North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette

              w^wm the north carolina chronicle ; or fay ettcvilk gazette — rn°-io,ofvot.ir monday november :;, 1790 total no 6c eistort of the chipcwajsj from whence it takes its name it i r ; fituated on e*ch fide of the river which at this place is of no considerable breadth and lies a;'j:icent to the banks cf a fxnall lake this town contains about forty houfes and c?.n ii-nd out upwards of one hundred warriors many cf whom ivere fine lout young men the houfes cf it are built after the indian manner and hare neat plantati ons behind them ; but tlie inhabitants in general fecmed to fee the naftielt peo ple iliad ever been among i obferved that tbc womea and children indulged thcmfelves ia a cuftoin which though common in feme degree through every indian nation appears to be according tn our ideas of the moft naufeous an«l in^tlicate nature — at of fearching each other's head and eating ihc prey caught therein even and thickly cbrercd v.-!th woods.-r the foil in fome pliers toler.ibiy good in others but indifferent in the head of the st croix and the chipeway rivers are axceedinff line rtur^enn all the wildernefs between the miffifippi and lake superior is called by the indians the moichetto country and 1 thought h moft j 11 ft i y named > ior it being then their feafon i never faw or full ib man of thofe inkdls in niy life the latter end of july i arrived after raving coafted through welt 3;>.y at tii grand portage which lies on the north weft borders of lake superior h;r thofe v.-ho ffo en ihe north v;ttt trade to the lakes depluye dubois c carry over iheir canoes and bagc;r>.ge about nifie it lies till they coxae to a number of fmail lakes the waters of fome of which dc fcend into lake sspei ior and others into tlie river bouibon lake superior from weft bay to this place is bounded by rocks except towards the loath-weft part of the bay where i firft entered it there it was tolerably level at the grand portage is'si fm*)l bay before the entrancs of which lies an icand that intercepts the dieary and un interrupted view over the lake which otherwife nrould lave prefeated itfelf and makes the bay ferene and pleafant — here i met a large party of killifiinoe and a hinipoil indians with^their reipec live kings their families tiicy were come to this place in order to meet th traders frommichillimackinac vrho mai : tins their road to the north-weft from iliem i received the following account of the lakes that lie to the north weit of lake superior lake bourbon the noibfl northern e thole yet difcovered received its name from fome french traders wbo acconipa r.'.zd a party of indians to hudlbn's bay fome years ago and was thus denomi nated by them in honour c the xoyil fa aaily of france itiscompofcd of the a.tefs of the bourbon river which as i have before obferved riles a great way to the i uthv ard not i\\r ironi the north e:r !: : fa:s of the mifllfippi 1 his lake is about eighty miles iu lcrgth r.jt'.h and fcuth u.i;d is nearly circular it has no ve:y jarcc ifiands ct h the ir.d ca the all«rn fide if carver's travels continued tt a.ving concluded my bufinefs at £ 1 la prairie le chien i proceeded once more up the miffifippi v.s far as the place where the chipeway river en ter it a little below lake pfpin here h lving engaged an indian pilot i dire • ■ him to liter towards the ottowaw lakes which lie near the head of tiiis ri ver this he did and 1 ai rivtd at thefti the beginning of july vac chipeway nvcr at irs juo<51ion with the miffifippi is about eighty yiids w?ide but it is ranch wider as you ad vance into it near thirty miles up it fe p«sr?.tes into two branches and i took jny courtc througe that which lie j to the eaftward injulytleft this town and having croii'ed a number of mail lakes and ear ning places that intervened came to a head brunch of the river st croix — this branch i dcfccndcd to a fork and then afcended another to its fource on both thefe rivers i difcovered feveral mines of virgin copper which was as pure as that found in any other country hero i came to a fin all brook which my guide thought might be joined at fome diftance by ftreams that would at length render it navigable the water at tirtl was fo fcanty that my w.noe would by no means fwira in it but having ftcp ped up feveral old beaver dams which h:-d been broken down by the hunters i vas enabled to proceed fcr fome miles till by the conjunction of a few brock thefe aids became no longer necefiary inafhorttime the water increafed to a r)o!t rapid river which we cefcenred till si entered into lake superior this ri ver i named srter a gentleman that dc f.red to accompany rr.e from the town of the ottr.gaumies to the garrying place on lake superior goddara's river to the welt of ilus is anothe fmall n ver vhioh alfo empties itfcli into the lake this i termed strawberry river from the gicat number of ilr wbearies of a?ocd fizeand fine flavour hat grew on its banks the country adjoining to ths river for about fixty iniies is very level and on its ba^ks lie fiue meadows where larger droves of buffaloes and elks were iceding than i i.ad obfetved i uny other part of my travels the track between the two branches of this river is termed lie road of war between the chipeway a;nl naudoweffie indians the country to the fails marked in the plan at the extent of the tra crs tra vels is alnioft without any tin b:r and above that very uneven and rugged and clofely wooded with pines beach maple ar.d birch here a inoit rerr.iiikable and aftm-iihing fight preiented itfelf to my view in a woodj on theeaft o ihe river which was about three quarters of a mile ia length and in depth farther than my eye could reach i obferved that every tiee,manyof which were more than fix feet in circumference va lying fiat en . ; round torn i:p by tlie roots this appeared to ha e been cu n 1 cr;:e ex us.^dinaiy hurricane ifcai o iiotxi flie w-it ionic years ago 1 ut how many 1 could not learn as 1 f^-und r r inhabit lasts nea if of whom 1 could infor mation the country on le wcil fide i he river from [ siflg iefs woodj had •-■ caped in ii£re.v njeafure th s haveck 3 only a few tn es v • i c blc\\ti down the •' ( untry frcin the ottowav l?.!ces to liie superior is in general very un near i!u hcais li this river is u ivwn