. Three years' travels thoughout [sic] the interior parts of North America, for more than five thousand miles [microform] : containing an account of the lakes, islands and rivers, cateracts [sic], 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 west of the river Mississippi; and an appendix, describing the unc
. Three years' travels thoughout [sic] the interior parts of North America, for more than five thousand miles [microform] : containing an account of the lakes, islands and rivers, cateracts [sic], 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 west of the river Mississippi; and an appendix, describing the uncultivated parts of America, that are most proper for forming settlements. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. «d aiRVEIVS TKATELa^ hbufes Mch large enoygyi for feveral famiUei. Thefe nt^ built of hewn plank, neatly jointeti an^ covered with bark fo'compiiaiy at to keep out the iioft pene. trating laias. Before the doors ^ire placed comfortable. near the town in Tery good. In theiir pUnutidns* whtch Ht adjacent to thehr hoiiies, and whith are ne«% laid ont, they raife grtat qiiantitiet'of Indian com, beans, ^dbtb, 9it^ k tkiit this place is eaeemed the Ull ihar* ketfbrtraderfctofiirntihiheml^ives with prOvrnvu:, of iny Ai^tthin eight himdred mil^t of it. ' The Saukies can rail^ about thierlmndred warriors, ^oare generally employed every faikinier in making f^curflons into the t^ritoriet pf the llUnoti niid^ ^^- nee natioiti« from whence i^ey return, with a |;itat Huinber of flav^i. But thole peoj^e frequently retai. M^t andrin their turn, deftroy many of the Satil^i^s, jrhich t judge to be the rcaf<^n that Uiey inire:^ no iaftcr. ' ^ Whilft I ftaid here I took a view offdme mounutns that \k about fifteen miles to the fouthward, and abound in lead ore. 1 afcended on one of jhe highetl of theii?, and hkd an eitenftve view of the country. For many ftiilea nothini^ was to be feen but llifer mountains, which ap|ieared at a diA^nce like hayco
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