Register of Kentucky State Historical Society . river St. Francis. A vu inthe tide December 3rd, floatsafely off and she returned to XewOrleans, and was put into requisi-tion by General Jackson. Again shegrounded on the Batture, when go-ing for wood a iVw days lalbecame of no use to the government. The fourth boat was theprise, -15 tons, and built at Briport, Pennsylvania, on the Mi igahela river, by Daniel French, onhis own patent. She made two voy-ages to Louisville in the summer vi1814. On December 1st. 1-1 I. sh •took a cargo of ordnance stor • ; IPittsburg and sailed for Xcv. Or-leans und
Register of Kentucky State Historical Society . river St. Francis. A vu inthe tide December 3rd, floatsafely off and she returned to XewOrleans, and was put into requisi-tion by General Jackson. Again shegrounded on the Batture, when go-ing for wood a iVw days lalbecame of no use to the government. The fourth boat was theprise, -15 tons, and built at Briport, Pennsylvania, on the Mi igahela river, by Daniel French, onhis own patent. She made two voy-ages to Louisville in the summer vi1814. On December 1st. 1-1 I. sh •took a cargo of ordnance stor • ; IPittsburg and sailed for Xcv. Or-leans under the command of Cap-tain Henry M. Shreve, and arrivedat Xew Orleans, December 14th. an 1was dispatched by Genera] Jaup the river in pursuit of keel boats, laden with small arms,which had been delayed on the ri\ ?Twelve miles above Xat himet the boat -. took their ma Icargo on hoard and returned to NewOrleans. She made the timiles in sis and one half days. TheEnterprise was actively enqsome time in trans] orlprior to and afl ? of Xew. Regi-ter of the Kentucky State Historical Society. Orleans, January 8th, 1S15. Shemade one voyage to the Gulf ofMexico, as a cartel: one voyage tothe rapids of the Red river withtroops, and nine voyages toNatchez. On May 6th, .-he set outfor Pittsburg, reaching Shipping-port in 25 days, on May 2 th, thisbeing the first steamboat that everarrived at that port from New Or-leans, a remarkable trip consideringthe lack of pilots and of the necessity of running only intJir. daytime. She was lost in May,1S16, in Rock Harbor, at Shipping-port, The fifth boat was the Aetna, 360tons, also built at Pittsburg. Shesailed in March, 1815, for New Or-leans. Her Captain was RobinsonDe Hart, who made the first of sixtrips to Louisville, with a fewpassemrers aboard and 200 pound5of freight. Above Natchez she hadto depend upon driftwood, some-times lying by for two or three davsto get more wood cut and hauledaboard. Cabin passengers were some-times
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