The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1806-06-13 00:00:00, page 4

DISCOVERIES IN LOUISIANA.
A pamphlet of 10S page* has been puMiflied in
NfW.Vcrfc containing ■ “ MeHage from th- Prt u
dmt of the TJni»»d States. communicating difcovj-ries
nude in exploring tie MifTouri, Red river, and Wa
iinta. by Captain* Lewis at d C'Rrlc iJr. '■’ibtey and
Mr. Dimbai ; n i»b a fta*rtical accourt of the coun
tr:ns adjacent.” This communication w«u» read in
Cmigre's February |0h I8it«.
Fhe PrtTl'.Ifnt'i M fTigt* we have alrea !tr pub
1'fhed, arnorg the Journals of Con/ref-. It i> fuTi- j
ci< nt therefore t" recall to our readers, that the Pre
sident fttaotif with declaring the ohjr.'h of Ccpt’s. 1
Le vis and Clarh*. tour title, the exploring of the
river SIifli/Tippi from it* nton'h to its fotirce, the cmf.
f’e r n. the hi ghlands !>v he fhortell por’.ge to f*
the heft water cn nmtinication thence to the Pi
cric Orem, and entering into conference with the I
Inhi'n nation. „o their route for t’ • nnrpofe of tla- '
bliihiru. i catim*rfijl cfliv’tfl'n'i. F've locum uu» ic
co npai i t*'i* c s nmunttaro:-. Ill ; a lettr^fro it Cap*
Lewis written on tl '7ih of April I > ij, fr" obis win- t
ter quit ters near the Mtnian ti vr< 9n | Captain
J.e.vi.*» map of the. M tTouri, mad - he a-T-iai nu»- j
i jrement, to which is a T led a map of th • country ly- I
ini between the lippi and Pacific, from the
P4th to the 54rh degd-rs nf latitude, deduced from
thr h>'tl iiifoi’iitatiort col!e<3.*J from the Indian* Srd. (
His flatiftirrl view of the Indian tribes in the territo- J
?e of Lmnftam and ir. the countr es adjacen* to its .
Northern and VVeftern borders, -hh. Dr. Sibley's!
t»cr"tint otthc Indians ir. and adj acent to the territory j
t.f Orleans : Pons fivi'v a general view of the Indi- I
ruts t ' the V/cd of the TvtiQiflippi. 5th. Dr. Sth- *
lty’- i co nit of the Rrd rive- Gth. An account of
th? Wa*htt.i river from trs juviS on with the Pe iri
vir.toa n i. • adjacent to the remarkable Hot-Springs,
by Dr. Dunbar.
The Map of the MifTouri, doc* not accompany
the pamphlet before us.
C •ptatn Lfwi*’. letter to Mr. JefT-rfon was pub
li ed, durii’ifthe lift ye r. In thi« letter he oh- i
ferves; “ We d<> not c i!cnla*e on completingour voy
age within the pr*-fem year, bn; i.xnecl to rracb the
Fio ie Ocean, and return a* far a* the heal of the
MuTinri, or perhaps to this p’ace before winter,
.^"ti may »herefcr; txpi,''f me to meet you at M.in
tich^ll i, in Seftiemh.r I BOG. On our r? urn, we
li. '! probably pyfsdnwn the Yellow Stone river ”
. it*‘ remainder of this namphlet is therefore oc.u
fued by the 4 1**1 document*, w hich we have inenti
*<:ied. The fir 1 of • hide is
jiJijtr7ic it tiicxi of ’ t'f -V /■’7. ti t’! ns znonnit;e,, /J
tirr!h3~v of 0/7 )Jt<o ■ countries a Ijacent to
stt \ l-’h.'rn ,nJ rS, ifrn bjsrtitries.
*1 Hi* tw is too e trim Hire »n be eafilv or ulefiiilv
4rtrH're/f. VV- h‘iv* therefor- du»-nei! it ftiTicient to
jtive the follow mg table of fuch particulars as it is
1 opart* tr to h -i v or eafv to condctre. A. is the
n np o> the ir - rs; K. Ihe nuniher of their tvanior«:
C. 1 be naiti t of the nations or companies who trade
y-ith 'Sr n : I). rheauoutit of merchandize ijpcpI
f:rv f r rh. ir 1 nn »I confumptioa, e limated in d >•
Jars at toe Sr. Louis oriels: }i i’ll1* -di no' • f a- I
itvuip in doT'ars, cfthcir aur.ual returns, at the St.
•Laois prices.
A- B. C. T) F.. I
i-rri'i Orafre, 1 ’Oo Merc,of St. I.outs. J5300
J. trie Ofage, ""'O
do.
50 V)
R-m
Kirz s. 39f>
do.
5000
8000
O his. l‘;0
do.
4000 80C0
hd (TViuv's, flo
P nijs rr itvr, IOO
do.
5100
1030.0
idanias rep’n «PK>
do.
l’anias louns,
do.
2400
3500
JvTat'as,
150
do.
•1 0,00
7000
)?oiT'iars,
50
Pi earn, 500 do. 2.500 goX)
500
do.
2500
Mindana, 3.50 Mudfon b. & n.w.c. 2000 «oio
.Ahwahlnway 50 do, 300 IC'O
UTmetarcs goo d ». 3030 30tX)
Avaii'vaig, 200 m. fros 'Tic’s;: 3^00 ROOO
>inkees, 5°0 do. '*■ Sc Lou’s *00.0 fifsno
>oxs-s. Sf*t> do. o^. >o 4000
?'mix proper 2720 54100 94000
CMvnres,
•’lOO !*?’< of St Louis. 15<V) 2000
I'ahacfir-3
Barrer with R’eara., £;c. fur
2 >0
Ida was t
European nvinufafluies.
Kaienastifh,
400
do.
!00
do.
C* aka,’
75
do.
1'V-vrmfin,
53
30
Cv'sh ".a,
C-~\v T id a s.
1300
Cnw Indian
, 900
Ivlirdans, ?rc-t
P m ’rh do.
