This river rises in the Cumberland mountains, on the confines of Virginia, winding to a S. W. course, advances into the S. W. Territory, thence meandering in a N. W. direction, passes by Nashville, in the state of Tennessee, into Kentucky, and unites with the Ohio in a west direction; it is 300 yards wide at its mouth, and is navigable for loaded boats up to Nashville, and for smaller crafts up to the division line of Kentucky