ASHE'S TRAVELS IN AMERICA.
ALLEGHANY, description of the ri-
towns on the borders
of, 37.
Alleghany and Onondargo, immense
circuitous journey performed by
persons chiefly engaged in the com-
merce of those two rivers, 43.
Alexandria, some account of the town
of, 1.59.
Alligator, attack of an, 274, 275.
America, character of the north-east-
ern states of, 5.
antiquity of, 185.
Americans, their custom of building
in valleys, 42.
Anecdote, curious one, 114.
Animals, imitation of, by an Indian
servant of the Author,
100, 101.
their fondness for salt, 39.
Anthony, St. Falls of, 258.
Antiquities, Indian, 33, 113.
Association, extraordinary, 194, 195.
Ash, antipathy of snakes to, 125.
Augusta, some account of the town
of, 179.
Farmer, emigrant, his opinion of Ame
rica, 27.
Fishing, nocturnal, novelty of, 137.
Fitzpatrick, Mr. benevolent acts of
that misguided emigrant, 96, 98.
Flesh, negro, predilection of alligators
for, 301.
Fogs, description of, 101, 102.
Forest, sublimity and horrors of a
night past in a, 9, 10, 11.
Forests, American, free from under-
wood, 14.
Forts, ancient Indian ones, 211.
Fossils, some account of, 47.
Francis, St. river some account of,
273.
Frankfort, account of the town of,
Fatiaris, American, the character of,
15-cessions by the, 77-incanta-
tions and charms of, 122―atro-
cious massacre of, 142.
Indians, Natchez, described, 290.
Irish, patriotism of the, 97.
Jefferson's town described, 221.
Jugglers, Indian, description of, 247.
Kenhaway, the great fertility of its
Iands, 141.
Kentuckey, remarks on the poultry
of, 121.
false descriptions of, cor-
rected, 152.
interior of, described, 165.
Lady, interesting anecdote of a, 183.
Lake, the Grand, majestic appearance
of, 280.
Lanesville, magnificence of the ruins
of, 131.
-, antiquities at, 131.
Lancaster, manufactures of the inha-
bitants of, 7.
New, some account of the
town of, 138.
Lands, the congress, some account of
them, 76, 78.
Land, remarks on the value and pro-
duce of, 79-81.
Lawn, a delightful one described, 135.
Lexington, town of, described, 170.
-, amusements of, 170.
its inhabitants, 172.
its trade, 172.
Lebanon, town of, described, 193.
state of farming in the
neighbourhood of, 199.
Limestone, town of, described, 165.
Logan, curious account of that chief,
Loghouse, the Author's description of,
and its inhabitants, 69, 70,
sociality in one of, 217.
London, fire of, advantages of, 83.
Long-reach, settlement on banks of,
Louisiana, history of, 259.
, progress of that country, 259.
the capital of, described,
802.
Louisville, town of, 211.
Orleans, New, account of the city of, Statesmen, American, described, 55.
Papaw tree described, 74.
Paris, some account of, 169.
Philosophy, Indian, 104.
Pittsburg, description of the town
of, 619.
Placquemines, some account of that
country, 297.
Planters, the hospitality of, 300.
Plants, native, lists of, 48, 49, 50, 51.
Pleasant Point, description of that
handsome town, 140.
Portsmouth, infant state of that town,
160.
Prairie, Little, some account of, 268.
Priests, Indian, their extraordinary
knowledge and gifts, 123, 124.
States, southern, state of society in
the, 6.
Steaks, from a turtle, 201.
Stone, the philosopher's, explosion of,
, great skeleton, various con
jectures concerning, 119.
Village, Shawanee, some account of,
War, Indian, effects of an, 76.
Wheeling, description of the town of,
Whirlpool, extraordinary, 242.
Wilmington, buildings at, 95.
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