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The way west. The trip to Kentucky was difficult. Thousands of pioneers travelled by land to Pittsburgh. There they build boats and sailed down the Ohio River to the Ohio Territory. Travelling by boat was easier and quicker than travelling by land. But river travel also had its problems. In spring the rivers flooded. Dangerous rapids and waterfalls could break a boat. Besides, bandits, pirates and American Indians often attacked the boats and stole goods.