. Bulletin. Ethnology. iiVLL. 30] TRAMASQUE TRAPS 801 and Buffalo on the lakes. Farther s. was the "trading" path from Richmond to the Cherokee country. Two roads led to the W., one down the Ohio, the other through the Wilderness by way of Cum- berland gap. The great highway leading from Cumberland gap to the mouth of the Scioto was known as the Warriors' Path. The road from Philadelphia to Kentucky by Cumberland gap was nearly 800 m. in length. Daniel Boone crossed the mountains by following up the Yad- kin to its headwaters, thence down the mountains bj' easy grade to the W. Th
. Bulletin. Ethnology. iiVLL. 30] TRAMASQUE TRAPS 801 and Buffalo on the lakes. Farther s. was the "trading" path from Richmond to the Cherokee country. Two roads led to the W., one down the Ohio, the other through the Wilderness by way of Cum- berland gap. The great highway leading from Cumberland gap to the mouth of the Scioto was known as the Warriors' Path. The road from Philadelphia to Kentucky by Cumberland gap was nearly 800 m. in length. Daniel Boone crossed the mountains by following up the Yad- kin to its headwaters, thence down the mountains bj' easy grade to the W. The Indian road, by the treaty of Lancas- ter, ran from the Yadkin, crossed the headwaters of the James, thence down the Shenandoah, across the Potomac, thence to Philadelphia by way of York and Lancaster, a distance of 435 m. No wagon passed by the Wilderness road, which extended westward through Ken- tucky, Indiana, and Illinois, before 1795. The white man, whether hunter, trader, or settler, blazed the trees along the In- dian trails in order that seasonal changes might not mislead him should he return. The winter trails of the N. were over the frozen rivers or lakes or along paths made by snowshoes and sleds, which packed the snow solidly. These trails of the In- dians, first followed by the trapper and trader, were later used by the missionary, the hunter, the soldier, and the colonist in their conquest of the wilderness. See Commerce, Fur trade, Trading posts, Travel, and the authorities thereunder cited. (j. D. M.) Tramasqaeac (contr. of Renape Tera- maskekok, ' people of the white-cedar swamps.' The white cedar (Renape, te- arar) referred to is Chamarcyparis spharoi- dea, which grows in swamps from Maine to Florida.—Gerard). A Secotan village in 1585 on Alligator r., Tyrrell co., N. C. Tamasqueac—Smith (1629). Va., I, map, repr. 1819. Tramasquecook.—Dutch map (1621) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., I, 1856. Transportation. See Boats, Commerce, Trails and Trade Routes, Trav
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