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i?orth-carolina chronicle or fayettevilk gazette n 22 of vol ii j — monday february 7 1-791 total no 4 . histqrt this ctsnclufiori is the mos rational i 2*m able to dra\r iuppoiing that fince.the aborigines got tooting on this continent no extraordinary or fudden chav.ge in tnc pofition or furface cf it has taken place from inundations earthquakes or any revolutions of th earth that we are at preicnt unacquainted with to me it appears highly improbable that it ihouid hare been peopled from dif ferent quarters acroft the ocean as others have affcrted fiom the il/.e of the ihips made life of iniliofe early ages and he want of the compais it cannot be fttppofed that any maritime nation woaiu by choice veniure over the unfa thomable ocean in fearch of diftant co::i i nenti had this however been attempt ed or had america been firit accidental ly peopled from thips freighted with paf fengers of both iexes which were ci 1 hen by ttrong cafteriy winds acrofs the atlan lic thefe fettlers mmiv have retained foms tiaccs f the latnguage of he coantiy from whence they migvated ; and this fince the dilcovery of it by the euiopeans my ft have keen iade out it alib appears extraordinary chat fcveral of tnefc acci dental migrations as allowed by iome and thefe from different parts fhould have taken place upon the whole after the moft criti - calerqui'ies,and the matured deliberati on i a;n of opinion that america re ceived its rril inhabitants from uk iaorth eaft by way of the gica archipe ago juft mentioned and frcm thefe aion but - this might have been effcdtes at different - time and from various p-irts : from '• t«tary chira j^pnr or kaaifchadca • the inhabitants or thefe places refembling each other in colour fcaiures guumhape ; and before foiwc of th m a quired 3 knovlejg of the arts ard icienccs jtnight have likewiierefemhlcd cacfc othei in their manners cufioros religion ni and dwell in houfes formed into regular towns and cities ; the latter live chiefly in tents ana rove about in different hords without any fix-d aboa nor can the long and bloody vr.rs thefe two naiinns have been engaged ia exterminate iheir hereditary fimilitude the prelent fa mily oi the chineie emperors is pi a tar tar ian extraction ; and if they were not feniible of fome claim befides that of con queft ib humeinui a people would not lit quiet under the dominion oiftran gc;s it is very evident that fomc of the wanners and c\.ftoms of the american indians referable thole ( f the tartirs % and i make no doubt but in fome future sera and this not a diflant one it will be reduced tc a certainty thatduniig fome of the wars between the tartan art the cfnttefe a part of the inhabitants of the borlhero pioviycrs were driven item their native country and took refuge in fome of the iflci before mentioned aud fiom thence found their way into ametica at ciffercntpeiicds each n.i tior might prove victorious and the con qweied by ti^rns fly before heir cenqner ors and fiom hrnce might ariie the fi militude of the indians to all thefe peo ple and that a-iin-.cfiy vhkh exifts be tween to ilany of their tribes ft appears plainly to me that a great fimilaiit between the indian and chi nr<e is ccnipicuobs in that particular cuftcm of r»a"virg or plucking eff the h*ir and leaving only a fmail tuft on the crewn d the head this jrede is faid tc have been erjoired by the tartarian emperors on tier acrefiion to the throne ot china and ctnf quently is 2 farther pic f that this cufton was in ofe among the tartars to whem as well s the chineie the ameikar.s might be indebt ec for it . carver's travels continued rr-1j2 continent of j merica,<as far as _| we raa jui^c fro all the refearch cj tnathave beeamade near the poles appears to »<; entirely ieparated f'om the iochr..qiar;est'fthe wrorld ti-at part ot europe which approaches nenreit to • it i the coait of greenland lying in about feventy degree of norili latitude ; and which re ches vrhiateelve degrees c he co:iii 01 labrador fituated on he r.o.t eait ooiders s.4 the-continent this coaft of guraea is the nearea part of africa hi':h iie t>out eighteen hun dred and fixty mil.s north-ealt from the brazils thermit erilterncoaft of afia whtc]i extends to the kircan iea on the north of china projects r.orth eaft thromgh caflern tarrary and kamibhat kaand sibeiia in about ii*ty degrees of north latitude towards whick the weilern coafts of america from califor r.u to the ftraights of ahnir.n extend nearly north-weft and lie in about forty in jigrees of the fame latitude whether the continent of america ftrei-hcs any farther nonh than thefe ftraights and joins to the eattern parts of aii 1 agreeably to what has been avert ed by f.ime of the writeis lhavc quoted or whether the lands that have beer riif covered in the intermediate parts are en ly an archipelago of iflands verging to v.ards the oppoiue continent is net yet aicei rained it being however certain hat there ar ir.an conliderable iflands which lis between the extremeties of aiia and america yiz japon yefo or jcdfo igsma's lar.d behiing's jfle with ma ny others difcoered by tfchiirikow ard tr5*!?s':}ie<;'e frcm fiffy degrees north there appearing to be a clutter of iflands tutieachasfar as siberia it is proba plefrom their proximity to america lut it kceited its firft inhkbitaats from many v ords alfc re vfcj both by the o.tr.tk arc lidiacs hich have ?. rc it n blance tc each etjher,n6t or.ly ir tbeir frundj but il eit t^rificaiif r the chi r.tif call ; flare fhofgo ard the nau doweffic l t in *. vrhofc laegoage jrom tleii little iiiteiccunc viih the elarcp language theor.ly difference tetvrrcn he cia nefe ration and tie tartars lies in the cuiiivatej ftace oi ht one and he irp ; lifhcd fitualion of ibe rtber 1 he form ed hayc become a co^inercia people t h e
