Four Months in a Sneak-Box

Four Months in a Sneak-Box

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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
AUTHOR OF "A THOUSAND MILES' WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA," AND
"VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE."
TO THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LIGHT HOUSE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES This Book is Dedicated BY ONE
WHO HAS LEARNED TO RESPECT THEIR HONEST, INTELLIGENT AND
EFFICIENT LABORS IN SERVING THEIR GOVERNMENT, THEIR
COUNTRYMEN, AND MANKIND GENERALLY.
INTRODUCTION.
EIGHTEEN months ago the author gave to the public his "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER
CANOE:--A GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY OF 2500 MILES FROM QUEBEC TO
THE GULF OF MEXICO, DURING THE YEARS 1874-5."
The kind reception by the American press of the author's first journey to the great
southern sea, and its republication in Great Britain and in France within so short a time of
its appearance in the United States, have encouraged him to give the public a companion
volume,-- "FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX,"--which is a relation of the
experiences of a second cruise to the Gulf of Mexico, but by a different route from that
followed in the "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE." This time the author procured
one of the smallest and most comfortable of boats--a purely American model, developed
by the bay-men of the New Jersey coast of the United States, and recently introduced to
the gunning fraternity as the BARNEGAT SNEAK-BOX. This curious and stanch little
craft, though only twelve feet in length, proved a most comfortable and serviceable home
while the author rowed in it more than 2600 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, until he reached the goal of his voyage--the
mouth of the wild Suwanee River--which was the terminus of his "VOYAGE OF THE
PAPER CANOE."
The maps which illustrate the contours of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, like those in
the other volume, are the most reliable ever given to the public, having been drawn and
engraved, by contract for the work, by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureau.
LAKE GEORGE, WARREN CO., NEW YORK STATE,
SEPTEMBER 1st, 1879.
CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
THE BOAT FOR THE VOYAGE. CANOES FOR SHALLOW STREAMS AND
FREQUENT PORTAGES.-- SNEAK-BOXES FOR DEEP WATERCOURSES.--
HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE BARNEGAT SNEAK- BOX.-- A WALK
DOWN EEL STREET TO MANAHAWKEN MARSHES.-- HONEST GEORGE, THE
BOAT-BUILDER.-- THE BUILDING OF THE SNEAK-BOX "CENTENNIAL
REPUBLIC."-- ITS TRANSPORTATION TO THE OHIO RIVER.

CHAPTER II.
SOURCES OF THE OHIO RIVER. DESCRIPTION OF THE MONONGAHELA AND

ALLEGHANY RIVERS.-- THE OHIO RIVER.-- EXPLORATION OF CAVELIER DE
LA SALLE.-- NAMES GIVEN BY ANCIENT CARTOGRAPHERS TO THE OHIO.--
ROUTES OF THE ABORIGINES FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE OHIO
RIVER.

CHAPTER III.
FROM PITTSBURGH TO BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND. THE START FOR THE
GULF.-- CAUGHT IN THE ICE-RAFT.-- CAMPING ON THE OHIO.-- THE GRAVE
CREEK MOUND.-- AN INDIAN SEPULCHRE.-- BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND.--
AARON BURR'S CONSPIRACY.-- A RUINED FAMILY.

CHAPTER IV.
FROM BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND TO CINCINNATI. RIVER CAMPS.-- THE
SHANTY-BOATS AND RIVER MIGRANTS.-- VARIOUS EXPERIENCES.--
ARRIVAL AT CINCINNATI.-- THE SNEAK-BOX FROZEN UP IN PLEASANT
RUN.-- A TAILOR'S FAMILY.-- A NIGHT UNDER A GERMAN COVERLET.

CHAPTER V.
FROM CINCINNATI TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. CINCINNATI.-- MUSIC AND
PORK IN PORKOPOLIS.-- THE BIG BONE LICK OF FOSSIL ELEPHANTS.--
COLONEL CROGHAN'S VISIT TO THE LICK.-- PORTAGE AROUND THE
"FALLS," AT