North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette

              the yjorth-carolitia chronicle ; or fayetievilk gazette i~[n©-2,ofvol.ii monday s e p t e m b b r 20 1790 total k 54 « other great lake are clear and v hole feme and of fufheient depth for the na vigation of large fuipt half the fpacc cf the country that lies to the eaft and extends to lake fluron belongs to the oltowaw indians the line that divides their territories from the chipcways runs neaily north and south and reach es almoft from the southern extremity of this lake acrofs the high lands to michulimakirac through the centre cf which it palfes so that when thefe two tribes happen to meet at the factory they each encamp en their own domini ons at a few yards diftance from the rockade the country adjacent either to the eafr or weft fide of this lake is eompofed but of an indifferent foil except where fmall brooks or rivers empty themfelves iato it ; on the banks of theft it is ex tremely fertile near the borders of the lake grow a great number of faad cherries which are not lefs remarkable for their manner of growth than for their exquiiite flavour they grow upon a fmall ftrub not more than four feet high the boughs of which are fo loaded that they grow ia clufters en the fend as they grow only on the fand the warmth of which probably contributes to bring them to fuch perfection they are called by the french cherries de fable or fand cherries the lize of them does exceed that of a fmall mufket ball but they are reckoned fnperior to any fort for the purpofe of fteeping in fpifits there alfo grow around the lake rroofeberries black currants and an abundance of juniper bearing great quantities of berries of the fined fort snmaek likewife grows here in great plenty ; the leaf of which gathered at michaelmas when it turns red is much efteetwed by ihe natives they mix about an equal quantity of it with their tobacco which caufes it to fmoke plea santly near this lake and indeed about all the great lakes is found a willow termed by the french hois rouge in en giifh red wood its bar k when only of one year's growth is of a fine fcarlet co lour and appears very beautiful ; but as it grows older it changes into a mixture ofgrey and red the ftalks of this fhrub glow many of them together and rife to the height cf fix cr eight feet the larjreft r.ot exceeding an inch diameter the baik beii g icraped fum the flicks and dried and powdered is alio mixed by the indians with their tchacco and is held by them in the higher ofiimation for their winter fmoaking a weed that grows near the great lakes in reeky pla ces they ufe in ilie rummer fttribn it is called by the indians scgctkirrso rrd creeps like a vine on the ground feme times extending to eight cr ten feet and bearing a leaf about the fizc cf a fiver penny nearly round ; it is of the fvd ftance and colour of the laurel mtd is like the tree it refcrafeles an eyergreen thefe leaves dried and powdered they likewife mix with their tobacco ; and as faid before fmeak it enly daring the fummer by thefe three fuccedaneums ike pipes of the indians are wellfurplied through every feafon of the year ; and as they arc great fmoakers they are veiy csrefid in properly gathering and pre paring them on the aoth of september i left the green bay h and proceeded up fox ri ver ftill in cempany with the tracers and fume indians on the 55th i ar rived at the great town cf the winne baq;oes fituatcd en a fmall icand,juft as you enter theeaft end cf lake winne bago here the queen vho prefided over this tribe inftead of a sachem re ceived me with great civility and enter tained me in a very diftirifculihcd man ner during the four days i continue widi her the day after my arrival i held a council with the chiefs of wht m i afked perrriffion to pafs through their country in my way to more rentote rations en bnfinefs cf importance this was readi ly granted me the requefi beirg eftccm ti by them as a great compliment paid to iheir tribe the queen fat in ths council but only afked a few qu ftionr or gave feme trifling directions in mat te relative to the ftate for women are never allowed to fit in their councils er.ecpt ikey hsppen to be inverted with thefnpreme authority and then it is not cuftomary for them to make any formal fpeeches as the chiefs do she w^s a very ancient woman fir in fixture and not much diftinjuiacd by her diefs i carver's travels continued he green say or bay of puants is one of thsfe places to which the chhavegivcnnicknamcs ; it istermed : inhabitants cf its coaft the mono rffcnie eay ; but why the french have denonrint-.ted it the fuant or stinking bay i know not the rcafon they them felrci f-riva for it is that it was not with atvi-wto miflead ftrangers but that by adeptinc this method they coula cenverfc with each other concerning the indians in their ptcfence without being under fftood by them for it was remarked by tl e pet ions who firft traded among them that when they were fpeaking to each jother about them and mentioned their proper name they infranily grew fufpiei us and concluded that their vifilors were cither fpeaking ill of them or plot ding their deftrueiijn to remedy this vthev f:i . e tho-m fome ether name the only bad con fcquen'e nrihnir from the pra-hii e then in-.rodeccd is that enydifh and french g'fg r ' ?• ("■■■■> '- their plant of interior parts of amcriea give ditfe tent name to the am people and there by pet plex thole who have oecafioa to ref to hrm gltike michigan of whuli the green 5a is a [;:"., is diri^e.l on the morth iead iron l-.ks huron by the ftraights of michtvt'-ni.riinn ; and is fnuatod be tween fort t^o aud i'orty-'ix degrees of northlatitui &. between eighty four and eighty-feviu degrees of f e longitude its greateii length ii two hundred and eighty miles its breadth about forty and its ; circumference nearly fix hundred reis a remarkable firing of fmall ifl , beginning over againft afkin's nnd running about 30 miles into ake thefe are called the beaver ids their fituatirn : s very pleafant the foil is bare however they af a beautiful orofpecf n the nerth weft parts of this kike waters branch out into two bays : t which lies towards the north is the of noquets and the other the green he waters of this as well us the histqrt