Ti.iiboin,. 900 Hudfim’s H. V M. I « «t
Ghippewiy*, |0T’) W. & V. 2. Co’s. 27d0o 35000
Al^irqoini, 3f’0 do. | or O 17 ’>0')
P dl India n, SCO N.W. Comp. HK'O 10fK>
C-’-ifanaha «•«—Black-foot Indians _TV.je Mud and
1. e-hair Indiam— FJir-be d Indian..— Al!ar.<n»nr
Sn.fre-, very numerous and trad-whh the Spaniard*
o; Nrw.M-xl.-o—Panin Pique.—Paducu*.
The pamphlet h-fore us particularly dt/crib**
u rlierVers cm xxbic.'i r^eV tribes rore, r.rwi which
rich vit’a^rs are fir .ated”; a* .veil as the fp- cV,* of
f Mtries fur. and o:her article* which they do or
cotdt! annually fupplr. Thefe ormcipuny confifr of
H flens of tbr fma.ll de..r> black h~ar. hMvfr. om.r<
r ik'ion, miiOcr,its, wolves elk. IVLlPmri antelope]
Jfuuk | "f hnflutye roses; callow and rreafe, bear’s
oil ; fom- horf s. * ’
Ir eoi'fuins f -fi Vs a jrrvat maf« of informadon on
Oia'-v mifccllanenus I ihji.^ts. We may fJeJT, for
«** • pic:
I't. That of all-her* Fn !i ms tt,pr,. 2. e f(,„r fro,„,
of Ur S nux nation, < hn r».*v he n *-pr:darlv denomi
r.ve! r * rirafei of the v'iifxjri. Derivimr their
p<a<«l»:hmnr;h the rlvw St. Pr:rr\.thty am m.liffVr
«ot ro the fr-r m-» -1 i -n ■/ •>.» M-Tmri, a-'d they
will afrrnafty pm7ert the U;t|»*d 'r ,m com.
pletely eV.n-rjr the henrfi-s of th U riv r, until j
tae^ 3ren- ro order hv r *> r::r- »,v fnreg. J
Sue! ri ar it ui. •) - r^n r* inhabited hr thofr
J. vkf*hands, that the \I .T./ri d-r:«r, n,nf> of it%
tvavrme matt. r ; thf' 1 » r:r :Z *' Orrn^y i n
r -e.-av I with fWvr Salt Ah. n. Cupped i
an1 whitfi f f i’ll «*r,-r i n nenfe
b • Ves of tl,.» hiUor i-ViM-o »he nfelvr* into the ri
v - "'n ftMnjjlp • i*h rn w »*♦ r* **
y T a» .,f ,•• ••, . ,« e f(>m Tr, »;an,>
3nd tl- n .rhea 's r fi *t ht « find the K Mn*n
YYh <*S ‘rari*' i • riv.t s Hawing into tha Pa
c >c ni l'•br/p ,</ i ’i r.nptv i -to th» Athirir.
1 h- *’V.t.n • r ‘bribe I Ha; srelidc for t-e mod part
or*i*{tb9 R -ckv 'vf'nrif-tins.
4. I hat the fmU-p * m mi V p-eet rivi/cs a
tn^rij' f mr 4 theft- trS s CWd Our. oyernn. of then
etmtrihm* more ciT.vduJIy -o their r-ot,v, itv or rn
jt« o en po . i a, i*tri.in hr iotrr>dii!;in« am r/ the’n
in**0 'Dlbfe 3Iff nf v&cciri it/f) f *
5. I hat fhr fit * V* cj nv ^ fro.r1 *\ *• fur •
is ?'rea !v pear. and m.iy re Mil further t..t,ended,,
Y " r rer,C0l|r:,‘"r*l' '-r-.--Id f '.iMirhntent. ,.p0n
['/ a il 1'V'i-jf it on; of the hands ot the
iN i Webern company,
f. /f \rtv'*.JitU ’ •» »f Sir f-j-rn ’ Jndim tr tin IrtM-rm l!<i
‘-A'l trfa rhverta»4Irtwetn $U flJi/lnMi '
\& river Gnnd. VJtt
1'r- '"h ’V ■. ace-v:"! of r?i«fe fril'es i» rrin'Pr >nt)
ruriou*. Jt i* i opfOthlfr however f<-r ns f.» rVl'.i/l
*ny " ore th i i the'r nannrs and a very few j- tere f- 1
*n<? par’ievlarj. ' j
C.Hdn;; -s !»--'r ahoif* W mile* Weft of thft main '
Vranth of FI fl P,:vfr on a li.iyau or CrreV.ahonf
. dies from tT.ytelutnr * “ ’I i,ry h. v? Uve.l wh.'re
f ry now do on'y r,-e v sfs. ile tfrft yrar t»-e*
r rift-pot •/.* fi-.r>ti-:,! fh- n, and rlrO o‘/cd Tif.srlr J
r nt httf of them • i« w > . the v/imer frafon, rod
they p-afi frd ul'iro'cw n:o the ere k m tr - tirft - p- j
p-trance of tftc er-.ption, arvl d id wr].,„ a
b ' ,r%” •- ‘Thtj Tt.iv. a traditionary tale, whtr'i half
f d. i»o ether fnwile- nat'Oin 1 el.evc in, whnchiml
t'vehmor «.( heitw deff endjot* of the fime family:
(ay, fch-sn ^11 t»\e wwlj was drawtwJ a
Near Natchitoches th~«* nre two large lakes, one
within a mile, th** other fix miles to the nearc-ll parts.
0>ie of them is fifty or f:x*y miles in circumference,
the o’h-r upwards of thirty: thefe lakes rife and
hill wit i the river. When the river is riling, the
S ivu-.is that conned! with the lakes run into the lakes
I 'tea mill tale, till the lakes are filled; and when
'he r'ver a fading, ,t is thi: fa.ne the contrary v/i)
jull hke the tide, hut only annual. On thefe creeks
good mills might b» er~if»ej, but the pre.ent inhabi
tants kno \ nothing of mills by water, yet lave ex
cel'ent cotton gins worked by horfes. I do not know
i Angle mechanic in the diftri^, who is a native of
it, o.ic tailor excup'ed. Hverv thing of the kind is done
by il range ts, md moft y Americans. Though Nat
chitoches has been fettled almofl one hundred years,
it is not more than twelve or fifteen years hnce they
ev-r had a p!ov, ora flit to crofs the river with ;
both which were introduced by an Irifli Pennfylvu
| tian, under a fimilar oppofitiun to the copirnican
fyfie.m. ’Tisalnoft incred.bh* the quantity of fifli
and fowl thefe takes fupplv. I> is rot uncommon in
winter for a Tingle man to kill from two to four hum
[ dred fowl i- oneev.u-ng; the< fly bet ween fundown i
[and dark; the air is filled with them ; th, y load an 1
I five as fa'I as they can, without taking any particular
dm, continuing at the fame flat 1 rdl they ttiink they
have killed enough, and then pick up what they have
killed; they confill of feveral duck, geefe, brant, & !
