You have Fabius travel west to the “confluence of two great rivers,” interpreted as Pittsburgh, which is about 35 miles south of the Kishkiminetas River. (The 1855 map you use makes the Kishkeminetas River look closer to Col. Bouquet’s Field than other early maps.) Your description of the journey of Fabuis and later his group is confusing and doesn’t line up with the text as I read it.
You have Fabius navigate the Western Branch of the Susquehanna River to the end, where he sets up camp. Then, you have him move in a northwestern direction until he reaches the Allegheny River. Traveling south towards Pittsburgh, they passing the Kishkiminetas River. Apparently, you have them do that so that you can argue that Spalding knew about the river. You also describe this section of the Allegheny River as the location of towns and kings. It is also the scene of the great battle of Geheno. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
First, the northwest direction is from Fabius’ settlement with the Delawares. He was informed by the Delawares that “at the distance of about fifteen days journey in <a> northwesterly course there is a great River which runs in a [south] westerly direction, they cannot tell how far—& that along the banks of this river there are great towns & mighty <kings> & a people who live in a state of civilization.” The word “south” is crossed out. The great river is the Ohio River.
Second, the first trip Fabius took to the Pittsburgh area was apparently by land, not boating on the Susquehanna. There is no location of a camp from which they traveled in a northwest direction and then in a southwest direction along the Allegheny River. The “great mountain” they passed over was the entire Appalachian Mountains, not just the last ridge. But once over, they apparently went directly to the Pittsburgh area, where there is a “confluence of two great Rivers which in conjunction produced a river <which was called Owaho> deep enough, for the navigation of ships.” Here was a town, a king, and civilized people.
Third, the second trip of the migrating party passed over the Susquehanna and went by land to Owhahon, presumably the name of the town near Pittsburgh previously visited by Fabius. This trip took 25 days instead of 15. Again, there is nothing indicating they passed the Kishkimenetas River.
Fourth, Fabius’ history isn’t limited to the Pittsburgh area, but he writes about the Ohons, Siotans, and Kentucks. “Their settlements ex-tended the whole length of the great River <Ohio> to its confluence with the Missisippi, & over the whole country on both sides of the Ohio River, which are watered by streams which empty into it.— And also along the great Lakes of Eri & Meshigan & even some settlements were formed in some part of the country which borders on Lake Ontario.— Such was the vast extent of the country which they inhabited.”
Fifth, you mistakenly superimpose the battle of Geheno onto the Pittsburgh area. This battle happened in northern Kentucky between the Siotans and Kentucks, with the Siotans located north of the Ohio River along the Scioto River and the Kentucks located south of the river along the Kentucky River.
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