F.
Fallen Timber, battle of, [67].
Ferries, [46]-[47].
Fink, Mike, "the Snag," [64]; "Snapping Turtle," [64].
Fitch, John, steamboat experiments, [12], [101]-[102], [103]-[105]; petition to Congress, [106]-[107]; obtains monopoly from States, [106]; Fulton and, [108].
Forbes, General John, captures Fort Duquesne, [26]; breaks army road, [50].
Forman, Joshua, bill for Erie Canal project, [124].
Franklin, Benjamin, on making rivers navigable, [30]; and international boundary line, [164].
Frederick (Md.), trail from, [18].
Free Democrat, St. Joseph, quoted, [192]-[193].
Freeland, H., account of the Clermont, [113]-[114].
French as commercial rivals, [20].
Fulton, Robert, steamboat experiments, [12], [107]-[114]; and Livingston, [108]-[112]; on Erie Canal committee, [125]; bibliography, [199].
Fur trade, French and, [20]; with Illinois country, [66]; headquarters at St. Louis, [186].