Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-01
COMMUNICATION.
SO1ntNltAItON.
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COMMUNICATION
promotions o. tfe nssio"s Sitrcted or ths High
4usrtis@ippi.
Great pToSrss, is made aud yearly making to obai,
more correct nofn1tivn concerning tie territory b-
cntad State. it, boundaries, native naahanis anc
productions, by ihu erte-prirs and librtaty of onr
fellow eliizeas who expose their lives aud p;rsons in
isfas sdveniuTes the isc1s and articles which the,
tnd are brsn.ht tacs aad lad before their fris,S =,
home whereof, knowledge ia tran:ferred from a. ,o.,
remote forests cities and offered 10 The cnrcus
70 Ssnhrmat'oa OF these remarks We meation with
sabs.action the collection Of thng5, fca,y few OF
the uiaEy be has brou:hp offered TO the company as
seaoi.d few evenings ago, for C0avsrsas lone al
Or hiTcnitL's by captain Douglas. professor OF
mathematics IA The Ml,ar, Academy at West paiat
The GREAT WIPE, for susokBy the herb called Kin
,'Mahees ,onI i-e' i"ns ;,te bowl made Of the rec
fe'1e chatoHeGn or native enar earth the handle
OF followed ash wood aud richly Adorned vit, Dnrrn
pae qui'I,, the feahers Of The wood drake and The
"ood pechSf, eVtncng great skill Ia The dyeing and
embroidery
ITR EIsnIxANicLE Porcn. to contain the mate
nal a., saoing, which is prepared by Inlx,sg ,bs
before mentioned psat uita the leaves Of snnac and
he bark Of scarlet dog wood The pouch itself 10 cs u
aud adoincd amer che Indian manner with ise head
claws ard toll complete.
The MEDICINE DAG wrought from the inner oa,k Of
the 3ats wood or AIs.ican lire tree. by operation
somewhat Ike tie Ge;t basket work or hani W.aving
On ons s.dc Of tbs bag The artist worked figures OF
men, aud en- the other those os women.
preparation of the email gnadrtped, named o 0pher
rc.nafkanie Tor long sharp nails and The c,pacous
tweea The .at aud the squirrel and l, really .insuar
creature.
speclUien IN good pieSeryStion ofperaps The most
bedftJl little land gaihaek in ne uorgd- IL rs a
squirrel az chs5nut col3gr, having white dotted line
along the beck, from head TO tail on each siae o..
which tfeTe are ,h.ee white stripes aud three dotted
llnes oi aenuder ~ hEttock, il one of the inos
ELEGANT 81 all foDr fnotet cyeaiufes
TGe PADDLE Fi~-T OF SPATCLARfA, an inhabiiabt OF
the hissisJippland its "aters, shown. I, is re
nf-iAaas 20. the sEormons Diocngation of the suou
foL "at or more, with breadth of aeut three inches
IL aears considerable resemblance to the o,ade OF A
paddle, whenSe it, pa;e. This extraordinary nsh is
p-culaE 10 North hmetca, aad occupies zach a posi-.
ton Between The Sturgeon aud The shark that some
Na,ufats have ci.sed with the former and Others
with he latte.
The WHITE SERPENT, whose body is white from eud
10 end bnt neatly marked along toe bach and sites
viii blact, giving it The appearance tbband with
hiack ss;ipsS rnnnnS through white ground. n Is
probably uudesc spe"es Angus or
variety Of other creatures were observed OH the
table such IS fOItc'ses, Leeches Bride aud other spe
ctes ofIooloey iTol the remote regions OF the North
West
But one other thing cannot avoid noticing IL /,
nsw article OF food, In uee among the Indians Of
vegetable kind IL is tuberOse Of some pIan,
81 ED zad dried ~ noks white and nice and tastes
:. !, nickt be good substitute for bread III has VERY
much the appearance OF F,uren;ne Iris and We hoor
ITO botanical name and character will soon be ascer
taiaed ~
.or can We lay down pen without mentiou inc
the Pare! ii05e uTgeoH hsh, near the extremity Of
vho-c sASut, are eight or ten bony resembling
disposition OF Paving Stones these bony masses are
hoehed backward Nv Y Com Am