. 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. *.v INTRODfUCTlON. 89 ife imjfew advantajf^s to this country, tiiough acquir- cd at an immeiila expence. To make the followiofl; i»ork as compreheafibe and caifrtaintng as poffible, I ihall firft gire my readers ah |«iC(d|;|int of the route I pnrfoed over this inunenfe con- d|HM^ and aa 1 pafs oOi difcrtbe* the number of inhab* mtttSi tbli (ituajtion of the rnrerv and lakesi and the pro- dodions of thecodntry. Hairing done this I (hall treaty |b diftinft chapters, of the inanners« cuftoms and Ian* g««ie9 of die Indians. imhere it is n^ceflsurjr to befpeak the candor of the tearM part of my readers in the pemfal of it,^ it is jW^|todiiAion of a peifon nnn^d^ from oppofite avoca- llantt to iii^ on giving a jufl description of a coontry' that 11^, in ^mefutilre periods "to be an inexhauftibli <e dv riches to that people who fhall be fo fortunate |l|<|oJpoflel« it, dian on the ftileof co^pbfition; and ea<«^ to Kt^r his laagtiage iiitcll^ watt Toiootb and %)rid^ / -. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780. Walpo
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