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and lived here in greater numbers, in towns. Here, the wild animals lived in the greatest numbers, and we have placed our Capitol, on the most beautiful spot of the whole Scioto country.

Nature has already done her part, for this region, and man has done, is doing and will continue to do his, to make it all that man can ever desire it to be, forever, "A HOME, SWEET HOME."

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Next in order, as we descend the Ohio river, one hundred miles below Portsmouth, near the small town of Columbia, the

LITTLE MIAMI

Pays its constant tribute, to the Belle Riviere. It rises in Madison county, in a small spring, a few miles from London. Some of its branches, rise in Clinton, but most of them in Green county. This river passes through a limestone region. Its length is nearly eighty miles, and its average breadth of valley, may be estimated, at about twenty miles. Originating in durable springs, it is for its size, one of the best mill streams, in the state. Though its valley is not much longer than that of the Hockhocking, yet, in summer, while the latter is dry in its bed, at its mouth, and for many miles upwards, the Little Miami rolls along, its good sized volume of water, to its mouth, fertilizing and adorning the earth along its banks, and furnishing a water power, which the people of that region, are con stantly using for mills of all sorts, and for other machinery, moved, by its power. On this river, JEREMIAH MORROW, our former member of both houses of congress, canal commissioner, and governor of the state, owns and superintends, himself, several excellent mills. Along this stream, more sea shells are found, than any where else, in the limestone region of Ohio. Many specimens of them, are perfectly uninjured and entire.

The soil of this region is warm, especially on its western side and is very productive of grass and grain. Green and Warren counties, lying in the Little Miami valley, are among the best watered, most fertile counties in the state, and they

are as healthful, and their people as good, and live in as easy an independence, as any farmers in this state. Towards the head of this river are some remarkable falls and rapids.

Descending the Ohio river, thirty miles below the mouth of the Little Miami, we come to the mouth of the

GEEAT MIAMI.

It rises on the same summit, as the Muskingum and Scioto, in wet, marshy grounds, or in ponds, and small lakes.

The main branch of this river, rises in Hardin county, and some of its waters interlock with the Au Glaize, a tributary of the Maumee, so that by a portage of only five miles, we may pass from the waters of the Mississippi, to those of the St. Lawrence. The Cincinnati and Dayton canal is progressing northwardly, and will soon make a line of communication, by canal navigation, from the Ohio river to Lake Erie.

MAD RIVER,

A tributary of the Great Miami, rises in some ponds, from which, not only the Great Miami flows but the Scioto also. Mad river empties its waters into the Miami, at Dayton, a thriving town of 5000 people. The Miami valley has always been admired for its beautifully variegated and fertile surface. Its valley may be estimated at one hundred and ten miles from north to south, and forty miles, or more, from east to west. Some of it lies in Indiana. This is called the Miami country, and take it, all in all, for soil, climate, water-power, but more still, for its improvements in agriculture, and for its denseness of population, compared with any part of this state, and it is unsurpassed. Cincinnati is a large city, with all the arts of one-all the institutions which are calculated to enoble, exalt polish, refine and render happy, the human family.

Dayton, Xenia, Hamilton, Springfield, Urbana, Troy, Piqua and Rossville are thriving towns, in this region.

But, we must leave for awhile these towns, and the waters

of the Mississippi, and pass over the miry, marshy summit, at their heads, and visit the Great Valley of the St. Lawrence. And, we will cross over to the

MAUMEE,

Of lake Erie. The surfaces of the states of Ohio and Indiana, have, in a friendly way, contributed equally to make this river, as the citizens of the same states now are uniting their efforts to make a splendid canal along its whole length. It assumes its name, at Fort Wayne in Indiana. The town of Fort Wayne stands at the confluence, of the St. Mary's, which rises in Ohio; and the St. Joseph's, a stream of Indiana. After this junction of waters, the Maumee, flows onwards, crosses into the state of Ohio, and feeling new life, after it has moved along slowly awhile in our territory, it finally leaps madly from rock to rock forming for eighteen miles above Perrysburgh one of the best, if not the very best mill stream, in the state. At the latter town, it finds itself on d level with lake Erie, and is at rest. The lake vessels will ascend it to Perrysbugh. The Maumee, is one hundred miles, in length, fifty miles from its mouth upwards, it is seventy rods wide. It is one of the largest rivers in the state. Its banks are high, and begin to be very well cultivated. Along its borders, are fine bottom lands and its waters are stored with fine fishes from the lake.