fwan. In fummer the quantities of tllh are nearly in '
proportion. One Indian will, with a ben* and ar-'
row, f.imetimes kill them fader than another, with
two horfe , cun bring them iti; they weigh, Pvne of
them, thirty or forty pounds. The lakes likewde af.
ford i lentv of fhells for lime ; and at I :vr water, fhs
gr ater of them is a moll luxuriant meadow, where
thv inhabitants fatten their Itorfes.*’
4. The pamphlet concludes w it!» a very ingenious
JeTcription of the WaPtita river a id ts neighborhood,
by Mr. Dunbar of Natches, who afeended the Red
River to iu confluence *i-h the Black River, up
the latter to its confluence with the Waihita and u,i ;
that river to the re markable hot fprings n ar it, in
latitude 34® 3 ' -4" 16; longituls 3d° Jo' 4J" Weil
from Greenwich.
The defeription of this tour is too long for in
fertion, & the ipquifitive reader will bj fully reeo n
pvnfed by ref rring to ftie pamphlet itfelf. fn the
mean ti ne.wc prefent hint with die following account
of thefe Hor Springs ;
It is under flood that the hot fpririgs are includ'd
within a grant of fume hundred acres, granted bv the
lateSpaniflt commandant of the V/afhira, to Come of
his friends, hut it is not believed that a regular patent
was ever iPb" 1 l'>r the place; and it cannot be avert
ed that r fibnee, with improvement here, form a
plea to cbini the l»nd upon.
On their arrival they immediately tafl. d the wa
trrs of the hot fprings, that is, after a few m inures
cooling, for it w is irnpofllhle to approach it with the
lips when firII taken up, withont 'c.nding : the tafle
doe* not differ from that of good water rendered'hot
by rrlit irv fire.
On the lo ll they vifited all the hot fpeings. They
ifTn-on th-taft (i la of the valley, where the hut.* !
ire. except one fpring, which rife* on *hr weft bank
of the ere V, from the fidrs and foo’ of a hill. From 1
the fmall quantity of c ilcar.<-.tn mjt'er yet deposited,!
the weftorn fpring docs not appear to he of long
dinting: a natural c<»-.<Juit probabty pnfTi-s under the
hed of :1»? .reek, ait fopplies it. There are four
principal fprirvcs rifing immediately on the e.ift hank
of the reek, one .*f v hich ipay he rather bid to fpring
ouf of the gravel Red of the run; a f.f-.h, a fmaller j
one than thnt above mentioned, as rifing ou the weft i
fid- >.f the creek ; and a fixtb, of the fame magni- !
tilde, the nn.o northerly, and rifing near the hank of.
the crude: thtfe are all the fources that merit the1
tn ue of fprings, near the huts; but there is a eonli- |
detable one below, and all along, at intervals, the j
V’.ir-n water oozes out, or drops from the bank into!
f1 c ,-reck. r.a appears from the condct.fed vapour
ftoeing along the margin of the creek where the
dripping* occur.
T .e oill from which the hot forings ilTua is of a co
nical form, terminating .at the top with a lew loofe
fragtrier's of rock, covering a flit fpace twenty-five
fe t in diameter. Although the irgure of the hill is
Conical, it is not entirely infulated, but connected '
wi;h the neighbouring hills by a very narrow ridge. i
l he primitive r-ck of this hill, above the hafe is ;
principally filirious.fotne pai t of it being ofth. hir
d»ft flint, Others a free (lose extremely compact and
foli f, and of various colours. Thu buO- of the hill,
and fora con filterable extent, i« coinpof.r! r fa bkick
i'h bine fjh ftns, which divides into perpendicular la
mina bk« blue 11 Ue. The water of the' hot fpring#
is, therefore, dJ verrd from/he filieious rock, gene
rally invifible at the furfacc, bon) the tr.afsof laicari
ous matter with which it is mcrufteJ, nr r*;her hu
rircJ, and which is perpetually precipitating from the
water of th-fpring* : * fmall prop-,: tj.f iron, in
t r fr.r’n of a red calx, i* vlfia d (mfited ; the colour
of which is frequently diftfngnilhuble in tht-lime.
! i afeen lieg the h.ll feveral patches of rich bl ark
earth >re found, w hich appear r<t be formed hy the
d*cot»’|.-cf«jon of the ctieariou* matter ; id ether Cr
it inundated the whole country, *he great fpl
rit plan d on an rminmct, «•*<• fruity of Cahloque*,
who nloKt wprr Caved ; fro 11 that family all the ln<l -
at.* originated.** The number of iheir warriors i» re
duced tn about IOO.
Yettnlfees live about 50 milts r.!>ove Natc?iitoch»*s.
“ The Spcnilh government at prefeut
tioM pver this fcttletnent, where they keep a guard of
a nri.’i-cointr.ifllmied officer and 8 foldiit*.
A few months ago, »l e Caddo ch ef with a few of
h:s young men were coming to tbit place to truly
and cvne that way which is the ufnal road. The
Xpani h officer of the guard threatened to flop them
fro it trading with the American*. an ! toll the chief
i! he returned that way with the goofs he fliouhl take
th-m front him : The chief ami It’s party were v rv
angry a.„| threatened to kill rh • whole "liar 1, and
told theni th t that road hail Seen I ways tluir*, and
that if th- Spaniards attempted to prevent the;r tiling
if as their inceOors had always l>ne, h» would foots
make !► a bloody read. I le caoie here. purchafcd the
Ifo-s Is, and might have return- 1 another wr.y and a
voided th( Spanifh guard, a id was a Ivifed to d > fo :
hit* he fsid he would paf* hv them, and let them at
tempt to flop hr n if thev dared. The gjard laid
nothing to him a» he returned.
