Annals of Blackwater and the Land of Canaan, 1746-1880 |
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adventurers bait banks Berkeley Springs Black Blackwater Chronicle Blackwater River blaze breakfast Cabin Mountain camp Canaan Valley CHARLES GRAHAM chasm Cheat Cheat River Conway's course crossed dark David Hunter Davis deep deer dense descended Dindon Dobbin's House expedition explorers fallen trees Fanceller's feet high fire fish foam foot forest frying George Casey glade Gormania guides halt head spring horses hour hundred feet hunters hunting JERRY BROWNING journey Judge Hixley Kennedy Land of Canaan large fall laurel laurel-brake leap length Lewis wrote look Loral morning moss moun night North Fork o'clock Oakland party Pendleton Creek Penn pine pool PORTE CRAYON Potomac River Powell rain reached Rebecca Harding Davis rhododendron ridge rifle rock rugged side SKETCH BY CHARLES SKETCH BY PORTE soon spot stream Strother Styx supper Swamp thick thickets Thornhill Towers trip trout walking West Virginia wild wilderness wood yards