----------------------------Original message----------------------------
          Ms. Farrell
          The  river  you  are seeking  may  be  the Shawanoe river,  which
          appears on  a  1784 map  of  the United States by Abel Buell. The
          river,  located  in northwestern Tennessee,  is  now  called  the
          Cumberland river.  If this is  the river you are seeking it would
          have  been neccessary to travel up  the Cumberland to  the  Ohio,
          down the Ohio to  the junction of  the Mississippi, and then down
          the Mississippi to New Orleans. Whew. Hope this helps.
          Ed Redmond
          Geography and Map, LC
                               eredmondmail.loc.gov.