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The state of Ohio, is about to make a canal along it, from its mouth upwards, sixty feet wide, six feet deep, with a double set of locks, so as to admit lake vessels to navigate it to Fort Wayne. At no distant day, the Maumee valley will by thickly settled, and well improved; and, this canal will be studded. with flourishing villages, towns and cities.

SANDUSKY

River, rises in the western part of Richland county, on the same summit level, with the head waters of the Muskingum river, and turning westwardly, crosses Crawford, Seneca, San

dusky and Huron counties, and finally discharges its waters into Lake Erie, at the mouth of Sandusky bay. It is about eighty miles long including its windings from a straight line, and its volume of water is about equal to that of the Little Miami. Its Indian name, imports á water with whirlpools in it. It abounds with lake fishes, and it has a safe and excellent harbor, for lake vessels, at its mouth. We proceed to

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HURON

River, whose mouth is a few miles east of the Sandusky bay. Huron river rises in Richland county near the heads of the Sandusky and Muskingum. Running slowly out of Richland into Huron county, which it crosses, it pays its tribute to the lake, at the town of Huron. It is forty miles long and turns many water wheels, in its course.

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Sailing eastwardly, sixty miles, along an iron bound, and rocky shore, mostly; we arrive at the mouth of the Cuyahoghan-uk, of the Indians.

In our voyage, we have passed two small rivers, rising in Medina county, and running quite across Lorain county, into lake Erie. They are fine mill streams, for short ones—f -forty miles long. These are Black river and Rocky river. But we are now at the mouth of the

CUYAHOGA,

Or, as the Indians called it "Cuyahoghan-uk," Lake river. It is emphatically lake river; it rises in lakes, and falls into a lake. Rising in Geauga county, on the summit, it proceeds along on that second level above the Erie in doubt, whether to unite its waves with the Mississippi or St. Lawrence, until, it wends its way cautiously along, across Portage county, to its falls, which are about thirty miles, in a direct line, from the lake, where having determined which way to go, it leaps exultingly, from rock to rock one hundred and twenty five feet, in one mile, pouring along its channel, even in a dry time, five thousand cubic feet of water, in a minute, creating the very best water

power, in the state, within so short a distance. These are THE CUYAHOGA FALLS, on which, mills of all sorts are erected, and erecting; creating an active, thriving and prosperous village. The people seem to be emulating the activity of the mills, and water, near them. The saw, the plane, the hammer, the trowel and the axe, are rivalling in speed, the roaring, tumbling, descending waters. Turning abruptly, here, away from the dull homely ponds, on the south, the Cuyahoga runs eagerly and rapidly to join lake Erie, falling on an average, eleven feet in a mile. The Cuyahoga, is about eighty miles in length, forty miles of that distance, or more, are on the same summit, with the Mahoning and Tuscarawas. The former runs into Pennsylvania, and enters the Ohio at Beaver. The latter is the main branch of the Muskingum river.

From these falls to Cleveland, the water power is great; and on the canal, at Akron, not very far distant from these falls, the same descent, is already under the control of man, creating twenty-eight locks, within the distance of about six miles. From Akron to Cleveland, there may be, and soon will be, one continued village, for the distance of thirty-eight miles. At the very falls, themselves, are iron ore, sandstone of different colors, of a fine grain, and of good texture, suitable for building stone, grindstones, whetstones and many other articles, useful to man. Fossil coal exists also, on the spot;-so that, here are all the materials of industry, health, happiness and prosperity. The forest presents its trees, the earth holds out her minerals, and the water offers its never failing power, in aid of industry in all its forms, to produce wealth in all its shapes; and happiness in all its modes of existence, either corporeal, mental, or mixed. From Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, to Cleveland, including the last named town; and all the space between them, there will be eventually, one great city of five hundred thousand people. The river, the canal, the coal, the iron ore, the sandstone, and, finally, the most beautiful inland sea, in the world, all conspire, to produce the same great result. The harbour of Cleveland now presents, in summer, a port as bustling, active and heart-stirring, as the port of Baltimore.

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