordton Trail, 19.