Four Months in a Sneak-Box / A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Along the Gulf of Mexico

by Nathaniel H. Bishop

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DRAWN BY F. T. MERRILL. ENGRAVED BY JOHN ANDREW & SON.

SHANTY-BOATS—THE CHAMPION FLOATERS OF THE WEST……. FRONTISPIECE. DIAGRAM OF PARTS OF BOAT…14 INDIAN IN CANOE…28 THE START—HEAD OF THE OHIO RIVER …31 COAL-STOVE. . .39 INDIAN MOUND AT MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA…54 A NIGHT UNDER A GERMAN COVERLET…78 POPULAR IDEA OF THE NESTING OF CRANES…111 STERN-WHEEL WESTERN TOW-BOAT PUSHING FLATBOATS…114 MEETING WITH THE PARAKEETS…125 DYING IN HIS BOAT…177 BOYTON DESCENDING THE MISSISSIPPI…187 NEW ORLEANS ROUGHS AMUSING THEMSELVES…214 ARRIVAL AT THE GULF OF MEXICO—CAMP MOSQUITO…239 THE PORTAGE ACROSS CROOKED ISLAND…269 SADDLES BREAKS DOWN…292 PARTING WITH SADDLES…302 LAST NIGHT ON THE GULF OF MEXICO…322