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Rivers
RIVERS: Potomac (continued)—
Maryland legislature concerning, 50; report of committee, 51; Virginia and Maryland unite in improvement of, 51; Potomac Company improves, 52–64; Potomac Canal in valley of, 67–68; route of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in valley of, 79; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal inaugural pageant on, 103–104; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal finished to Holman's Dam on, 123; act for opening and extending navigation of, 219–224.
- Powell's, Dr. Walker names, 6, 65.
- Red, Walker and Gist on, 6, 75.
- Rockfish, 6, 54.
- Rocky ("rivière à la Roche) Céloron on, 9, 36, 46–47.
- Salt, early settlement on, 6, 80.
- Schuylkill, floating bridge over, 12, 63; early improvement of navigation of, 13, 32.
- Shenandoah, early navigation of, 13, 36–37.
- St. Lawrence: portages on, 7, 24–28; navigation of, 58.
- Susquehanna: early duck-hunting on, 11, 110; failure to secure slackwater navigation for, attributed to opposition of railways, 12, 162; Dickens describes long bridge across, 177; early
