THREE DAYS ON THE OHIO RIVER. BY FATHER WILLIAM. New-York: PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PHILLIPS. SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 200 MULBERRY-STREET. 1854. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by CARLTON & PHILLIPS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. [Illustration: A WESTERN STEAMBOAT. See page 9.] CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.--PRELIMINARY REMARKS 7 II.--THE STEAMBOAT 9 III.--BEGINNING THE VOYAGE 14 IV.--SAILING UP THE RIVER 17 V.--MAYSVILLE 19 VI.--IN THE CABIN 22 VII.--THE FOUR INDIANS 26 VIII.--THE COAL COUNTRY 30 IX.--THE VARIETY OF FACES 38 X.--BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND 43 XI.--THE ANCIENT MOUNDS 46 XII.--A SUSPENSION BRIDGE 49 XIII.--LOGAN, THE MINGO CHIEF 52 XIV.--THIRD NIGHT ON THE RIVER 54 XV.--ARRIVAL AT PITTSBURG, WITH REFLECTIONS 56 ILLUSTRATIONS. A WESTERN STEAMBOAT 2 POMEROY COAL-MINES 35 THREE DAYS ON THE OHIO. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS. I was once in the city of Cincinnati, and wished to go to Pittsburg by way of the river. Not that this was the nearest way, or the swiftest, or the cheapest; but I desired very much to see the country through which the river runs: for, as I had read in the histories of the United States, and particularly in the accounts of our wars with the Indians, much about the Ohio River, with many of its towns and villages, my curiosity was very active; and I was determined to behold it. It was Monday, the 29th of March, and a most lovely morning, too, when I went on board the steamboat Pittsburg, bound for the city of the same name. I was careful to set out early in the week, so as, if possible, to reach Pittsburg before Sunday. CHAPTER II. THE STEAMBOAT. Were you ever on board a Western river steamboat? As some of you may not have had the opportunity, I will give you a short account of one. Some of these boats are very large indeed. They would seem to you like a little world of themselves. The Pittsburg is about two hundred and eighty feet in length by sixty in breadth. This boat, if placed in a field, would cover nearly half an acre of land. These boats are high as well as long. Besides the hold, as they call it--a kind of cellar into which they stow away much of their heavy freight--they have two or three other stories or decks for freight and passengers.