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^ I'lE ftones an-l pchhles on ‘.he friorcs
1. of ihh hike, lire moil' cf them cing-
ia a greater, or lei's elegree, v.-ich
.‘V it - that iticmMc hrais in ihe:r coh ar,
7iur'.vliich a! c of a lulphurcons nature,
.'i'nr.ll pieces, a'oout tlie iizc of hazlc-nuts,
ol the fame kind of ore, arc found on the
i'an ;i that lit on its banks and unde? the
The navifi-ation of ihisrtver is cflcern*
td more -Jangeroas th.Mi any ol the uiiieiS"
ru ccouaC cn nvanv liffh iand-s that he
a ' J
na the btrcitrs-oi ir^iand projeff into the
's.r-.r a ptrptnrficn.lar . diretiion ibr
•■•;nuv miks toi>-fhcr, fo that v-htnever
v;d.;;n llorins aiiic, eanccs and boats arc
ii'.gueittiy loll, as ^htre js no place for
ti'.eui to itad a iisef.er.
Tills lake dlfcharges its ■s^.Mtor.s at the
n:.!irh-eai: end, into the River Niagarn,
v'ihcli runs north and innth, arid is aljout
!d-cv Hiiles in Icngf’, from wlicncc
H ;'.'dk into i.ake Ontario. At the cn--
‘.-ar.c-s (if this river, on its fliore, iirs Fort
and about eighteen rriilrs fnr-
‘I’.er itp, thnfe renr.nl.-.aLlefaUs, v'hlch arc
e.rre ned on: cf t’o.c mort cr.trcnrdinaiT'
j-ro JuRions cf nalnrc at prefent known.
As, thefc liave been vi'ited by fo many
travellers, and fo frr.iuently deferibed, I
Ir.a.ll oniT tjivine n uarhcul.ir defc: iption
t'lt I’icm, unci or.ry obkrve, that the wa
ters by which they arc fnpplied, a‘tcr ta--
kir.iT their rh's ntur two thonfnnd roiks
to :itc norrii-wer'l. and parilnf through'
Tie Lakes S-uperi'r, idichegan, Huron, ■>
and Erie, during which they have been
‘receiving conH.iut r.crnirni’a'icn’'^ nc
iwenty milej. Others have fiid tliat at
a paniculai time, send when the wind fits
fair, the found cf them reaches fifteen
icagres.
'i'lie land about the falls is etceeding-
}y iiilly and uneven, but the greatef part
of tl'.ac on the Niagara River is very
good, efpccially for grafs and pailu-
Fort Niagaia r''-.ds nearly at the en
trance ol liie well erd of Lake Ontario,
and on the er.fl part of the ftraights of
Niagara. It was taken from the French
in the year 1759, by the forces under the
rornmand of Sir William Johr.fon,and at
prefent is (.kiended by a confideraVk gar-
rifon.
Lake Ontario is the nejit, and leaf! ot
the five great lakes r^f Canada. It' fitu-
ation is between fc-:rty-thrcc and forty-
five decrees of well longitude. Tiie
form of it Is nearly oval, iti greatcil
length being from north-calb to iouth-
wetf, and in ci* cumkreticc about Iri: hun
dred niile.s. Near the fnuth-caif part it
receives the waters of the Ofv rpo River,
and on th^ nonh-eaf cifcliarges itfclfin-
to the River Cararaqait. Not hiv fiom
tlie place where it iiTues, Fort Frontcnac
formerly food, which was taken from the
French during the lafl war, in the year
i758, by a fru'dl army of provincials un--
der colonel Bradftrect--
At the entrance of Ofwcgo River
Ar.nds a ibrr of the fame name, gurrifon-
cf only at prsicnt bv an inconliderable
# « a
party.- This fort was taken i;i the year
I 756 by the French, wher a ere.nt purr (f
tb.-e ganlion, whic.h cor.fif ed of the late
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banieys
and
ikppeTifs
rcgimcrts,
M*rgch rulh dnr.-n n ruper dour ]■-*-.cipicc'
td rrvTnunJ/ec ?.u-i forty i-.oet ;.frpeikii*
ciilar, and in a :tror>;,'' rar-id. ri.ai' eviends-
to the diku-'ce ( f eight w nine rr'ojhc-'
luv,- fall O’utr.ch rto 'c—’hi.s rtver
tion after entpiice icfcli iiuo L.akt Onta
rio.
' f h e r.f 1 "e of u> t R hmav b t h card
au mi/inovow; I ;onM n'uinlT dt>ri.n--
ti>eu4 in r,calm moinitig more ttiafl
were malfacrcd in cold blood by the fa-
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In La'ke Oiit-nrio are taken rn.nry forts
of fiJli, among v. hich is the Ofwego Bais,
of an excellent fluvour, and weighing
about three 01 four ponndi.- There is
alfo a ibrt called the Cat-Hcavl or Four,
Tvh.irh arc l;i general very large, lorne ci
them weighir.g eiuht or ten pounds, and
they are c.^icemcdi a rare dilh when pro-
petiv drefk-d;-
Cri the north-well pamts tT ibis h-ils-e,
ana to the f.uth-c.aft of Issk-e Luron, is
a tribe of Jn(^i:ms called M Hilcnycs,
v-ii-ic town is deuomiusteJ 'Towuiro,
from the lake oa wliich it lies, but they
are not very numerous. The country
about Lake Oataric, efpecially the more
north and canern parts, l.s compefed of
good land, and ia time may make very
flouriftiing fettiernents.
T'he Onisda lake, fituated near the
her.d of the River Ofwego, receives tlie
waters cf Wood-Creek,- wliicli takes its
ihe not far from Moha-a'ks River. Thefc
two He fo adjacent to eacli other, that a
jundion is HTeffled by fluices at Fort
Stanwix, about twelve miles from the
mouth of the former. This lake is about
thirty miles long from call to ■well, and
neat fiitccn broad. The country around
it bcirngs to the Oniada Indians.
Lake Champlain, tlie next in f.zc to
Lake Ontario, which lies nearly caft from
it, is about eighty miles in Icnjth, north
and South, and its broadefi part four
teen. It is well rtored with fifh, and the
lands that lie on all the borders of it, or
abemt its rivers very good.
Lake George, formerly called by the
French I.ake Sti Sacrament, lies to the
fouth-weft cf the iail mentioRcd lake, and'
is about tliirty-flve miles long from north-
eaft to foutli-wcH, butofno gteat brcadi.h*
The country art.iind it is very mountai
nous, hut in the rallies the land is tolera
bly good.
When ihefe two lakes where firft difeo-
vered, they were knov.m by no other
name than that cf the irequeis Lakes ;
and I believe ia the firft plans taken vf
thofe parts were fo denominated. Tlie
Indians alio that were then called the
Iitquois, are ilnce known by the name
of the. Fire Mohawk- Nations, snd the
Mohawks of C.inada.- In the late •w ar,
the former, whicit confisl cf the Cnanda-
goec, the Oni'.’.das, the b'cnecas, ard the
Tr.f:.^rc:ics, and the irorudeekt, for.yht
on the Hdc of the Lrigjifh : the latter,
which are called the C-~mva!'gars,
a.nd St. Francis Indians, jrir.ed the
F: ench.
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