. The western pilot : containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer ; or description of the towns on their banks, tributary streams, etc., also, a variety of matter interesting to travelers, and all concerned in the navigation of those rivers ; with a table of distances from town to town on all the above rivers . ffs, on the left, Are nearly a mile below St. Catharines creek. Channel about mid-way between the cliffs and right hand point. Directions for Map
. The western pilot : containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer ; or description of the towns on their banks, tributary streams, etc., also, a variety of matter interesting to travelers, and all concerned in the navigation of those rivers ; with a table of distances from town to town on all the above rivers . ffs, on the left, Are nearly a mile below St. Catharines creek. Channel about mid-way between the cliffs and right hand point. Directions for Map No, 17.—Mississippi River, No. 116. Channel to the left, and near to No. 116. About four miles belowNo. 116, is Deadmans bar, below a right hand point. Channel tothe left. Between four and five miles below Deadmans bar, there isa deep bar below the left hand point. Channel over towards the rightshore. No. 118,. Lies near the right shore. Channel to the left. Ilomochitto River, left side. Channel past Homochitto, nearest the right shore; and when up withthe right hand point, shoot over into the bend, on the left, to avoid adeep bar on the right, below the point. Loftus Heights, and Fort Adams, left side. Channel near the middle of the river. Between six and seven milesbelow Fort Adams is a bar on the left. Channel to the right, andnear the right shore, until you are nearly up with the right hand point, 10071 12 10191 16 10 10271 K)43| 10561. MAP NO. 17.—MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 117 at the lower end of the reach,eut-off. Here you will pass through Shreves Red River, (Upper Mouth,) right side. This is one of the most considerable tributaries of the Mississippi; andas little is generally known concerning it, the following accurate andauthentic description is extracted from the excellent geography of , lately published. It takes its rise in a chain of hills near Santa Fe, in New Mexico,called the Caous mountains. In its upper course, it receives thewaters of Blue river, and Fa
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