Clermont (steamboat), 78, 113-114. Cleveland, demand for means of transportation, 164, 170; harbor improvement, 169; growth, 172. Clinton, DeWitt, Memorial (1816), 127; and Ohio and Miami canals, 159. Columbia (Cincinnati), port of entry, 74, 77; Baily at, 92; see also Cincinnati. Comet (steamboat), 78. Conemaugh River, Kittanning Trail follows, 17. Congress, Fitch appeals to, 106; appropriation for canal survey, 145. Connecticut Path, 16. Connecticut River, Old Bay Path, 15. Connellsville (Penn.), growth of, 26. Converse, J. M., 184. Cooper, Peter, builds engine Tom Thumb, 150. Cotton, influence on river navigation, 180. Cowpens, description of inhabitants, 22-24. Crawford, agent for Washington, letter to, 5. Crisman, Jesse, owner of Hit or Miss, 140. Cumberland (Md.), eastern terminus of Cumberland Road, 119. Cumberland Gap, "Warrior's Path" through, 19; railroad through, 20. Cumberland Road, 136; Washington's vision realized in, 10; building authorized, 114-115; importance, 116; plan, 118-119; route, 119-120; building of, 120-121; cost, 121; stage lines, 122-123; freight traffic, 123-124; extension to Missouri, 132; Baltimore and, 143-144; bibliography, 199. D. Day, Sherman, quoted, 140. Deane, Silas, plan for payment of Revolutionary War debt, 2-3. Delaware Water Gap, 17. Delta (La.), changed by Mississippi River, 177. Detroit, Washington marks out commercial lines to, 9; port of entry, 74; demand for transportation facilities, 164; harbor, 169; growth, 172. Detroit (lake steamer), 169. Dickens, Charles, cited, 100; describes canal boat journey, 140-141; describes aerial railway, 141-142. Doddridge, Notes, quoted, 27-28. Doolittle, Sylvester, builds Vandalia, 168. Duane (ship), 76-77. Duquesne, Fort, 26, 28, 50. E. Enterprise (steamboat), 79. "Era of Good Feeling," 60. Erie (Penn.), as place of embarkation, 35; port of entry, 74. Erie Canal, 35, 37, 58, 116-117; Washington foresees, 9, 12; work begun (1817), 38, 128; Hawley writes challenge to New York concerning, 115; state enterprise, 118, 124-128, 136; Hawley's original plan, 119; building of, 129-131; completion, 132; locks enlarged, 169. Erie Railroad, 153; Washington forecasts, 9-10; follows Indian trade route, 17. "Erie" war, 194. Evans, Oliver, and steam propelled wagon, 102-103. Everett, Edward, quoted, 12-13.