Nandaknn — \diire— \iick •—K-v*-—Intel—Na
ked sches—Hediei—Accokefltaws—-Mayes—Caran
k"ms—Ctrce—Tanka ways—Tawuk tnoe*—Pauls,
rove in thi* part of Orleans.
Hietans, to whom ftveral curious cudonas are af
trihed.
They are ftronpt and a*V«tir, and the elderly men
as fat as ii they nad lived upon Knglilh beef ami pnr
ter.
It is faid the man who kills a h iffiilne, catches the
Wood apt! drink* it while warm; they likcwife e.-.t
the liv-r raw, before it is col 1, and ufe the gaul hy
way of funce. They are, h-r favages, uncommonly
c'eanly n their per forts; the drefi of the wo nen is a
long loofe robe, th it riache* fm n their chin to the
ground, tied round whh a fancy fash, or girdle, all
made of neatlv dreffei leather, on which th-y ptitv
figures ofd fftrenr col »urs and nullification* : the dref.s
of the men is. clef- leather pantaloons, and a hunting
fliirr, or frock of the fame. They newer remain long
enough in rhe fa lie place to plant any thing : the
f mall Cayenne pepper grows fpo’itancoufiy in the
country, with which, an I fume wild herbs and fruits,
particularly a bean that grow* in great plenty on a
fmall tree refemhling a willow, called malkctn, the
women cook their fcuffV.oe beef in a manner that
would he grateful to an English fqiiirr.
Natchitoches formerly lived where the town of >!•»*
chitochesnow (lands.—Bolus is, >■ ho were Emigrants
rrotn the neighbourhood of Pcnfico’x—.VTilach-s
and Mlihamis emigrants from W. Fiori' t—Cnnchat
ta'5—Pachanas-Airakanris— Appaloufas— Tunicas
Pafcagola*—Tenyaws—Ch igloos—Waftns—Choc
taws—Arken as—arc the remaining trdies, about
whom Dr. Sihley has acquired apy inf ir.nation.
h • 'The acciur.l o f RsJ Rbjer, ty /)••. Si Vev, fcarcc
ly fufceptihle of abrilgiient. The following curi
ou'fads in natural liidory, may however amufe, per
haps anoniill the readier.
♦rlt?on?tV.« fupctficl.il cr.rth r prnctratc.l, cr‘retail- 1
H, by li »*;lone, with S.ic Minna, or miocu fug
metiti of iron ore
They made the fcilWwttip rough eliinate of the
quantity of water delivered hv the tyring*. There
•re four principle fptiieoi, t*o of inferior note; one
nfinjt nut of the orav I, and a nu ither of drippings
draining*, aii ilfum* from the margin «>r front u der
he rock " Inch ov* r''an »« the errrit. ()1 th four
f> fl mentioned, three deliver pearly equal quantities;
but No. I the nv.itl corf; lerahle, tit’’, vers ibnut five
tinirt a« rnuch at one of the or her three ; the two «»•
i ifmor not- may, together, be«q.*al to one ; and all
•be dropping-., and finall f.>rii;jt«.. are probably un
der-rated c.ouble the quint it v of our of the three ;
that is altogether, they v ill deliver a quantitv iqual
to.-'t v.-ntimi .the water filling fro ntheore ntofl to ij
modi.mfly firuated f ir meafurernent. This tyring filled
• vtffel of eleven quart) in eleved feennds; lance, the
whole quantity >f hr>t water delivertd from the
tyring* at thrbaf of the hill, it lfTS gall in a mi
nute, or 3771^; hog fiends in 21 hours, wnich is a
qua! to a handfome bro->k, and might work an ovvr
•bor mill In cool weather condv'ifed vapour is feen i
rifing out o' the gravel bed t»f the creek, front fprinjp j
which c u tint be taken into <cc’iunt. During the luns
nvr and fall the trrrk receives 'ittleor t o water but
what it fupplied by the h- t f -rloi'S : at tiiar feafon it
felf it a t,c,t hath, too hot. in.I n i, lii-irtlle tyringv;
fo that a pxrf >u may choofe the temperature m<;ft a
greejle t i h'nfcif, hr fell* fling a natural bafin near
to, r,r farther from, the principle f|>rh’gs. At three
or four mile* below the fpriugsthe vralct is tepid and
unpleaf-nt to dr'r k.
Dr Hnnrtr, up»n eramininp the water* of the hot
fpth'gs, obtained the tollowinjf .rrljlta :
I‘ ! Aired nothing from the ! r water in fme!l or
fa'le. but caufcii a flight eruil-tiun fhortly after diink
Its tyecific gravit; is c^ual to rain or diililicd wa
ter
fr grv-’ to li*intu9 paper, a flight .legree of reibtefs,
evincing the prefince r.f the carbon'c acid, or fixed
air fu.pbtiric. and threw down a Tew detached parti
cles. Oxyl it of a n noniac catlfed a drpofifon and
white cloud. (1 ewinr the prefenc* of a finall portion
of 1 in\e Pt un et of potafit pro lured a flighf and Icarce'y
percep’ihle tinge of blue, defignating the pre-fence of a
fmall quantitv of ir-.n
•Six*e?ii nocn-.'s of vvi'rr evaporated to drynefs
'eft ten grain* of a grey po v ler, which proved to be1
The green fuMlance difcoverabh* a* the bottom of
flit hof fp^ings ;i d which at ‘A-Q fight has the np
neiran.-e of pin h, tin examination liv the micr ifcope,
wax found tn In* a vegetable pro.'u.^ioa, A film <>f I
irret-n matter fn-eads irfelf on the calcarious hafe;
frn'>i \v'i-ch rife fi ires more "hio h d' an inch in
or i i".itr i b ‘a'l'iful vcTftitio'i Before the ivivef
r-ipe ir fprkled with imimn-rable nodule* of lime, I
f itre p.irt <>f which was he »uriru!fy crvdalizatd. This
circumflance n iVht c~.tif- a doubt of its being a tru*
veKt-r ih.*, hut itk grea- refemblance t > fome of the
•nofT^s, ritrt'cu'arlv the bylTi an I the difeoverv
which Mr. Dunbar nta I- of its bring the relider.ee of
animal life, confirmed , , belief in its Iw-ing a true
rr.nis. After a diligent f-arch, he difeovered a very
minute fliell fib. or the lav. !ve kind, inhabiting this
mnfs; hsfhape nearly that of the fre'h water mufete •
the colour of tlte h»l! a grtyi'h lirivn, with fpnts „f
a purplish colour. When the animal is undifturbad
It opens the (hell, and thrnfls out four leg*, s-erv
tranfparent, and articulated ike thr.fe of a quadrii.
