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River««
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layer-to-their heights P ^ M É j j j f f M a H B P
aqfttö^ timber, grow* on them ; aodfbrm points and iflands^qhfor-
cibly fliift the bed of the river. , , f .
, « Nothing can be affërted with certainty resetting the lengthp,|his.
Hvér* It fouEce is- not known, but f®ppt®fed to be upyrfpds ’cg^hrea
thoufand-miksfrem the fea as» the river runs.^.'Vfi^i.tpiiljE. knp^ rat-
from. St. Anthony’s falls in-lat. 45? i. it:gb'<tós-wkliïa^aCa.jt ^ « s p r -
rent, and resdves many large and very q-xtenfiye tributary -ft^eam^pe-
fore’ its -junction with the Miffouri* without moreafing, |he
breadth of the Mifliffippi, thougb.they dp its depth>and japidityMplie
muddy waters of the MMburL difeolour theJower part.qf the.river,pill,
it empries into the Bay of Mexico. The Miftburi | a lpnge^»,der,
and deeper river than the-tMiffiffippi, and afordS> more .ext^nfiye |ia-
vigation ; itisrfnfaO, the principal river,,?’on^butiqg. mqrejqtbj;cqm-.
moa fteam*than dóes. the MiffiffippW It ;harfett* a fe n ^ ^ - l^ n c h ,
traders about ia or 1300 miles; and föhn. the depth ofj^&water |nd-
breadth of the river att&<ptaaee, if;app^red4o^e^a*vi^bl^many
miles further. - M “ " ' / « * a
« From the Miffomr river toirearlyoppbfite.-tKe Ohio, tM®K“ em-
bankofthe Miffiffippi• is, fome few places ?xcepted,« hfefefir, th a n »
eaftfern.; From Minemi 2?m:tp tfie IbbervRk fheviea^ri^bankr i^igher
than the weftern,- on whichethere is not a fiflgle .difcernible/ri$Jig; 01}
eminence forthe diftance of 750 miles.- From the'!Ibberville to^he fea-
there are no eminences on either, fide, though tb? eaftera baak'ap^cac
rather the higheft .of the two,-as far as ihe Englj/k turn. :5$ence the
banks gradually diminhh in height , to the. mouths of the- river®|ere
they , are but a few» feet higher .than the common furface of tb,e .water.
. “ The fiime which :the annual floods of the riverïMifi®ppi leave on 1
the furface-of the a^acent lhores, may be- compared with rfiat of the
Nile, which depofits a fimilar manure, and for many centuries paft ha9
infured the fertility of Egypt. When its-banks fhall have been cultivated,
as-the excellency of its foil, and temperature of the climate p |
ferve, its population, will equal that of any other part of the world-
The trade, wealth,., and power - of America may at fome future perio
n o r .tïï amïerï -oa; 347
This'arfo-rdfembles
the. MteA-rfie• humle$ibf'tks littfufii§ ;iw^ Vfeilfchat -may be
C^^arid^t0'- th6lM^dlt^ti^ri;'iwhidik^^o'n%idid.»lpVfee north-.and
fquM#y'fhc t^;e«itin4tf©f e|Uhd‘kfricai,ksihe’ MexSekfthay
i^b^Mbrth-i TheUTfKtfej«fe^ufhs- tki$ ‘rivrf
flapped up#y?mf;riis' of th<bfb*ftbatil?lg’trees,! wkhl -w-hirfl
tf^er/riurirt^thh^od^^alwayMowered. ''fhe.wfeleflhrl^k|the
4 ^^b»g^itedptthe|bfesl^openih^^^|t V©uld p^hah^groly
de'd|||and the bar. h^.Bemove'dl^' ’
.'■ S^^K^'fdr! 5@|fei per I as ‘mapfq£|f$!|; .town
ofrMewi ©riea&fe, and |§i|iirf|lBehfef*e‘o:um't¥y 'amfcpl it, and'wierffts! ad-
va®i$|geou£ fituatfoh, r&.uft#e0 phAyi^itilhat' it; or1 fo^d^i-ge''near-it;
mull; #iprtocefej ^H fe ’gVeitidpfmrerts in th^l^rfer4
“ JEhe *faE& crf^t/ Anthoniy; in'about lat. name.
fromKFatber' E#jrfs: Hennepin, a Ertenfchf rmii(3:fefy;’i*'w'h‘o tra-vrffld in
thdf^|r|;s abount-he^^ar i 6%&, and was the ftrft; European?» pv^'llen
h5^thi^hatiyes. i^The Whofe-river, whfeh{i|-fe6re -than-yards Wid^,
fafts^prendichlarly^ah-out <tfi.iriy -fbe^iianm ferMlk» .'moftipIei%g &a*ta-
ra«%^|ph&T-|p|ds below; iri'.therfparoe*of 3P0^yMs,'-rfitdertlfe "defce’nt
con&lprably greater;‘fe that when viewed i a d « k e the^ appear to
b^mUfeh :Mgher than they rehlly are. In the • m'Mdle’idP tfte .'falls Is a
fmaipftarfd about forty feet broad,- and forhd'p!i|k,Spjg^,'’ on ‘whfeh-igrkw
a feyifcpgged hemlock; and fpruce trees ;" and abo^'halKWay ^rfweeA
th^ iftarid and the eaftern ..ftiofe is*rrodk .lying at :thfe. Very ^edgf of 'the
fa{l^ an oblique -pofition, five or fix feet broad/ and%hirtyl^.forty
i°5g. Theferfall-s* are peculiarly rfi-tuated, kas* theyc are'- app'lSac’ha^
without ithe l'eaft.jobftru<ftioh^frQiri tany’lttfti^rti^^h^h^vi^scq^eq,
whi^g cannot be* faid of any otherf'eMfiddrab'le ’Ml^perhapsjf* in the
Wori€»i yhe .country .kround is texheediftsly ‘beafe;®iil .It as/not’an
uninterrupted plain, where the ,eyej fin'cfemo relief,; - bat; teo-m'lib-fe'd* ; ”of
many,gentlerafcenits, which in the’fpriqg,aMtfttmtiehare;
■ verdure, and interfperfed with iit^q^gr.aves, that gpe- a .pleafing variety
to the*profpe£t. -
“ A littlediftance below the fal-l§5iS’a M'iUjiflarid,of about1afeiufi&an^d*
a half, on which grow a great number of oa^treeX.almqft-.all the
.4 a .2 ‘ branch.^
Rivers.