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LETTER VIII. Houses. Persons. Amusements. Code
of laws. Trees. Birds. Forest fire
...
LETTER IX. Vicinity of Norfolk. Dismal Swamp. Tur-
key-buzzard. Fire-flies. Wild fruits. Unhealthy cli-
mate. Moss
LETTER X. Carolina. Newbern. Charlestown. Quays.
Streets. Houses. Manners. Funerals. Laws. Slavery.
South Carolina. Fossils. Schools.
Rice swamps.
Indigo. Cotton
54
59
...... 64
LETTER XI. Snakes. Caemans. Women. Planters. Ne-.
groes. Negro Market. Cæsar, Winter season. Yellow
fever
LETTER XII.
....
70
Savannah. Defeat of Monsieur Destaing.
Classes of the inhabitants of America. Borderers.
Sunbury. Catharine Islands. Shrubs. Animals.
Opossum. Raccoon
LETTER XIII. Geographical situation. Alatamaha river.
View of the country. Fishing party. Storm. Vege-
table productions. Sand holes. Ogeechee limes. Un-
cultivated tract. Annanas. Tortoise. St. Mary's Ri-
ver. St. John's River. Indians
LETTER XIV. Excursion into the interior part of the
country. Forests. Laurel magnolia. Palmetto royal.
Moss. Cypress. Eagles. Perroquets. Hibiscus. Sea
pelican. Water-fowl. Cray-fish. Allegator. Indian
village. Butterflies
LETTER XV. Islands of sea-weed. Snake-bird. Ephe-
mera. Garr. Bream. Taskawila. Indian reception.
Persons. Feast. Town. Houses. Situation. Siminole
horses, Cattle. Deer. Public entertainment....
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85
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LETTER
CONTENTS.
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LETTER XVI. Face of the country. Natural basons of
water. Siminole Indians. River St. Juan. Traffic.
Canoes. Encampment. Apalachuela. Town of Blood.
Talassee. Mobile. Pensacola
LETTER XVII. Indians. Muskogees. Persons. Women.
Hospitality. Ancient towns. Barrows. Virtues. Anec-
dotes. Logan. Silouée. Government. Religion
107
.. 114
LETTER XVIII. Pearl River and Island. New Orleans.
Mississippi. Manchac. Indian village. Candleberry
Myrtle. Natches. Journey to Nashville. Trees. Gin-
sing. Auimals. Squirrel hunting
LETTER XIX. State of Tenessee. Situation. Rivers.
Mountains. Brooks. Cotton. Tenants. Churches.
East Tenessee. Maize. Cattle. Plantations. Roaring
River. Indians. Milestones. Knoxville....
124
130
LETTER XX. Cherokee Indians. Persons. Love of li-
berty. Aged Chief. Sorrel-tree. Plantation. Crys-
tals. Jonesborough. Allegany Mountains. Sala-
mander. Bear hunting. Journey. Morgantown. 136
LETTER XXI. Kentucky. Situation. Barrens. Manners.
Schools. Produce. Horses. Cattle. Wild turkeys.
Harrodsburgh. Lexington
on the Ohio.
LETTER XXII. Paris. Millesburgh. Salt works. Licks.
Mammoth. Indian oration. Washington. Embark
Voyage to Pittsburgh. First settler.
Manners. Muscles. Cat-fish. Point Pleasant. Towns.
Marietta. Plane-tree. Face of the country
143
...... 148
LETTER XXIII. Pittsburgh. River Monongahala. River Allegany. Ligonier's Valley. Azalea. Bedford. Cones.
of the cucumber-tree. Shippensburgh. Carlisle. York.
Lancaster
LETTER XXIV. Trees. Harrisburgh. Sunbury. Northum-
berland. Anecdote. Bethlehem. Moravians. Easton.
Mineral spring. Morristown. Falls of the Posaik.
Copper mine. Peaches. Red Fruit. View of New
York. Arrival in that city
156
161
LETTER XXV. New York. Broad Way. Freedom of re-
ligious sentiments. Markets. Charitable institutions.
Slaves. Trade. Foundation of the colony. Long
Island. Character of the inhabitants. Curious negro.
