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Onondio, was situated on the southeastern hank of the Ohio, at the mouth of a large creek in latitude 39° 40′. The second was on the same side of the Ohio, at the mouth of a river afterward called the Little Kanawha. The third was at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River. The fourth was on the north bank of the Ohio at the mouth of a river called the Scioto. The fifth was at a very beautiful location on the north bank of the Ohio, about a hundred miles below the mouth of the Scioto, and opposite the mouth of a considerable river coming in on the south side of the Ohio. The sixth was about a hundred and twenty miles farther down the river than the fifth. At this point were rapids in the river, which considerably impeded navigation. The seventh was near the mouth of the Wabash River. As the ground at the mouth of the Ohio was unfit for settlement and the point was considerably without the chartered limits of Aristopia, no post was established there. The eighth post was established on the eastern bank of the Misashapi (Mississippi) about one hundred and fifty miles (by the river) above the mouth of the Ohio and near the mouth of a considerable river. This post was named from the river,