tied ; the extremities of the fore lege nr- very (lender
and (harp, hut thofe of the hind legs, fomewhat
broader, apparently armed with minute toes : fr.,.n
Tron, thv wremify of each (h. II, iffu s three or four
forked hairs, which the animal feems ro poiTifs th»
power of moving; the fore legs are nrohably formed
fir mating incifions into the mofs, for the purnofe
of procuring acceft to the juices of the living plant
tip. n which, no doubt, it feeds: it may he provided
with a prohofis although it did not appear while the
animal was under examination: the hind lees are
well adapted for propelling it in its prog re ft ever :he
mofs, or through the water.
One more ex.-raA an.) we clofe the pamphlet :
About two hundred, leagues up th Ark an fa is an
i itrreiting place called the Salt prairie; th-rc is *
ronflderahle fork of the river there, at d a kind of
favanna where the fait water is continually oozing
out and Fprcadir.g over the furface of a pliin. I>,.
nog the dry fumm.r feafon the fair mav be raked un
tn l irge heaps ; a naiur.il cmft of a band breadth in
thicknrf* is formed at this Won. This pbcc is ,:t).
often frequented, o.n account- of the dan<rer from ti e
Ola .e Indians; much lef, dare * the white hunters J
venture to ifcetd higher, wlier* it is generally hrliev- 1
r? fi!ver ”ro S“ If •* further fn-d. that!
h-gli up the Ariia. fa river fj.r is found in for ,: ,.f ? ;
io'd nvJt. and may be dug out with the crow-bar.
I he waters of the \rku«fa. Iik- rhofe of Red river '
a ern.t potaS'e during tie dry feafon, being fc;th '
charged h gh.y with a redd.hi e.irtli or mould, and '
extremely br.,:l;(<b. This inconvenience is nor great- I
•V I-'f Uf’O" the hrkanl'a, where firings and hro-i .
of frefh sva-er are frequent; the Red fiver i- wider
flood nut to be fo highly favoured F.verv arcoup'
f -m« t> prove that immenfe natural magizvies of;
fait tnnH c-xijl in the great chain of mountains to ti-.e |
well wan! ; as ill the rivers in the funnier feafon.1
which flow from them, are flrongly impiegnahd
with that mineral, and are onh rendered ; .datable
aftir receiving rhe numerous flreams of frelh water
which join them in their courfe."
4nt§3rifti»
LAW OF THE IT.VITED STATES.
AN ACT
Tq n'i'n], it tie Ch,s tl.errin rnent'rntd, " rt.*} to rr.
gultiUiLt coUedion of duties css i/rpcrt* ,tnd toon.i->.”
Bt it ena lei by the Senate and Houfs of Befrefnia
Hurt of the Unit'd St,fin of Amtrlta in Ctigr.f, „,J
bled, Thar fo much of the "ad to rem'atr tie J,'
ti„o of ,/ultficn i’-port, tcnmt-e" [i<t ivcuircs the
c.lleftor for the diftria 0f Great'Egg.harhor, \n fii,
llate of New-Jerfey ro refide at 3 .ntciV Point, |.e
and the fame hereby is repealed, ami the ujj collec
tor fhall refide at fuch place within fa id didri*
as may be diretfe.l by the feeretary of the treafiiry.
S’.c. it. A:ul b i further onetd d That th“ town
or landing place of IJ.rien, on the Alatamaha r.ver
in the (late of Georgia, fhall hr a port of delivery’
to be annexed to the diflria of Brtu.f .vick, and (hail
be fubjedj to the fame regulations and ri'flridltmn a,
oth-r ports of delivery in the United States ; and a
furveyor (hull he appointed to reftJe at the fatd p.„t
of delivery, who th.ill be entitled to receive one hun
dred dollars annual Mary, tog. ther with the other
emoluments of o.Ti.e, as fixed by raiding la; s.
Sec. 3. Ar.! be it further tended, I I jr Ocracoke
inU-r, in North Carolina, together with Shell CuOie
and Beacon tflnrid*, and all the fhnres, ifhnds, llionU,
bays and waters within two mi'es of the Chore's of find
ini. r, no each fide thereof, fhdl be a difirif>, to he
railed ft* diflrifl of Ocracoke ; the Pr*fi.ten! „f ,he
United 3-vej fhall hr a-.ithorired to deftpiute fuch
place in the laid diflriA, as he fhall think proper, to
be the port of entry j aiyl « collector fir laid diftrill
fhall be appointed to refide at fuch port of entry, who
in addition to bis mlitr emolu tienrs, hull be entitled
to receive the f.darv t ow allowed to the furveyi.rof
Beacon ifland. and no other; and (hall a.fo perform
the duties he et-fore enjoined by law on ihe laid fur
veynr ; J)u? no duties ir.alf be paid, or Mured to be
paid, in fbe laid dilln.'l of Ocracoke, on any arti> las
intended for any other port connected witn the wa
ters of the fiid inlet ol Ocrecokfc, Inch only except
e l as may be call aw..y within the (aid ddWl, The
office of f itvryor of Beacon ifland fhall be h-nceforth
abolifhed, and the mailers or commanders of eveiy
(hip or veil'd coming in at Ocracoke mlct, and intend
ing to Unlade hirr cargo, or any pirt th.reuf, at any
port, Other than the .l.ftrirt of Ucrecone, mniMled
wirh the waters of the bid inlet, as well at the maf
tors or commanders of ail lighters cr coafling veflrl-.,
whnifij'l reemegonda, w/re, or mtrcfcanl.fc to La
trs'Jifport.N! to any fuclt fort, {hull Vo V*v.‘id to r .-'
hibit their rt]firs and ttiantfcfts to the fald collcrtor.
and r«* perform alt this other duties winch, tiy the
eighteenth fertion «>f the art, intirlcd “An art to’
r**gt;late the c««lledli'»n of duties on imports a...i ton
na rr” they are now bound to perform, under (inula. *
circunifuncvt, i:t the it*!-1 afnrrfaid.
