[24] For the early history of Chillicothe, see F. A. Michaux's Travels, volume iii of our series, note 35.—Ed.
[25] For a sketch of the founding of West Union, see Hulme's Journal, volume x of our series, note 39. Concerning Bainbridge, consult Faux's Journal, ante, note 109.—Ed.
[26] This was probably the common poison ivy (Rhus toxicodendron).—Ed.
[27] From another party which passed, I learned that the well-known Colonel Boon is still alive in the Missourie country; though the journals lately gave a circumstantial account of his death.—Welby.
Comment by Ed. Boone died September 26, 1820.
[28] This was the last important Indian cession in Ohio. September 29, 1817, the Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa ceded a large tract bounded on the east by the previous treaty line—namely, a line drawn south from a point a few miles east of the head of Sandusky Bay, and on the south by the old Greenville treaty line (see Evans's Tour, in our volume viii, note 51), and the St. Mary's River.—Ed.
[29] For the early history of Blue Licks, see Cuming's Tour, in our volume iv, note 117.—Ed.
[30] For a brief account of Lexington, see A. Michaux's Travels, volume iii of our series, note 28.—Ed.
[31] An account of the early history of Transylvania University has been given in our volume iv, note 126.—Ed.
[32] There are two good family taverns however, one the Indian Queen; of the other I forget the sign.—Welby.