Object Description
Title | North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette |
Masthead | North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette |
Date | 1791-02-07 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1791 |
Volume | 2 |
Issue | No.22 Total No.74 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | John Sibley and Co. |
Date Digital | 2009-04-07 |
Publisher | Howard and Roulstone |
Place |
United States North Carolina Cumberland County Fayetteville |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Monday, February 7, 1791 issue of the North Carolina Chronicle; or, Fayetteville Gazette a newspaper from Fayetteville, North Carolina. |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601575477 |
Description
Title | North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette |
Masthead | North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette |
Date | 1791-02-07 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1791 |
Volume | 2 |
Issue | No.22 Total No.74 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 1280382 Bytes |
FileName | 18cen01_17910207-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | John Sibley and Co. |
Date Digital | 2009-04-07 |
Publisher | Howard and Roulstone |
Place |
United States North Carolina Cumberland County Fayetteville |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Monday, February 7, 1791 issue of the North Carolina Chronicle; or, Fayetteville Gazette a newspaper from Fayetteville, North Carolina. |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
FullText |
i?orth-carolina chronicle or fayettevilk gazette n 22 of vol ii j — monday february 7 1-791 total no 4 . histqrt this ctsnclufiori is the mos rational i 2*m able to dra\r iuppoiing that fince.the aborigines got tooting on this continent no extraordinary or fudden chav.ge in tnc pofition or furface cf it has taken place from inundations earthquakes or any revolutions of th earth that we are at preicnt unacquainted with to me it appears highly improbable that it ihouid hare been peopled from dif ferent quarters acroft the ocean as others have affcrted fiom the il/.e of the ihips made life of iniliofe early ages and he want of the compais it cannot be fttppofed that any maritime nation woaiu by choice veniure over the unfa thomable ocean in fearch of diftant co::i i nenti had this however been attempt ed or had america been firit accidental ly peopled from thips freighted with paf fengers of both iexes which were ci 1 hen by ttrong cafteriy winds acrofs the atlan lic thefe fettlers mmiv have retained foms tiaccs f the latnguage of he coantiy from whence they migvated ; and this fince the dilcovery of it by the euiopeans my ft have keen iade out it alib appears extraordinary chat fcveral of tnefc acci dental migrations as allowed by iome and thefe from different parts fhould have taken place upon the whole after the moft criti - calerqui'ies,and the matured deliberati on i a;n of opinion that america re ceived its rril inhabitants from uk iaorth eaft by way of the gica archipe ago juft mentioned and frcm thefe aion but - this might have been effcdtes at different - time and from various p-irts : from '• t«tary chira j^pnr or kaaifchadca • the inhabitants or thefe places refembling each other in colour fcaiures guumhape ; and before foiwc of th m a quired 3 knovlejg of the arts ard icienccs jtnight have likewiierefemhlcd cacfc othei in their manners cufioros religion ni and dwell in houfes formed into regular towns and cities ; the latter live chiefly in tents ana rove about in different hords without any fix-d aboa nor can the long and bloody vr.rs thefe two naiinns have been engaged ia exterminate iheir hereditary fimilitude the prelent fa mily oi the chineie emperors is pi a tar tar ian extraction ; and if they were not feniible of fome claim befides that of con queft ib humeinui a people would not lit quiet under the dominion oiftran gc;s it is very evident that fomc of the wanners and c\.ftoms of the american indians referable thole ( f the tartirs % and i make no doubt but in fome future sera and this not a diflant one it will be reduced tc a certainty thatduniig fome of the wars between the tartan art the cfnttefe a part of the inhabitants of the borlhero pioviycrs were driven item their native country and took refuge in fome of the iflci before mentioned aud fiom thence found their way into ametica at ciffercntpeiicds each n.i tior might prove victorious and the con qweied by ti^rns fly before heir cenqner ors and fiom hrnce might ariie the fi militude of the indians to all thefe peo ple and that a-iin-.cfiy vhkh exifts be tween to ilany of their tribes ft appears plainly to me that a great fimilaiit between the indian and chi nr |