Flemingsburg to the Licking River

Travel across the knob-lands of this part of Kentucky was probably relatively easy and covered in a short 
time. Even with the natural needs to hunt, forage, rest and recuperate from the demands of long distance 
travel  by foot, the trip from Eskalapia probably involved no more than 2 to 3 days of  daylight walking, 
even for a group of travelers that included women and children. The women being nearly as hardy as the men, 
so the inclusion of children, old people or those with some physical disability would have been the 
principle contributors to a more leisurely travel rate. 

In many ways, the Licking River dominated this part of Kentucky.  The contributions of  the numerous large 
and small creeks of the Licking River basin area made the Licking River navigable by canoe far into the 
interior of central Kentucky. The Licking River is a substantial watercourse through Bath County , and its 
floodplain  extends far to the east, west and south.. The knob-lands of central Kentucky are probably a 
product of the Licking River, or its ancestral rivers which drained this part of Kentucky.

The Licking River flows from the southeast to the northwest through Kentucky, and joins the Ohio River 
just east of the Covington, Ky. - Cincinnati, Ohio area. As a consequence, travelers on the Warriors 
path can only benefit from it directly once they have reached the area north of Owingsville.