G.
Gallatin, Albert, scheme of internal improvements, [114].
Geddes, James, engineer, [125].
Gibbons, Thomas, steamboat competitor of Ogden, [132].
Great Britain, steamboat experiments in, [109]; Fulton imports engine from, [111], [113].
Great Kanawha River, Washington outlines route by way of, [10]; as trade route, [19].
Great Lakes, Washington's vision concerning, [8]; French on, [20]; navigation of, [154] et seq.
Great Meadows, Washington on, [8]; Nemacolin's Path by, [18].
"Great Trail," [28].
Great Western (lake steamer), [168].
Greensburg (Penn.), growth of, [26].
Greenville, Treaty of, [67].
H.
Hamilton County (O.) organized, [68].
Hard Times (Miss.), location changed by Mississippi River, [177].
Hawkins, John, Shreve compared with, [175].
Hawley, Jesse, and Erie Canal, [115], [119].
Hazard, of Pennsylvania, [31]; and Lehigh coal, [40].
Hempstead, fur trader, [186].
Henry Clay (steamboat), [156].
Hercules (lake freighter), [169].
Heydt, Jost, leads immigrants south, [49].
"Highland Trail," [17], [20].
Hit or Miss (canal boat), [140].
Hockaday and Liggett establish stage line to Great Salt Lake, [189].
Holliday, Ben, and Overland Route, [190].
Horses, pack, [21]; in "Bonnyclabber Country," [86].
Hough, Emerson, The Passing of the Frontier, cited, [189] (note).
Houghton, Douglass, discovers copper in Michigan, [165].
Hudson River, Washington foresees joining to Great Lakes, [8]; pathway along, [15]; see also Erie Canal.
I.
Illinois, trade with, [66]; growth of population, [116], [156]; canal fever, [157], [161]; railway projects, [171]; influence of river trade on, [180].
Illinois (lake steamer), [168].
Illinois Central Railroad, [170].
Illinois-Michigan Canal, [157]-[158], [161], [167], [168].
Illinois River, French on, [20].
Independence (Mo.), Overland Trail from, [189].
Indiana, migration to, [67]; growth of population, [116], [156]; canal enthusiasm, [161]; railway projects, [171]; influence of river trade on, [180].
Indians, trails, [14], [18]; pack-horse trade with, [21], [27].
Ingles ferry, [47].
Iowa, influence of river trade on, [180].
J.
J. M. White (river boat), [184], [185], [186].
James-Kanawha Turnpike, [10].
James River, [17]; Washington's vision regarding, [8], [10]; as trade route, [19].
Jefferson, Thomas, plan for settlement of West, [4].
June Bug, stagecoach line, [122].
Juniata River, Kittanning Trail along, [17], [152].
K.
Keever, Captain, builds steamboat on Ohio, [78].
Kent, Chancellor, and Erie Canal, [127], [128].
Kentucky, wagon road constructed to, [49]-[50]; migration to, [67].
King, Billy, builder of the J. M. White, [184].
Kittanning Trail, [17], [25].
Knoxville (Tenn.), Baily reaches, [98].