NA’I :-1l. MACON7.
Sp.c !ve cf t '• Ifuufc of /{cprefeutjlives.
S. SMITH,
Prtftfnt oj tie S;n.ile, Pro tempore.
April Cl. islo.
Arrtovto,
th s Jefferson
* «»»■—x-.tr i ■■ i ii_
r.wo for SALE.
On the fecond c • <././.. y in Aw oft n,st. -aifl te txpofnl
tr- frit, at f t*. :c Audiiort, a! jf In Andzifott s TtJxvfJt,
in ‘.it Tvnr-i cf Alta Cazt.n,
7 IN I.OIS dr LAND, hoing parcels of atrart
> form rip held by Ci’ornd Samuel Jourdun, w hic.'i
was lately divided hy the fublcriher, inio f-vrra'
fnu!u*r trarts. Three of the lots are fitnated be
tween James and‘slate rivers; and the other thr-e,
on the fouth fide of Slate river, adjoining the land-of
Mr. Robert Nicholas, and Mr. Stephen Geurant.
The la:ij is well timbered, end is favorable for the
culture of tobacco and wheat; and no part of it is
more distant than three mites from at »x client mer
chant mill; and the whole is convenient to pood na
vigation. Plots of the land v ill he left with Mr..
Walter Irvine, of Hew-Car.ton. and the lines will fee
eafily traced, a* they are vary generally known in the
neighborhood.
One Fourth of the pnrehafe money will be de
rmnded on the delivery of the deed ; the balance to
be divided into two equal annual infiaiments, (retired
upon the property, by dued of truf.
JOHN ADAMS.
- d“."*?!_(oawulf.)
LAND FOR SALE.
On thefeeonJ ThtfJry In July nest, n ill le offered for
fn!e, at public Aufiion,at Bath Court Ho.fc (IVarm
Springs) :
At RACT C E LAND, containing rMO acres,
lying ierw:tn the Warm and Hot Springs, but
0 rarer to the litter ; the land is of good quality, a> d
ay be fod'vided as to accom-uidate lcveral fami
lies who might defir** a rcfilence ontigunus to thofi
valuable wafer.. One f mrtn of the pnrehafe niiim
Wii he eroertrd on the delivery t:f the deed; the
hdance in two equal annual infialments, to carry in
rer *‘l fro-n th* date, if nor punrtiially paid, and ti.
be (ecured by a deed of trufl upon the property.
JOHN* ADAV’A, Attorney in fatly
for the dijiril.tt,et of R. Ada.itt.
_Ju,,e G*_ (oawtdf.J*
TFN DOLLARS REWARD.
£> AN OVaY fr> n the fuhfcrib r, on ThttrPay
night the I il iufl.ti negro man named LEWIS,
he is about five feet nine or ten inches high, fioui a d
svel! made, has a (car on fine of his hands [\ be i-ye
his light) occufinned bp a burn when f .m'I ; he wore !
away a home-fpun fiiort coar and pantaloons dyed ..(
a light olive colour, tno’c with him a black broad
cloth coat and veft. Sat I ecu,* l he will change his
name and clnarhing and attempt palling as a fr*-e
man. and wi'l attempt to make his eicnne to Norfolk 1
by water. M tilers of vefiVis au.l all others are fori’- !
warned front harbouring, e nploying, or raking him 1
a-vay Et their peril. The a hove reward will |„- paid !
on delivering him to Jofeph Traylor, jr. in Blandford,
or the fubferiber.
ARCHER TRAYLOR,
M. R- I have underfloor! that he vis feen in th**!
cltjr.of Richmond during the Broad Rock Rices, <Jref»'
e.l i.i black. 1 think it is probable he is Hill lurking
about there. He has a port w alk, good countenance,
very adive and fond of vriiitinr on gentlemen.
ChcrterSeU, May 27. tf.
TOR SALE,
A Tra- I-snd, containing 840 aerr■>, extending
L V up.vardsot a mile on James Rivi r, near v cp
pnfjte to the Weftover eflate; one fourth of it only
is cleared; there is a Dwelling Hou'e on it, & i: has
n irooj littding and Curing place. This land is worth
ti e attend in of any perfen w ho wants a feat on.Tames
River, or » ilhes to realize a great bargain may he
had, as (to dtfeharge an incumbrance) it will be tif.
fered a-* a much low er price than thelafi purchafer give
for itfeven years ago. Fielding Lewis ef'qr. of Charles
city will be good enough to fhew the irnd; plots of
it nicy he f.en in the hands of Mr. Lewi*, and Do&or
A Jams of Richmond, and terms known from T. G.
Peachy of Williamfburg.
A fj oining the above tr id) is one cf the tnofl bean
pfulfea*s „n James River, which has attached to it a
hour 1000 acres; this may be hid aifo, if it fhotilj
fuit a purchafer t » take the who!- ; the improve
me ts on this cfate are, a d welling husfe w 'ih 4
rooms on a floor, a kitchen and laundry, a l>rge
burn a. I iljbi-, cn ice houfe, a fmke houfe, a large
pup’.e.i well iuc’of.;d, an orchard and many ch.vce
fruit tre -s. Th-purcbaftr may hive, from 7 to 15
years credit, payicg a moderate iurentfl.
T. G. PFACHY.
(lawr.)
In IlinovrrC*’Mtv C.Tjrt, "Vy 30lb. 1805.
IN CHANCERY.
Sroivi, Rixti If Company, raft.
n*airj)
Riybfr’J 1 'chdrjf^n, 1 f fiictu*rJfi)n9 /) fts%
I''HIS d .y ca we the plaintiffs hy their coiinfcl, and
* the defendant, Ricnar.l R-chardfon, nr.t having
entered bisanpearance, and given feeprity according
to the a A «»r Aflembly, am! the r.des ol this court,
and it appearing to the fVbfa&ion of the court, that
he i* nor an inhabitant of this country. On the rrto
tiun of the plaintiffs, it is d. creed, and ordered hat
th-defendant, Richard Richardfon, do appear her
on the firfl A\y of t^e next term and anf er the hill
ofthe pI.intifTr, and that a c«ry of this order be
forth nrh puhlifhed in fooie p .bite Newfpaptr, p.ib
Ji Tt“d in toe city oi Rich wood, fur t*.vo months fuc
ci-flively, and'hut another copy b- ported at the front
door of the Court Houfe of'his county.
