iron fezralyoua- women thit attend
lhr. Thefe her attendants ieemea
ofMtlplMfeiwjw 1 Ihewedany to
ke:n oflrsfpsik to their queen, picu
lariy whei I faluted her, which I tre
eievlyididto acquire her favour. On
i-1ef..oq-Jiii-3ns ih2good.oU Jaiy endea
vored to alihme a iavenile gaiety, and
(heei b her fmilea (lie was equally
nl-?:? 1 villi the attetin I paid her.
X The time I tarried here, I employed.
H miking the bell obfervations poUible
p. the "country, and of colleeVmg the bell
.r-:'.lig '.ncclcouldof the origin, cadoms
p.sl Uagiage of thh people. From
thefe enquiries I. hive reafou to conclude
thatthe Winnebagoes originally refided
ia fonu of the province belonging to
Ne w-JJexico, and being driven from their
Tix-.wc country, either by inteftine divi
fions, pr by the extenfonof the Spanilb
coaqiefls, they took refuge in thefe
more ; Northern parts about a. century..
lM" rcafons for adopting this fuppoU
tion are: finl, from their unalienable
attachment to the Na-idoweflie Indians
(who, they fay, gave the earlicl: fuccour
during their emigration) notwithstanding
their prefent residence is more than
lis hundred miles dutant from that peo
ple Secondly, that their di'aleS totally
.differs from every other In Jian nation
vet difcorered, ic being a rery uncouth
jiuuural jargon, which none of their
nei.'hboars will attempt to learn. They
convcrfe with orher nations in the Clii
peway tongue, which is . the prevail?
in; Unpajs thrajghaut all the tribes
from the :A howks of Cam la, t,o thole
-wh i inhibit the borders of tke Midi ippi
aai from the H irons or Illinois to -fuch
as dcllnear Hudiba's Biy.
Thirdly, from their inveterate h-itred
to the S j v iris. Same of them in
fi.-.nzi m? they ha 1 mide rainy excur
fons toth S rath Weil, whihtook up
fere il mr.s. An ellerly chief mre
p-iriiriUrly acq ninte i mi, that abruit
for:y-fi winters. a ", he marehe I at the
hil cf fiuy uriors, toward the
C rath -We fr three m 3ons. That di
ui this etpeJition.waiie thsy.were croT
in a plain, they difeie-eJ a body of -m
m o i ,h"rfe i 't, who belonged to the
B.i:k Pe 3le (fr fa th:y c ill the Sti
n arJi. A faoi as th:y perceive 1
t-h : t) :h y oroce; Je J with caution, anl
c j i;e lie f'.ije n.'.ites tril ni came on
wi:j ta:r d.: v : ne ii to be ab to
di c?t i :a n a : i :i:ua:i j.i of their
ea:m.. Vt i l-.a ' i e y frfre notable
t-:.)j: i'h i) '-it a faperori-'y by
d vvvi it v : ; i intil the hi 1 re-li.-el
:j ret; v.m : i t'ley ra bed, npna
ti: n; ani .if.:r i: '.j j .he gr.-at-
( IO ) .
cftpirt of the men, took eighty horfes
loaded with what they termed white
Hons. This IJ fuppofe to have- been fil
Terashe toll me the horfes were lhod
with it, and that their bridles were orna
mented with the fame. When tkey had
fatiaied their revenge "'l k!
their fpoil, and having got fo far as to bw
outoftlie reach, of the Spaniards who
had reached their fury, they left the ufe
Ud and ponderous burden, with Trhicft
the horfes were loaded, in the woods, and
mounting themfelves In this manner re
turned to their friends, -The .party they
had thus defeated I concluded to be the
caravan which annually conveys to Mex
ico, the filverVhkh the Spamards find
in great quantities on the mountains dy
in near the heads of the Coloredo . Rv
rer ; and the plains were the attack was
made, probably fome obliged to pafs
over in tll:tr,way to the heads of the : Ri
rer St. Fee, or Rio del Nord, which falls
into the Gulphof. Mexico to the Vcftof
the Mifllfippli . .
The Winnebagos can raife about two
hundred warrior. Their town contains
about fifty houfes, which are ftrongly
built with pallifaies, and the ifland on
which it is frtuated nearly fifty acres. .
