t ii e north-carolina chronicle ; 01 fayetteville gazette — n 6 of vol ii j monday december 27 1790 — total no 68 such as are in ballaft only may find wa ter iufiicieiu to carry them quite through the cargoes however of fuch as are freighted mu ft be taken out and after being transported acrois the bar in boats rcfliippcd again the river that runs from lake st claire to lake eric or rather the itrcight for thus it rni^ht be termed from its name is called detroit which is in trench the ftreight it runs nearly fauth has a gentle current and depth a water fuiiisient for fhtps of considerable burthea ths town of detroit is iitu itted on the weftern banks bt this river abrut nine miles below lake st claire fence againft the indians or an enemy not provided with artillery the ganiion in time cf peace con fids of two hundred men commanded by a field officer who afts as chief ma gift ate under the governor of canada in the year 1 762 in the month of ju ly ii rained on this town and the parts adjacent afulphureous water of the co lour and continence of ink ; fome of v>hich being collecleh into bottles and wrote with appeared perfectly intelligi ble on the paper and anfwered every pur pofe cf that ufeful liquid soon after the indian wars alreadf fpoken cf broke out in thefc parts i mean not to fay that this incident was ominous cf them not withftandinp it is well known that innu merable well attefted inftances of extra ordinary phenomena happening before extraordinary events have been recrrd ed in almoft every age by hilloriacs of<ve racity { i only relate the circumllancc as a fad of which i was informed bv many perfons of undoubted probity and leave my readers as i have hitherto don , to draw their own concluiions ire m if history carver's travels continued ome of my chief amufcments w2s that of fifking for trouts tho the ilreights were covered vriih ice we found means to make holes through it an i kiting do vn ftrong hues of fifteen yards in length to which vrere fixed three or fuur hooks baiej with the frnali fi.a ti"ore defcribed we frequcotljr cuu\j1h two at a tiaia of forty pounds weight each ; bi ths common fi-ieisftom ten to twenty poanj-i tkefe are moll de licious food the method of prckrving them during the three months the winter generally li is is by hangiag them up in he air an.i in one night they will be fr tn fo hard that they will keep as well as if they were cured wkh fait almoft oppofx e on the eafternihor is the village of the ancient hurons : a tribe ct indians whrch bos been created of by o m:my writers that adhering to the reliri&ions i h.ive u;d m/felf under of ov.ly defenbirrg places and peop'ie little known or incidents tlv.it have paflsd un noticed b others i ihall omit giving a defcriptian of them a m'iilionary of the order of carthufian friars by per mitlion of the l^jjjfhop ol qj.aa.da refiics among h the ! a ks of the river detroit both above au below thefe towns arc cover ed with fentlemcnts that extend more than twenty miles ; the country being exceedingly fruitful f and proper for the cultivation of wheat indian corn oatr and peas it has alfo many fpots cf fine pailarage ; but as the inl)ali;ants who are chiefly french that fabmkted to the jtnglifli government afler the con ques cf thefe parts by general aniljero are more attentive to ihe indian tra^e than fanxudgj it is but badly cultivated the town of detroit contains upwards of one hati jrcd houfes the ureets are foinewha regular and have a range of very convenient and handfome d2rrack vicha fpiicions paiadeat the fouth end on the wed fide lies the king's £ arder belonging co the governor which is very well laid out and kept in good order — the for ideations of the town coofift of a ftrong flcckade made of round p ; e fixed firmly ia the grouiid ard lined with palifades thefe a r p deff rded by font urall baftions r on which are mount ed a a:w mdiffrrent canroa r-f an incor fidcrable uac juil fcfeciest for its de i have only potated out in the p!art<*f my travels the circuit i made from my leaving bftchillkaackiaac till i arrived 3 gain at the fort thnfi countries that lie nearer to the colonies hive been fo eften and fo fnintftejy defcribed that any farther account of tfem would be ntslefs i ih ill h-iofore only giye nj readers in he remainder of my journ al as i at fir 1 propeied adefcription of the other i»reut lakes of canada many cf which i have navigated over injr ijltt d the i^me time a few particular incidents that i troft will not be fourii inapplicable or uacntcrtaining lakeerif receives the watersby which it is fupplied from the three great lakes through the freights of uetrcit that lie at its nortli'v ic corner this lake is fmiated between forty one and forty three degrees of north latitude and be tween ie/enty-eight and eighty-three de grees ot weft icrgitude it is near th v ec hundred mile long from caft to weft and about ferry in its broa.de'1 pun : and a remarkable lorg narrow point ire on its ncrth tide that projects for fevers miles into the l*kc towards chc icuvh eaft in jans 1768 i feft mkhifiimacki 71:1c and re urned in the giadwya fchnonef a veikl of about eighty tons frit-then over lake huron to lake sr c airc where we leftthe hip and pro a jed in bouts to detroir th : s like is ahoutninety miles in circnmf-fnc aid by ho waf of h iron r'iver which runs fn^m the fouth corner of lake hnrnu re ceivesthe waters ofth thr*s reat ak 9 s11 serior miclsesfan and huron its f«»rro is latherroimd andiiiiome places deep enough for the p.aigrion of large veffels but towards the hmldle of 1 i of mi v.-h ii 9 a vents shale tnatare loaded fiom pafe.g over ic there are fevcral iflaiids rear the weft end cf it fo infefted with rattlc-fnafces that it is very da-.gerous to lard on tb rr it is impoffible that anj place cr.n p»c duce a greater nimh?r cf a 1 lire's of thrf reptiles tj-an this c'oe particolarlv the water fcaie this lake is co-»ered earihe bar.ksrfthe ifiards withe lai^e jenci lily ; he leaves ofvbkh lie on the water 1"j thick as ic cr.vtt i catireh for rr.arv cr-:s tr<rnker ; ze on a'h t thefelay when pafl'cd < ver ir vieaihs cf varer iv.ukis baiking in ih fun whie amcurted to ir-vrl^di the noli remarkable ci ihe diit-ielt