Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 188
through their barterwith the indians. The Virginia colonists did not attempt tomake use of the salt springs until the close of the eighteenth cen-tury (1798), although they were familiar with their location andexistence about the middle of the century. The John Mitchell map of the British and… … (177) 178 Archaeological Remains of Jackson County. weak and it would often require ten to fifteen gallons of thewater to make one pound of salt. The salt was distributed tothe settlements by pack horses. So important was this sourceof supply to the inhabitants that, when Ohio was formed intoa…
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