[122] For the Swiss settlement at Vevay, see Bradbury's Travels, volume v of our series, note 164.—Ed.
[123] Port William, now Carrollton, is situated at the mouth of the Kentucky River. In 1789-90, General Scott built a blockhouse at that point, which was occupied until 1792, when the town of Port William was laid out.—Ed.
[124] For the early history of Madison, Indiana, see Flint's Letters, volume ix of our series, note 128.—Ed.
[125] Consult Croghan's Journals, in volume i of our series, note 106, for the history of Louisville.—Ed.
[126] A brief account of Jeffersonville may be found in Flint's Letters, volume ix of our series, note 80.—Ed.
[127] For the early history of Shippingport, consult Cuming's Tour, volume iv of our series, note 171.—Ed.
[128] A note on the settlement of New Albany is given in Hulme's Journal, ante, note 15.—Ed.
[129] Salt River, Kentucky, rises in Mercer County, and flowing northward and then westward, enters the Ohio at West Point, twenty miles below Louisville. Fifteen miles from its mouth, it receives a branch nearly as large as itself, called the Rolling Fork.—Ed.
[130] This town, a hundred miles below Louisville, was settled in 1808 by two pioneers named William Taylor and Joseph Wright. For many years it was the seat of Perry County, but in half a century did not acquire more than two hundred inhabitants.—Ed.
[131] Anderson's Creek, rising in Crawford County, serves in the latter part of its course as the dividing line between Spencer and Perry counties. In high water it is navigable for flatboats for about thirty miles. Thomas Lincoln came with his family to Anderson's Creek in 1815, and with the help of Abraham ran a ferry until the fall of 1817.