A Copy. Terte.
THOS. POLLARD, ». c. h. c.
April 13- (!2.n.)
CHARLESSPENCPR.
y.T AS jnO received a fupply of GOODS by the
I i. ftrips Pro e^refs and I-trepid, anougil which
i« a v ry y neral a£f«irtme:it t I H \RDW \RF. and
CO I LRRY. A few Hoir.ony and Wheat Mills, of a
large flze arid on an entueuew and approved conbrue •
ti«n, which may be worked by water, hnrfe, or hand.
May SO. eo8»v.
WE hereby notify, that wel.i!] m..ke
f >r a rwtifKate to be ifToed in c.nr i amr, f.,r
t-vn SHARES in the Capital Stock of ton Dink of
Virginia, which Were fubfcril el at Norfolk in t.,*
r iotp of Robert Dayl.>r,».<, t i j»1u to which is veiled
in us by leyal aiBjr .nieot from bi n. I bis application
tii lbe made in couTeqomce of the ordinal Itrip for
thv laid twoSH 1KF'. havitp; |>ern lni».
OI.IVEIRA, FERNANDES Vf C,.
_Norfolk,'May £4, IAO0,_
THOMAS KUrHEKPOORD & C ».
A re rt.Jirem to ft!I:
\ F”w «"**» 4-1 anil 7 M Irifh Linens, co
i \ t’rrrt Queens Ware, and* quantity of I,iv,r.
pool S ilt loofe ia I in facb», juli riceiv.d on c-.iuVn
menf hy the Ihij, Hr raid from Dublin and I.it-i pool.
_ j tO'i.H.
JUST r:7;>MSf!FD, ~
Bj David Lonzunrtb, New Turk, ar.d for fale
/•-; tbs F. >i juiree Hook-Store,
' I 'HF. ADV1.N fURFS of I'KLEMACHUS, f.>n
A of IiLV*»u»; from the French of rest tlon, by
the celebrated J'lo Hirriiftvort*', /.. y>. corn**
ed and reviled by T. Gr^ory, with a life of the a.i
thor, and a complete uiJtr. Hifforical and Giogr.ipln
cal; erobelli(h«d with i-nirravinys.
Affi—KtfrcuiNsoN'a XtnoraoH, Hirmam $■.
U0R3t!U-.A, fct. fcfc fit.
i tCl.i
• <! - "t'irtk! ofu J x.l c/"trull exec'tt.dto the h
‘ *ftr.bers be JhJipb Pollard, jr. te,.,~in^ date t • ?
\ jlb day of Xs/vtmbcr U»s>4, an i rc'-rded in ■
count? court cf Spctfylxani.t.fir the f urpo. ;f
bi wit? the f>ayt:;t.i of a ./ ’>t or - j turf.. .
t'-:ftiid Pc.’l.uJ io David -F ui b. _•»// be t'
l' * -* to f.tlr on t >e prrtU'fts j jr / tidy mone\ c 0
-/*rtday the 1 3rb de.y of ftitle uex‘ : one :strict? c/’
t ’v mill commonly called and bno-vn Hr the nat:,
vf Holers s H.iiLi.: t :c lover end o' SuotFf'vti, in
county—t&yethi-r noil bone vtci.-ty of ,.ft, acres of
!:n.d a.hoiniu' t Mfelo an.! the bottles art1 ether
appurtenances /.bet on e relied, together nx. it1: fif.
t f t airs as ttam d an l c-nrvacd in tic afore*
hid deed of trull, or ft rnycb of tier aforeftid pro
perty as fin" be fuf.i. r.t fully d co.nplei.lv to
tarry the fair, d^ed of trufl into •'fed. ticeordir.r
io the true inti r.t and mea.dno thereof.
C < UR 1.RS SMJTH, ~ /
FRFl)bRICK HARRIS, \
May 16. (oanvMp J
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALIS.
By vi.fi,e ef j lK\d if Ttt/fl executed be A-clibsld
y^1'’ '/ theloit.n V T,ppsh ,n^J, / c ,, ,.y ef
Tfi x' t* Aer.hU,, d Dirt uni D^idBudaaan, Uar.
,nii dote Re •: ~th J iv of .»/ov, I 7S S, fir /.Dry ,.u, -
fojettberd* weeded; tv id /, falJ in ,;Je
°i ' ■d-f’Fi"nyrt, in the V , tb day of June next,
1''rUtivK l.OI IS. known in thr plan of the’fa.M
* by No. 1, », and 73, whereon the laid
iA C^.I present rrfidfN; theft iurts aro very >a
luaL!.- improvements coi.ftlti.^ of a Dwelling
t-.< o Hory high, w ith three rooms and a pulVij^e be
low, ami three rr.o.'is above Hairs, three rooms in the
c(:M ir, 'vita a fire plate in every ruun, a id fevei .l
r.ut-hoe.fM, confiding of a Kitchen, Srnolte-h-mf,,,
triable, ike. ell of whicli are picafantiy Irritated on tin:
river ba ik, and command in eitcnlive view of the
river above aid below. A few {wrick i of hiuft W.d
furniture will be fold together with thofe Intis ai d
houft*, ike.
Mrtlt le fi.'.-f .r f&f fun,- rli-f, «c tie frrf.T’f-j,
d P-AC I Of L 1NO, the property r;f
M’Call, f tu^te :ii the county afnn*f.*id, on H'l'hun’s
cr<*‘ ^* adjoin ng tin; find to'A n (ft appahannock, c:ii
raining by clKr.iati.il, five hut Arc.! and two
he the fame more or lefs, together »irh the wat. r
grifi ini'.! adjoining, v.hich is H prefent mi- of repair,
but may be rendered very vdu •>!.- a: a fvcllejiprncr,
being one ol the ntotl rshiahle and convenient mill
iVats in all that part of the country, I.a ring a large &
convenient mill-houfe two fiory high, built of Rone,
iu *ck and wood, calculated for niaiitifa,d tiring on ca
t-xt olive plan, irtuate on a never folio r ,*rea i
Within or** mi e ... tiile water j belonging to tl a r;.li
are two very convenient houfi# fur tie accorairtdu
tl. n . f a milSsr, cooper, ftc. This tr:. 'I of land is ge
nerally of good tpa'ity, lie: well a .1 i, well timbered.
tViliniru iff f>. foiJ ontb: i» it', o’jy of tbr fame neuib.
