title: The Archaeology of Ohio
author: Robert N. Converse
description: Robert Converse reveals the fascinating account of Ohio's prehistoric cultures and their important place in the archeology of North America.
zlib_text: # AFLOAT ON THE OHIO
  
  > # Afloat on the Ohio
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  > ## AN HISTORICAL PILGRIMAGE,
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  > ## OF A THOUSAND MILES IN A
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  > ## SKIFF, FROM REDSTONE TO
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  > ## CAIRO
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  > ## BY
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  > ## REUBEN GOLD THWAITES
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  > _Secretary of the State Historical Society of_
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  > _Wisconsin, Editor of "The Jesuit Relations,"_
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  > _Author of "The Colonies,_
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  > _1492-1750," "Historic Waterways,"_
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  > _"The Story of Wisconsin,"_
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  > _"Our Cycling_
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  > _Tour in England,"_
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  > _etc., etc._
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  > ##### CHICAGO
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  > ##### WAY & WILLIAMS
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  > ##### 1897
  
  > COPYRIGHT
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  > BY REUBEN GOLD THWAITES
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  > A.D., 1897
  
  > #####  _To_
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  > ##### FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, Ph. D.,
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  > _Professor of American History in the University of_
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  > _Wisconsin, who loves his native West_
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  > _and with rare insight and gift of phrase_
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  > _interprets her story,_
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  > _this Log of the "Pilgrim" is cordially inscribed._
  
  ## CONTENTS.
  
  > Preface. [xi](text00000.html#pagexi)
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  > Chapter I.
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  > On the Monongahela—The over-mountain path—Redstone Old Fort—The
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