Date: 1823
We left Shawaneetown at twelve o'clock on the 28th, and stopped three miles below, to take in wood ; then proceeding forward, at four P. M. we ran aground on a sand bar, seven miles above the " Cave Inn," or " House of Nature."  After much exertion, by means of anchors and poles, with the aid of the engine , and all the men, who were under the necessity of jumping into the river, we at length succeeded in getting her off, and ran down to the Cave, where we laid by for the night.  Early the next morning, we went to visit the cave, of the entrance to which two views were sketched by Mr. Sey mour.