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Up the Cape Fear in 1734 Non : /An accmnt of a trip in I7S4 into the Capr Fra' чтицу u a reprint of an rtlremely rare pamphlet /«.f puhliihed in I7JS. the lull Idle it "A Nfw Voyage to Georgia by A Young Gentleman, thing on aeconnl of Hi travel i to South Carolina ami part of North Carolina. ~ Only the portion dealing with North Carol, na it prevented here, the Young Gentleman, wheat identity it not doe hoed, made quite о thing up the Cape Fear uad the Northeau meet, tolled I ale Waeeamau . and wai entertained by the thief men of the country, i, a hiding the htuphable - King Roger Moore of Orton. A eurhnfty we note d »ui hit rendition of Shallotte ni Charlotte." uhieh might luiee hern the name of the tetlleimm uf that lime. We are indebted to If. S. Powell of the VJd.C. Library for digging up tha copy for in. — «» — A YoiiiiU Gentleman I set out from Charleston on the I Oth of June, oo my travels to Cape Fear, in North Carolina, in company with thirteen more, and the first night reached Mr. More’s, in Goose creek. The next night wc reached Captain Screen’s, at French Santee, and ihc third reached Wumcaw ferry, which is about one hundred miles from Charles¬ ton. There we lay that night, and there being so many of us. it was twelve the next day before we all crossed the ferry. We dined there at one Mr. Mas¬ ters’s, on the fens on the other side, and the same night reached one Muenly. who keeps another tavern on the road, about twenty-two miles from Masters’s. The next morning, about five, wc left his house, and about six came on the King bay. the tide just serving for u> to get over the swashes. We had twentv-five miles farther to ride on Ihc hay. or sea-shore, and five miles after before we came within sight of a house, so that wc were obliged to ride gently for fear of our horses. When wc got about fifteen miles over the hay. my horse gave out. and I was obliged to take one of the negro’s horses, leaving him behind to take care of mine. When we rode about two miles farther, an¬ other of our companions’ horses gave out. and in short two more before we got to Ash’s, or Utile river, which was the next house. The next morning, just as wc were vtting out from thence, our tired horses came in. when wc ordered them to be left there till further orders: wc left ihc boys behind to come after us as well as they could Wc reached Lit¬ tle Charlotte by dinner time, which is about fifteen miles from Ash's, or Lit¬ tle river: we dined there, and in the afternoon crossed the ferry, where we intended to sleep that night. We reached there about eight the same night, after having crossed the ferry. It is named so after one Lockwood, a Barbadian, who with several others attempted to settle it some time ago; but. by his cruel behavior to the In¬ dians. they drove him from thence, and it has not been settled above ten years. We left Lockwood's Folly about eight the next morning, and by two reached the town of Brunswick, which is the chief town in Cape Fear; but with no more than two of the same horses which came with us out of South Carolina. We dined there that after¬ noon. Mr. Roger More hearing we were come, was so kind as to send fresh horses for us to come up to his house, which we did. and were kindly received by him; he being the chief gentleman in all Cape Fear. Hi» house is built of brick, and exceeding pleasantly situated about two miles from the town, and about half a mile from the river; though there is a creek comes close up to the door, between two beautiful meadows about three miles length. He has a prospect of the town of Brunswick, and of another beautiful brick house, a building about half a mile from hint, belonging to Hearer Allen. Esq., late speaker to the Commons House of Assembly, in Ihc province of South Carolina. ТЪсгс were several vessels lying before the town of Brunswick, but I shall forbear giving a description of that place; yet on the 2<4h of June we left Mr. Rog¬ er More's, accompanied by his brother. Nathaniel More. Esq., to a plantation of his, up the north-west branch of Cape Fear river. The river i* wonder¬ fully pleasant, being, next to Savan¬ nah. the finest on all the continent Wc reached the Forks, as they call it. that same night, where the river divides into two very beautiful branches, called the North-cast and the North-west, passing by several pretty plantations on both sides. Wc lodged that night at one Mr. Jehu Davis’s, and the next morning, pro¬ ceeded up the north-west branch; when got about two miles from thence, we t