Environs of New York. Succession of towns to Boston 170
LETTER XXVI. Travellers in the stage waggon. Pot-ash.
Golf and Wadley. Connecticut. First, Settlers.
Schools. Rhode Island. Cheese. General Green.
Boston. Harbour. Islands. Monument. Trade. Sea-
otter. Fur trade
LETTER XXVII. Lynn. Salem. Persecution of witches.
Marblehead. Beverley. Drying stock-fish. Glouces-
ter. Newbury Port. River Merrimack. Small towns.
Piscataqua Bridge. Portland. River Kennebeck.
Wood-cutters. Happy farmers
178
.184
LETTER XXVIII. District of Maine. Poverty of the in-
habitants. Trees. Animals. Penobscot. Meet an
acquaintance. Nantucket. Sancho. Whalers...... 190
LETTER XXIX. Voyage to Boston. Artists and great men.
Appearance of the country. River Connecticut.
Northampton. Pittsfield: Shakers. Mineral Spring.
Albany
198
LETTER XXX. The narrative of an Indian chief, concern-
ing the war between the Americans and some of the
Indian tribes...
... 205
LETTER XXXI. Cohoz. Cataract. Curious mineral spring.
Saratoga. Trees. Skenesborough. Lake Champlain.
Ticonderago. Crown Point. Indian canoe.
John's. A new acquaintance...
St.
LETTER XXXII. The adventures of a traveller taken cap-
tive by the Indians
... ...
LETTER XXXIII. Mode of travelling. Description of a
bateau. Canadian manners. Montreal. Cathedral.
Funeral. Island of Montreal. Journey to Quebec.
Sorelle. Quebec. Cape Diamond. General Wolf.
Dogs..
265
271
... 287
LETTER XXXIV. British possessions. Government. De-
fence. Religion. Servants. Produce. Trees. Maple.
Manufactures. Exports. Seigniors. Catholic customs.
Female peasants. Diversions. Birch canoes. Ca-
Jashes. Sledges. Climate. Fur trade. Falls of Mont-
morencie and La Chaudiere. Trois Rivieres. Nuns
294
LETTER XXXV. Mr. Franklin joins a party of traders.
La Chine. Cockanonaga Indians. Canadian boat-
men. Rapids. Hill of Cedars. Lake of a Thousand
Islands. Kingston. Course of the River St. Lawrence 304
LETTER XXXVI. Kingston. Voyage across Lake Onta-
rio. Niagara. Ague. Fare. Indian mode of fishing.
Excursion to the Falls of Niagara
LETTER XXXVII.
Snakes. Pigeon shooting. Seneka Indians. Blow-gan, Bear hunting. Spruce phea-
309
sants.
X
sants. Fort Chippeway. Block-house. Fort Erie.
Bad accommodations
.. 318
LETTER XXXVIII. Voyage across Lake Erie. Islands.
Detroit River. Superintendant of the Indian Depart-
ment. District of Malden. Distribution of presents. 325
LETTER XXXIX. Detroit. Fruit. Provisions. Indians. Surnames. Ingenuity. Geography. Burying the
hatchet
LETTER XL. Lake Huron. Saganaum Bay. Thunder
Bay. Trade of Michillimakinack. Origin of the fur
trade. Coureurs de Bois. Military posts. Small-pox.
North Company. Articles of exchange. Voyage of
the traders. Embarkation. Voyage to Michillimacki-
nack. Departure from that place...
LETTER XLI. Voyage to Fort Chippewyan. White-fish.
Lake Superior. Fruits. Fine view. Winter residence.
Fishery
LETTER XLII. Departure from Chippewyan. Ice.
Musquitoes. Moose-deer. Rein-deer. Beavers.
Island. Red-knife Indians. Small berries. Indian
lodges. White partridges. Mackenzie's River. Horn
Mountain. Indian encampment. Dog-rib Indians.
Bears. Small white buffaloes. Aged Indian. Scat-
tered parties of Indians. Hare Indians. Quarrellers.
Divided channel. Relics of the Esquimaux. Face of
the country. Animals. A grave. Tide. Whales.
Creek. Return. Place of sepulture. Dear pound.
Solitary female. Superstitious Knistenaux. Chepe-
wyan
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