It lies, thirty-five miles, reckoning ac
according to the courfe of the river, frpra
the Green Bay.
The river, for about four or five miles -from
the bay, has a gentle current ;:after.
has, nrc , Ttm nrkibl j 'good; and erera e.
ly faL,; and are much better fiaybvrcd
than tnofe which-are foundnear th!e f;a,
as they acquire tfreijf excefiive ifatricis by
feeding on the wild jriet, which gibws ft
Having made fprne acceptable pre.
fents tolhi good old queen, and received
her bleffing,.I left tfee towi f the Wirr-nebap-?
on the sgth of September, and
about twelve inilcMronr it arnyed .at
the place where! the Fox River (enters
the lake. on. the North, fide of - itj We
proceeded up this river, and on the 7th
ofO&ober reached the great Carrying.
Place whieh divides; it from the UaiUoa-
(in- , ' r i '
The Fox River, from the Green Bay
to the carrying place is about one hun
AtpA and eichtv miles. Frorh the Wiiv
nebago iake to the Carrj in-Plice the
current is gentle; and-tne deptn ot it
confiderable ; wotvjithilarijdin wjiich, in
me places, at is ith difficulty j car oes
can pasj through 4 the Jobfiruftic7is they
meet wttn irom incnec uajriis, wmiv.ii &ie
. very large and thkk, and grow here in
great abundance, cine count ryjarorua
it is very fertileand pi
oner, in tile hi;h
. . j , j I A , - , j J
eft decree, . for cultivation ; ecepvina
in fome places near; the river, whie -i' is
rather too low. pEt is in no part, ven
wood v and Tct canfupplv fufiidient to
, aniwer- the dernajrids of any nvimberrl
innao-icaiiis ." imy nvci is me K.vai.;
. r .mi Wlnn refnrt for wild fowl of eve? YT kind that H
tnatipace, tin jou Hixivc t mv : t . . . . , . y . a r
bo Lk it is full of rdcW.and very met with during tfie whoie crud ri
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fcured by them for fome minutes toge
trwrr. . : -1 ! I I
About forty miles up thu river, fr it
the great town kd the Winnebijnes,
ftands; a imaller town belonging to thaj
natioii. . 1
rapid. ! At many places we were obliged
to land our canes and , carry them a
co!iderable way; .. Its breadth,-in gene
ral.from the Green Day to the Winne
bago Lake, is between feventy and an
hundred yards.; the land on its borders
very good, and thinly wooded with hic-
' kory, oak and hazel.
The Winnebago Lake is about fifteen
'miles long from -Eafl to Wett, and about
- fix miles wider At its Soath-Weft cor
ner, a - rirtr falls into it that takes its
rife near fome of ihe Northern branches
of the Illinois Ri.-er. Thh called-the
CrocoJile River, in confequence of a fto
ry that prevail amon the Indians, of
their having deflroyed, in fome part of
it an animal, -which,- from their-defarip-tion,
mail be a crocodile or an alliga
tor. The land ajj'acent to the lake is rery
fertile, abounding with graphs, plums,
and other iruit?, which grow fp-?ntane-oufly.
The Wmn?!a oei raiie on it a
great qmntity of In ii an corn, bean?,
pimpkins, fq 1 1I1 and vra'er millo.is,
with fome tob:cc. The lake iif?!f
a:90ua4s witii tiih, a id m ttie iU:bi the
FOREIGN NEWS.
ye ir wi'Ji tefe, du-ks and teal.
1 ..er iivri iiCiv to i. m Trc,it
rae
STOCKHOLM, MAY QJmi
SHORTLY bjelbre the j departure
;the poll, an; exprefs was dilpatch
the Kth of Mar J from the road of Vi
derickfburgh, v?tch bi . - the! iinpo:
I ant news, mai ui;c King, ; r x n&
ken command of t'e Be" on the 9
ult. attacked. the! Ruffian and afc
an enn;atcrnent bf three hci s did the'
-? f i r- . . r . IK.
and -twentv-eisrlaj! half-gallr ?, Jwee '
ken, and ten arnled (loops f tnk!. arcoa
the vefisls of war taken, i tile 5p'
lo'.l In'tVear near the S.ver-kefund,t
tr.i-ifports and forty1 arnse. boars
1,- ,i V' ' . Sr