north carolina state library north-carolina chronicle ; or fayettevilk gazette — no 9 cf vol ii monday november 8 1790 total no 61 hi8t0rt reception i had don from the others : but 10 my great f«r prize he v.irh-h=ld his h^nd and looking fiercely at me laid in tl.'c chipeway tongue " cawin nifhifimi feganofli that is the engliih arc no gscd as he had his tomahawk in his hand i cxpeded ikat this lacoaick fen tence vrculd have been followed by a blow ; to prevent nhich i drew a piftol from my belt and holding it in a care lcfs pofitian paiitd clofe by him to let h:m fee i as not ifr*id of him ved alfo at the red jiftnijitain after wards defcribcd from whence they r^et the ftone of which they make their pipes : thrie being indifpenfable to the aecomo daiion of every r,eigh'»ourinr tribe a fimilar refhiclion becomes ne«dful,aad is of public utility the river st pierre trhich nms through the tentpries of the naniowef fics hows through a r.-oft delightful country abounding with all the neccfl i»3 rf life i hat grow fponrancoufiy ; and v.-ith a little cultivation it might be road t o produce even the luxuries of life wild rice gro*-s here in great abundance ; aud crery parr is fiilei wi:h trres bending under their loadi of fruits fuch as plumbs grapes axd fipp-cs ; the me clows are covered vntk h«ps and aaany forts of vegetables ; whilft the ground is fi«rcd with nieful root witi angelica . h>ike»a_i;di_3nd gioun-i gate as lar^c a nens cestr a.j-.«.j — **-«• r — j a , fides oi the riytr are eminences from which you have views lhat cannot be ex ceeded even by the m*i1 bea»tif«l f tfcofe i have already dciciibed ; iiinidil theft are jelighful groves and iuth amazing quantities of maples that they would produce fufecicnt fugar for any exanber oi inhabitants a little vray from the mouth tf the ri ver on the north fitle of it lands a hill one part oi vskich that towards the mi fiffippi is compofed entirely of white none of tke fame left nature as that i have before defcribed ; for inch indeed is all the ftone in jiis country but what appear remaikaiile is har the co lour oi it is as white as the diiven fncr r j'ke outwwrd part oi it was cxotepled wy the wir.d and weather into leaps of fard ef which a beaut iiuicompofir ion might lie made or i am of opinios that when properly created the tione itfeli would grow bard l time ard have a vciy co ble effect in architecture near that branch which is ermed the marble river is a naouataia from trher.ee the indians jet a fort of red ftone cur of which they hew the b»w-s oi their pipes in iorre of theft parts is f.tur.d a black hard clay or rather fi«ne of which the nandoweffies make their fa mily utemfils this country likewile abounds with a n-ilk while clay of which carve li's travels continued \ s the intermediate parts of this ri jl very much frequented by the chipcways vmh whom the naudow efiics are continually at war they thought it more prudent being but a i'm all par ty to take the advantage of the night than to travel wkh me by dzj ; accord ii-uly n looser was the grar.d council bick-up than i took a friendly leave of ihcle people from wh m 1 had received ianunxcrable civilities and puxiued once more my voyage i reached the eailern fide of lake p pinlhe fame night where i went afhore and encamped as fual r i ke next room ing whejq 1 had proceeds fome wiles farther ipeieeived at a tftfiance uclorc tat i fnuoke which denoted thzl fome ircians were near aad in a ihort time difcovered ten o twelve tents vni fax from the bank of the river as i was apprehenfive ihat this was a party oi'the rovers 1 had before met wi;h 1 knew rot what courfe to purfue my attendants perfnaded me to endeatonr to pal's by them on the oppsfitc fide of the river ; but as 1 had hitherto found th;it the beft way to enfure s friendly rcccp'.io iroin the indians is to meet them boldly and without ihewing any ttkena of fear i would by no means confent to their pro poii tnftcadofthi i crofted direftly over and landed in he rr.hlfc ot them for by this time thegreateft purt of them were landing on the there the fir ft i accofted were ghipeways inhabiting near the ottcwaw lakei ; who received me with great cordiality and fhook me by the hand in token if irirnd fbip at ionic dirts ice behind thefe hood a chief remarkably tall ar.d veil made but offoftern as afpefl that the moil undaunted peri«n cowli not beheld him without feelimg icine degree d ter r©r he feemed to have palled rh i ne ridian of life and by the n;»dc in which he was painted and tatov ed i difcovecd that he was oi i t s rank howevtr i approached hiw in i c»»tteoos manner and expe&ed to hare met with the iame i learned foon after from ihc other in dians ih^t this was a chief tailed by the french the grand sauior or the great chipeway chief for they denorniniiie the ghipewayi siuiors they iikewife told me that he had etn alwajs a ftendy fiirnd to that people sad when they de livered up michiliiinackinac to the en glifli on their evacuation of canada the gi^nc sauu>r had fworn that he would j.c reman i7i avowea dncst y or i is new pofleiibrs as the xemtories on which the fort is built belonged to him fisding him thus difpofed i tcck care to be cnnltantw upon my guard whilft i uai j ; but that be not fmppefe i was d ifen nwaj by his frowns i took up my abode therefor the night i pitched my tent at feme diftaore from the indians and had no fooner laid myi'elf down to refl hxnl was awaked by my french fervaat having been almmcd by the found of indian mufic be had rwn to the outiide of the tent where he h held a par ty of yottag fa^ages da«ei g towards us in an extraordinary mar.r , e ch carry itv in his hand a torch fixed on the top ofal»ngpole rnr i fnall defer any further account of this uncommon cntcr tainrae»t which at once alarmed and fm prized me tih i tieac cf the indian dar.es i inculu have remarked that whatever irviar.s happtu to meet at la piairic le clien the jgreat mart to which all who inhabit the adjacent countries reiort tho the nations ro which they beior arc zt war with each rth-r yet they urc oblig ed to refirwin tkeir ci mity and to jor brar all boftile ac diarltig trt.ir flay there this tegiilatiow h been l«pg eftablifbfd among them for their mccval cotivexier.ee as without itxm tra*e could bt can led en the fame rule is cbier the