(Jre) It •John MUUrt Tavern, in the CtiJ cauuln
of E ff. y. ' J
•\ I R ' CT Cr I.A.'jn, the propen j .if fai.l
!M C-.!, fiiti.tte near laid iV'i-I.er’s Tavern, adioaii-e'
thehuids of Thomas Allen and Jofej 1 Man. CO;.ta .i
•HU hv eflima'ioii, oie hundred a-i.l fi-ven acre , bd
the fame mom «r lefs, being the haul the fid.; M’Cull
ptirch.de, 1 „f Richard Jtflrirs. 1 hi# is ,-ond farn.in.y
»ari( . he* well and is we.l ti uh-irci.** Fwclvr months
credit will he given, upon the ptirchafer or purrfta
fers giving bond, an.l in every of.* a D< rd of TrulY
on the property wtil bere.juired to fret/re the pur*
chafe money, by
CROP OF. pornr, and
C4 \RLF..V THOMPSON-,
A'tirnht in f 7 for tl. irtditorr f Arcb. WCall.
I.ouifa, April 18. (tdf.ip
FOR SALE,
At fmL’ie aafflan, on tie prtmifet, en JVfJ-.y,}v, JOth'
Srfit. mifr next, (if net previoAly Jtfpafcd f by *r»W>'
J,
C IVK hundred and fifty acre-, LAND, fituate i ia
»- the upper end nf Cumberland county, eghtetaj
miles from the Court-I-Ioufe, from Farmvi'.l-^
a-jd one front a good nianufiuSiuring mill ©;|
mar.ir, now navigable, airur.iV to I’eteifburg.
1 his LAND lies hanafon.'i 'y, is in good order and’
ioLrior in.jnalify to non™ c.iftof the mountains: there
i‘ )0 or ly acrec meadow, haudlhin dy let with timo
thy, and about ‘20 acre’ r.iori prepared for fowl - -
next fpring; in addition tKre i-.uo ixtetifive b» » ,,f
Lo.il which to a p. rfon t/ c.ijiuai wont 1 highly v*. ■
luah'e ; one third the purchafV money wilt b e r.-.jtd
re«l in hand and the balance in two annual iniV.nn nts.
JOHN KELSO.
May £3. 4wv
JUST RECEIVED,
/.NO FOR SALT BY THE SUESCX!•>*S :
A N Extenfive AfTortaiont of GROCERIES_S-.
J. d. moiig which are t.te following articles t
Mofcnvado fun^r afTjrtcd
We(l I dii O.fTte
Antigua Si Jamaica Hum
Country <1„
Cogniac 5: Peach Brandy
Holland Guv
W. India and Sugir-houfe
Moi.ifl.-s
I*. P. Madeira Wine
Port. .Sherry and Ma!j<*a
'■Vine
H bhertt* Brown Stout
Mirtinii) iraud Bordeaux
Cordi ila
P i flier S-!t
D'*. in flu Its and loofe
Bui ock’% C!>e<*re
Caldwell, Frazer & Co's.
lujierfine Chocolate
Rice
Nutmr.M, Pepper, Ginger
and Pimento
Mace and Clove*
Hi!, On*--*, anil Capers
Gin-powder. Young Hy
foti a :i! Souchong r»v*
Csn.ide .» r hi Mining 1 7lh.
nod 3 !«. Gau-iiowder
Tea
rii’kl d Silmon
Cue Herring* and Shad
Parent Ow id r-d
h :*n«J Pt Gu'e j owtler
/i ftgu. .r fu^v 1 / I,<»uf 3j^sr by the hhi. ar.tf
barrel,at Phil* lelphw price.
FISHER & LEbUEUR.
f.Iajr £7. oawtf.
tohw a i.o nr K,
I ITFOR MS the Ci'ijtmMrf R:ehoHlnd, *nd rhaprb
li-, lie hn juft received at hi* Cabinet Manufuc
fory near {|^ y j t [ un-acrc Office ; a larg-. af! •rtir.fot
rf Winilfor Chair* and .Setter*, made in the few t fl '
f iftiion ami by the be ft workmen in tl e flare 5 any gen*
tie i.an wj/btng to buy, will pleafe fend their order*
or call at his Cabinet Manufa&nry, where they nitty
get geo I warranted work.and on low terms, eitnur to
the Cabinet line orWiudlor Che r*.
June*. ff.
TO Mr THOMAS BHA9SHAV,
$ IB,
A S yon are notan inhabitant of this ftate, and
J\ have not iry ayfftt th^reit', known to me, to
wliot* a norite tin be given,be pic .fed to take r. ». <*,
that on thr I. fl Saturday in June r xr, I 111 it), at the
dwelling lio’jfe of Nichtffa* Vaughan, in the county
of Nofrow.iy, httwien the hour. >>t ciylit in fiie in"* -
notg and fiwn in the evening of the above mm tinned
day, take* the Jopoftiion»of the laid Nieholf.* Vanghan,
< f T cob deny, Nathan Fowiket and Peter Kuiyl.r,
to be read no evidence in a fuit depending in the coun
ty c<mrt of Prince Edward, V.herein you, and nthurl
are plaintiffs, and I am d -fendant.
LPNJAMJ27 DDRtTM.
rriocif-idwat-J colitUy, Ajuil CSf. ep*2m.|
i T:«r
' Yiim. I-.eijx’r’s Snuff
t Maccouba <!'».
, Havanna Se*ar*
‘ Silt Pr»l 2
' Briiiift.in.», Madd’r, arr’.1
| Gi otinJGiiiger iultnali'
V key*
* Turkt-v Cotton
. New York Cun.lies ar.d'
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