. Three years travels through the interior parts of North America, for more than five thousand miles [microform] : containing an account of the Great Lakes, and all the lakes, islands and rivers, cataracts, mountains, minerals, soil and vegetable productions of the north-west regions of that vast continent : with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects and fishes peculiar to the country : together with a concise history of the genius, manners and customs of the Indians inhabiting the lands that lie adjacent to the heads and to the westward of the great river Mississippi, and an a
. Three years travels through the interior parts of North America, for more than five thousand miles [microform] : containing an account of the Great Lakes, and all the lakes, islands and rivers, cataracts, mountains, minerals, soil and vegetable productions of the north-west regions of that vast continent : with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects and fishes peculiar to the country : together with a concise history of the genius, manners and customs of the Indians inhabiting the lands that lie adjacent to the heads and to the westward of the great river Mississippi, and an appendix describing the uncultivated parts of America that are the most proper for forming settlements. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. /â :â CARVEH'i TRAVELS. 33 any deceit, ftood looking-on, they flruck the ball, as if by accident, over the ftockadc ; this they * |>cated two or three timtc, to make the deception more complete; till ar length, having by tiiis means lulled every fufpicion of the centry at the fouih gate, a party rulhed by him ; and the reft foon following, they took poffeflion of the fort, without meeting with any oppofition. Having Jictompiilhed their defign, the Indians had the humanity to fpare the lives of the greateft part of the garrifon and traders^ but they made them all prifoners, and (Carried them-* off. However, fome time after they took them to- Montreal, where they were redeemed at a good price. The fort alfo was given up again to the En- glifli at the peace made with Poniiac, by the com^ mander of Detroit the year following. Having here made the necelTary difpofition'r for purfying my travels, and obtaining a credit from Mr Rogers, the governor, on fome Englifh and Canadian traders, who were going to trade on the Miffiffipij and received alfo from him a promife of a freihfuppiy of goods when I reached the falls of Saint Anthony, I left the fort on the 3d of Sep- tember, in company with th
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