CONTENTS OF VOLUME III TRAVELS TO THE WEST OF THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS, in the States of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessea, and back to Charleston, by the Upper Carolines . THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR INTO THE TERRITORY NORTH- WEST OF THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS; made in the • 307 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME III I. Portrait of François André Michaux. From oil painting in possession of American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia Frontispiece II. Carte des Etats du Centre, de l'Ouest et du Sud des III. Photographic facsimile of title-page to François André 108 109 IV. Photographic facsimile of title-page to Harris's Journal 309 V. Photographic facsimile of Map of Alleghany and Yohiogany Rivers; from Harris's Journal 331 351 VI. Photographic facsimile of Map of the State of Ohio, by PREFACE TO VOLUME III We publish in this volume André Michaux's journal of his travels into Kentucky from 1793-96, Englished by us from the French version in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society; a reprint of the English version of Travels to the West of the Alleghany Mountains, made in 1802 by his son, François André Michaux; and a reprint of Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a Tour into the Territory Northwest of the Alleghany Mountains, made in the Spring of the Year 1803 - omitting, however, as unnecessary to our present purpose, the appendix thereto. The Michauxs André Michaux, whose name is known to scientists of both hemispheres, was born at Satory, Versailles, in 1746. Destined by his father for the superintendence of a farm belonging to the royal estate, Michaux early became interested in agriculture, even while pursuing classical studies. Upon the death of his young wife, Cecil Claye, which occurred at the birth of their son, François André (1770), he devoted himself to scientific studies in the effort to overcome his grief. These naturally took the direction of botany, and Michaux became imbued with a desire to seek for strange plants in foreign countries. From 1779-81 he travelled in England, the Auvergne, and the Pyrenees; and later (1782-85), in Persia, botanizing, and studying the political situation of the Orient. He had intended to return to Persia, but while in France (1785) the government requested that he |