North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette

              t h e worth carolina chronicle ; or fayelievilk gazette i7,of-vo&-ii m o n d a y j a n u a r t 3 1791 total ho 69 history tvretity ifaflesv others have faid that at a particulai time and when the wind fits fair the found of them reaches fifteen leagues the land about the fulls is exceeding ly hilly and uneven but thr greateft y^'.z of that on the niagara river is very good efpeciaily for grafs and pailu fort niagara f ids nearly at the en trance oi the weft cr.d of lake ontario and on the eaft part of the ftraights of niagara it was taken from the french in the year 1759 by the forces under thi rommand of sir william jobnfon,and at prefer is defended by a confidciiu'jli gar rifon are not very numerous the country about lake octane eipecudly the more north nd eauern ps.rts is competed of good land and in time inzy idake very fiourifhing fettle mcr.ls the oninda lake fituated near the herd of the river olvego receives the waters of w«od creek - which takes its lue not far from mohawks river thefe lwti lie io adjacent to each other that a jun&toa is tilefced by flukes at fort stanv.ix about twelve miles from thz mouth of ihe former this lake is about thirty miles long from ealt tr weft and neai fatcenbinad the country around it bclrngs to ihc oniaca indians lake chunplain the next in fize to lake ontario which lies nearly eaft from it is about eighty rciies in length nonh and south and its broadefi part four teen it is v.ell ft ore d with fifh and the lands that vie on all the borders oi it or about i:s tivers very good lake george formtriy called by the french lake st saciairent lies to the foi:t!i-\?eft ef the lait mentitred lake and is about thirty-five n:i*es long from north eat to fouth-vefc butofijo gieat breadih the country nud it is very mountai nous but in the rallies the lar.d is tolera bly » od when ilisfe two lakes where firft difco vered they rcre knov/n by no other name thxn that cf the ircqucis lakes ; tnd i btiitve is the firft plans tuken of thofe pans were co denoainated the indians alfo that were then called ti;e iitquois are jlnce knaym by the narr.e of the fire m<)r.rink nations md ihe mohawks of canada in the late war the former which condil pf the oeaiida oec the onlxdas the eneca and the tnfcarcrics and the frooudocfct fought on he tide oi the englifh ; ht laiter which are calkd the coraitabgars nd st francis indians j:.u:cd the l:erjc a vafl rrs rf land that ii bet en the x^'o law rnealioced lakes ar«d lake ontario was granted in the year iciy bj the plymouth company ui tr « pa tent they had received hern i ing }■ t ci i tr cu ferdinandcg rp^es zrd locap tain n ma'&n the head rf rhs ': i i y aiiervards diitinguifned fi m t hers of thai name by ihc ll^vr-.z oi cor.i-v.ft earveh's travels continued ■" r • he aones an>i pebbles on the shores _! of this ke arc moft of tl.eia ting ed ia a greater or lefs degree with ; : ;:■ that refena&le l>rais in ih-:r col ar feat which are of a l'ulphureons n.iture small pieces about the iizc of haalc-nuts of the fame kind of ore arc iound on the cm is that lit on iu banks and ande the water the nkvicsttioxi o£thfs river is cae?rr td more dangerous th.'.n any oi the others v-n cccuat of many high lands dint lie on thfc b^rdcr irj/r.nj project into he watef in a pc.rpen<iicular - ton for iunay nnks eogethefj ib that v hencver feducn iiornis uii"c eanrcs and boats frcquentiy lail as bete is no puce for ii\j-a to uad a iiiiker la^e onrirrb is the neiti and lead ot the live great lakes of canada its fittt ation is between ferty-three and forty five degrees of weft longitude the form of it is ncarl.7 oval iti greeted icngtli being from north-cad to fouth wsrt audia circumference about fix hun dred miles near die fnuth-ca(t pviit it receives the waters f the ofwrgo river nd on the isonhieaft difchargis icfclf in to the river carar^quic not far fiom the place where it i/fiies fort frontcnac ibrmcrlv ftood which v/as taken from the french ihirfeg tiie lad war in the year j758 by a fniall army of provincials un dcr colonel bra.dilr.eet thu hi 4 i'c'iva-r zc its ■ craters it the north-eaft end into the river niagara ■ ich runs north and fouti),and h about bitty fix miles in length irotn whence k fills into lake ontarid at the en rance of tlits river on its fljpi-e ii:s fort nugarai add about eighteen miles far tner up thofe.rejmaikablefails which r.rc tdesmed one of the mak extraordinary productions pf nature ar prchint known as thefe have been vifited by fo many travellers and fo frequently defcribtd i fiiail o vi : t giving a par'icul.ir deitiiption fit them and only observe that the wa ters by which they rc fnppliec after ta 1 k:r.;r their riis near two thoufand miles to the"nprrh*we l fty*a»h paoisg through ti^e latces superior midiegan huron ond en dariag v/mch they rkvc b;cn receiving ' conft^nt acwiaiulitiontvi at 1 length ruft dorm a ilrpendous pivcipttjc ei on : hucdiec ami forty feet perpcadfc ctilarj.ar^d trt a ftrong :-.■■ i h c-a^cnrls 1 to tl'ic c ; tt"rr ( i"c":s.'l.t or nrrte mi!?s-be low u nearly •- mnch more — this r;?er i alter cr:-puzi i deli into li:kt onta rio at the entrance of oivrcgo river . ftanefs a loir of the fame name farriibn ct only at prelcnt by an inconiiderable p~rty th-i fort was taken i;i the year i 756 by the french wher a great part of the gan bn w^ich con fitted of the late shirley's and pepperips cgirf;erts v.tre maiuicrcd in cold blood by the fa in lake owtavioare tak«n riiar.y forts of fiih among v.hich is the ofv/c^o bafs of aii excellent ff-ivour and weighing about ihrcz or four potihds there is alfo a iort called the gat-head 01 four fc'htrh rc in gtner very large fome of thexn weighing eight or ten pounds zv.a they sre cftcemed a rare diih when pro pc;ly dren-vlj gn then orth weft parts of i.i a\t r.nd to the fouth-eaft of lake huron is a tribe of ridians called miftifauges v ;.. fc town is denoniinated toronto fwxii the iake oa wbich ic lies but they thenoifeofthefc.falls mr.v re heard an i *:<■'■■ • - 7 : i :!.•:.":'! 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