(literal). This name has ben given to several rivers. The one in Kentucky is that which gave rise to the secondary meaning of the words, it being much obstructed, and difficult to navigate.
1784. The several streams and branches of Salt River afford excellent mill seats.—John Filson, ‘Kentucke,’ p. 19.
a. 1800. The East River was called Salt River in early days.—See Watson, ‘Historic Tales of New York,’ p. 77.
1805–6. See Pike’s ‘Voyage up the Mississippi River.’
1819. On Monday the 25th ult. the inhabitants residing near the mouth of Salt River were thrown into a state of the utmost alarm by the wanton murder of an Indian belonging to the Fox tribe.—Missouri Gazette, St. Louis, Feb. 17.
1819. Thomas Hanly advertises 160 arpents of land near Salt River.—St. Louis Enquirer, Sept. 15.
1825. Salt River. Flows in Kentucky, rises in the knobby hills, course N.W. 80 miles long, natural course winding about 140 miles, or 160 English miles.—Weekly Review, Lexington, Ky., Jan.
1837. Miss Jane H. Beckwith, who lately went out to the Salt River country on a matrimonial speculation, has advertised in the Salt River Journal that she is still on hand.—Phila. Public Ledger, March 11.
