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No rth I Carolina
Chro
nick ; or, Fayettevilk
N. 22, of Vol. II. j
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, U9I.
BISTORT.
CARVER'S TRAVELS.
j Continued.)
TTT rrif in? nt of .A meriea-.a; farsc
X wejcaa ju Jjjc from all the refearch-
c: tr.i-tnavc ocsiiniae near me i-oies,
a,.p-:rs t i ert'ireiy feparated from ,the
otiUi-qtiaric. s 11 uic Trunu.-- a r:at pare
ot Europe winch approiclies nearelt to
it, i the I coart of Greenland, lying in
aijtvat feventy decrees of north latitude :
and which re ches Tvihia tr elve degrees
crhe coait oi Labrador, fi:uale'd on the
ro t. eait to(dtrs ot ine continent. This
f!aft of Guiaca W the neareft part of
Atrica; which J iei about eighteen hun
dred and fixty miis north-ealt from the
Brazils. The. moil eaftern coatt of A Ma,
vrhich -extends to the Korean fea on the
nortn ot j China, projects north eaft
through eaftern Tartary and Kamfchat-
Liand Siberia, in about fix ty degrees of
lorth latitude; Towards whick the
wettern caafts of America, from Califor
nia to thej ltraights of Ahriian, extend
nrarly north-weft, and lie in about forty
fix I'tgrces of the fame latitude.
Whether, the continent of America -flret;hes
any farther north than thefe?
Araights, and joins to the eaftern parts of
Atb, agreeably to what has been affert
td by fome of the writeis Ihave quoted,
cr vhetherjthe lands -that have been idii
covsred in the intermediate parts are n
1' an archipelago of iflands: verging to
wards the oppoiite continent, is not yet
afceitainedj
It being, IhoweTer, certain that there
are many confiderable iflands which-lie,
feetwten the extremeties of Alia and
Amciica, viz. Japcn, Yefo or Jcdfo,'
Gaina's Land, Behring's I fie, with ma-:
ay ethers difcovcred by Tfchirikow, and
5tSes:hefe, frcm fifty. degrees north
there appearing to be a clutter, of iflands
that reach as far as Siberia, it is proba-
iVom tlieir proximity to- America,
tlutit received its. fir A inhabitants from
jucxn, .
This conclufion is the moil rational 'I
I am able todraT,fuppofingthat"fince,the
j aborigines got tooting on this continent,
j no extraordinary or fudden change in
j tnc pofition or furface cf it has taken
j plce, from inundations, earthquakes, or
I ajy revolution of die earth that we are
at prel'cnt unacquainted with,
j To me it appears highly improbable
that it Ihould hare been peopled fr om dif
! ferent quarters y acrofs the Ocean, as
j others have aifcrted. Fiom the fize of
tne lhips made ufe of inthofe early ages,
and the want of the, compafs, it cannot
be fuppofed that any maritime nation
wouia by choice venmre over the unfa
thomable ocean in fearch of diftajit comi
nenta. Had this however been .attempt
ed, or had America been firit acridemal-
ly peopled from Ihips freighted with pafv
j fengers of both fexes, which were dnverr
by itrong eafterly winds acrois the atlajj-
lie, thefe fcttlers mulv have retained fome
I traces mf the language of the country from :
j whence they migrated; and tfjis fince
j the difcovtry of it by the Euiopeans muft
Ihave been ad,e out. - It. alfa' appears
! extraordinary that feveral of trjefc acci
dental migrations, as allowed lny fome,
and thefe from different parts, mould
ihave.taken place.
Upon the whole, after the moll criti- -leal
enquiries, and the matureft deliberati
ion, I am cf opinion, That America re
ceived its liril inhabitants from the north- -eaft,
by way of the great archipe ago jurb
(mentioned, and frcm thefe aione. But -this
might have been effe&e at different -Itimes,
and from various parts : from
jTartary, China, Jspon, or: Kamfchatky, ,
the inhabitants ot thefe places refembiing
each other in colour, features, andftiape ;
land who, before fome of them acquired
,a knowledge cf the arts ard ixiences,
'might have likewife refembled each c:her
in their manners, cuftoms, religicr,
language. .
I The only difference between the Chi
nefe nation and the Tartars, iits in the
coltivateiftate of the one, and the unpo-.
lifhed fituation of the other, Theform
er have become a coiaiiierciai people,
Total No- 74.
and dwell in houfes formed into regular
rowns and cities ;. the latter live chietfv
i ri tents, and rove about in different hords',
irhout any fixrd abooe. Nor can the
long and bloody v.rs thefe two nations
iave been engaged ia, exterminate their
hereditary fimiiitude. rlhe prefent fa
mily of ihe Chinele emperors is of a Tar
sal ian extraction ; and if they -were not
ienhble of fome claim befides thiat of con
ueft, fo numercut a pcopfe would
not lit quiet under the dominion offtran-'
gcrs. ,j
j It is very evident that fome of the1
manners and c-jftoms of the American
Indians refen ble thofe tf the Tartars ;
and I make no doubt but in fome f uture
sjra, aad this not a diliant one, it will be
TJeduced to a certainty that duiirg feme
cjf the wars betweep tht Tartars and the
4?iiinefe, a part of the inhabit ar.ts of the
lorthera provinces were driven frcm
t leir native country, ar.d took reh ;e
i;i lome cf the iilzs before mentioned,
and from thence f'.und their way into
America.-- At different pericds each na
t or. might prove victorious, and the con
quered by t urns fly before j.heir conquer
ors j and from hence might arife the fi
miiitude of the Indians to all thefe peo
pe, and that aiiimo 15? y which exifts be
tween 16 many of their tribe. '
It appears plainly to me that a great
lijmilaiity between the Indian and Chi
nee, is ccnipicuGUs in that particular
cufterri of fhairg or plucking eff the
; hkhi and leaving enly a fnrall tuft on the
crewn cf the head. This mode is faid
to have betn er-joiRed by the Tartarian
emperors on ti er; acceflion to the throne
ct China, and ctr.f quently is a farther
free f that this cui-c.n was. in ufe ampFg
thje-Tartars to wh m,' as' well as (the
Criinefc, the Amciicar-s might be indebt
eq for it. "
"Msny words alio are vtfcS both byf the
CLir.tfc arc Indians, vhich have 2 rc-
feft.blance'tc each e:her,not only h: their
frucd, hut their iirificaticr. The Chi
nte call a fliive. fiurgo ; and the Nau
crwcille Ii.c. 21 s. vrhofc larguace Ircm
tLix little interc curie with the i.nrcp-
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