INDEX.

CHAPTER I.

Introductory remarks.

CHAPTER II.

The various modes of early river navigation -Broadhorns on the Ohio -

Time of keel-boats and barges from New Orleans to Falls of the Ohio -- Pirogues

on the Missouri - Lead mines at Galena opened· - Steamboat Virginia the first

to ascend the Upper Mississippi First use of steamboats in towing keel-

boats Robert Fulton not the inventor of steamboats - John Fitch on the

Delaware river - Barnwell R. Grant - First vessel ever moved by steam-Fitch's

second steamboat - His description -
- Her performance - Sixth steamboat by

Samuel Morey - A screw propeller-Eleven steamboats previous to 1807..

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2-6

CHAPTER III.

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Robert Fulton builds the twelfth boat Clermont on the Hudson River

Fulton's skill - Clermont rebuilt Her trip to Albany -Cut of the Clermont

First steamboat race - Car of Commerce Fulton's second boat - Other boats

for Long Island Sound and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by Fulton..

CHAPTER IV.

Missouri Gazette, 1808 Trip of steamboat from New York to Albany Ful-

ton's letters to the " American Citizen," to his friend Joel Barlow - Account of

his steamboat trip to Albany-Effect on the natives in seeing the Clermont the

first time Fulton's death in 1815 - Steamboat in Spain in 1543- Watt, Fitch,

Evans, Stephens, Morey, Rumsey and others antedate Fulton.

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11-15

CHAPTER V.

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John Fitch an American His patent- Fulton's first experimental boat at

Paris, France - Fitch's explanation of his machinery -- His visit to France

Failure of his boats and his hopes His death and burial-James Rumsey's

boat on the Potomac Second steamboat in the world- John Fitch's will and

grave.

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CHAPTER VI.

15-20

His

Robert Fulton - His father a native of Ireland His place of nativity.

genius as an artist His visit to England in 1793 - His residence in France

His experiments on the Seine- · Bonaparte entertains his proposition to con-

struct torpedo boats - His return to America - His first patent- Fulton and

Livingston's exclusive right to navigate steam vessels Injunction of the

Supreme Court - First steam ferry-boats - Floating batteries- Fulton the first

engineer - Samuel J. Morey's steamboat on the Delaware.

CHAPTER VII.

Discovery of the Upper Mississippi - Father Hennepin in 1680 His voyage

from Canada - His descent down the Illinois River Indian name for Missis

sippi - The river described - Buccaneers infest the mouths of rivers - Cotton-

wood Creek and Grand Tower general rendezvous- Beausoliel, the merchant,

and the freebooters Barge transportation on the Mississippi and Ohio

mail route across the Alleghanys...

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CHAPTER VIII.

Mail-boats on the Ohio River Indians attack mail-boats

fight

Description of

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FIFTY YEARS ON THE MISSISSIPPI;

OR,

GOULD'S HISTORY OF RIVER NAVIGATION.

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE INTRODUCTION OF STEAM AS A PROPELLING
POWER ON OCEAN, LAKES AND RIVERS-THE FIRST STEAMBOATS ON THE
HUDSON, THE DELAWARE, AND THE OHIO RIVERS - NAVIGATION OF
WESTERN RIVERS BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF STEAM-CHAR-
ACTER OF THE EARLY NAVIGATORS - DESCRIPTION OF FIRST
STEAMBOATS-STEAMBOAT NEW ORLEANS IN 1811, AND SIXTY
CONSECUTIVE BOATS, WHEN AND WHERE BUILT-THEIR
EFFECT UPON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE VALLEY OF
THE MISSISSIPPI - CHARACTER AND SPEED OF

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CAUSES OF THE DECLINE-DESTRUCTION OF STEAMBOATS ON WESTERN
WATERS BIOGRAPHIES OF PROMINENT STEAMBOATMEN
ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND CUTS OF
STEAMBOATS AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.

By E.

E. W. GOULD.

750 PAGES. ELEGANTLY BOUND.

SAINT LOUIS:
NIXON-JONES PRINTING CO.