. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. MUSKINGHUM ET GRAND CASTOR 7,us -f^i/ ///yrrsiu /^wr-fiaC die- Cp&?sM<z-L-C^Zs* r/ d&t -/v//£>ri/> c&rrjhsj t/n^^///.i /(t//c//.i*i<i IS/7 7f. c A. 296 THE NORTHWEST OCCUPIED. measures to be fostered was the opening of canals where nowthese portages necessitated a land carriage. The country, irre-spective of its value for transit, was of itself an attractive one,and at this time, as General Harmar tells us, buffalo swarmedalong
. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. MUSKINGHUM ET GRAND CASTOR 7,us -f^i/ ///yrrsiu /^wr-fiaC die- Cp&?sM<z-L-C^Zs* r/ d&t -/v//£>ri/> c&rrjhsj t/n^^///.i /(t//c//.i*i<i IS/7 7f. c A. 296 THE NORTHWEST OCCUPIED. measures to be fostered was the opening of canals where nowthese portages necessitated a land carriage. The country, irre-spective of its value for transit, was of itself an attractive one,and at this time, as General Harmar tells us, buffalo swarmedalong its alluvial bottoms, not to disappear till ten or twelveyears later, leaving memories with the settlers of many a savoryhaunch. Putnam, when he came to know the country, calledits climate as healthy as any on the globe ; and of the landitself he said that it was the best tract, all circumstancesconsidered, which the United States had or ever will have todispose of, to such an extent. In respect to its numerousintervales, he held it to be a more advantageous settlement thaneither the Scioto or Miami regions, which
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