6a6 N A T I'VE T R I B 1 S*gV$f i f ©
C eStKaï,
P a r ts.-'
Sailcafliawin,
Oregan.
Miffouri.
andjif accepted,dthe /name ofatUi^ga^Aouldebebisetaiiied-to itnegrefs
into the arctic ocean, after ^comparative conrfe of about i-yaosBritftfh
mitesl m ' M | NPlf 1 * * # ' r
|| Next in confeqtxence is the Safkafhawin, rifiiig on | j:he ^afternJïde of
•the- great range,5, and paffing E. to the great lake offWinnipic, whence-it
ogai-n d (Tries under -the name .of tNelfon. river, and falls into Hudfon 8
BayVaftèir a comparative- éotttfo of more than 1000 B. mdesfe J
- A third great river now tolerably ascertained is the- Oregan, .Columbia,
alfo called by the natives, Tacoutche Teffe,^whoföcoUrfeM>ow
defcribfed as being to the- S. inltead of the W. and about $b.o B. ggpg in
length. There are doubtlefsödiex important rivers towards the -weft: &nd
•a-éöttSderable one, as before mentioned,- feems to-ijoimthevar^ic^ean,
of the Miffouri, -erroneoufly . by .t-h^^ges
called the Miffiffippi, from the leaft important ftream*. feenr alfo tcftbe
clearly evidenced, from ajourney'of Mr* Fidlerin-the fervke^ ffc
Hudfon’s Bay Company ; a difeovery which,>as akeady>eslplaati^*a8lds
greatly to -the length of that :grand and iöterefting.vrïVer. mhe |bal
direaióh and uMform extent'df the great- weftern range- t f fountains,
feem alfo to he clearly delineated. - • '
Thffé ohfervations were demanded by the prefenl* pragreffive^ate of
the geography of North America. In a more immediate view of the
central parts, of this divifion of the new continent, it huift not be forgotten,
that they are the feats of many native and unconquered tribes,
whofe manners have been fo frequently defcrrbed by a hoffof tr^ellers,
that little needs be laid in a work of this limited nature. Their modes
of hunting and warfare, their extreme cruelty towards their prifoners,
• the finguiarities of fcalping, and the tife of the calumet are fufficiently
knownt. A more difficult topic ^would be an 'enumerationJ'öf the
various tribes; and a claffification according to their languages.
* "Jlje -riverSeyeni alfo deems to flow from the largelake of Winnipic ; but the Salkalhawin,
in the conrfe above mentioned, jttoqid appear to have been the river Bourbon of the French ; and
it is.faiditbat the Severn -flows in to the lake óf Winnipic, from a fmall lake wh.icb alfo fends a
| ^ re am ^ theiea. , , ,<■ !<.■ Jt ' BE . | 8 '% £ >.
• f The feafli of the dead has been defcribed by Charlevoix and Latitau.
the putrifying bodies are uncovered and expofcd. The fame pra£iice prevails in- Patagonia^^fld
feems peculiar to Africa and America. ~ : iff l i i l y - IW m lr
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hbufe .©f/tecirisi aMt fppask -fo^iliaiilyieS^he'fifa^age nations - Central ,
of$HQ4th ‘ Atttewca/^ whfHc^ew'j-pf r i h e f o i a f p i r e to* 1 ^ '
ifog psaie ©f^triJjQj ?fnj^ftl\^teEf^ eiaq^^eve^faiq-ilyfwpblilihe’ pa$re’
app-A^^ed4 j^,^bpris^Pfflpratja%pf^ele;dana1^ tt^ bp.,terilrmiig,i;»i>an4 ,
es;c^f5t||^i,ey '$pu|dfcb^rG)affed- a,oeordin,g|*tq 1 agu|ua®es«, ,& %}b ieri «
-■ FiveJMationsi
ofthe.-Eugl^ lioquoibt oLstij.e.% AT/-’
in ap dd,^qq%dcj;aQy pf^fepW ^nd .,,. Thep 1
-.of. the,<y^fe caUedl.iria 'tire f.rjrrivi^qp.fe.gilii Nnw/ilfanE }
•while the pt^fs ,fxt£mkq < The-
Mt^efleaft|Of rthe lake of that’n|rpe^. But, af^er^her^Lpcnhs ’i
ch^e^ribe in ^ r^Amerka ^rasthat o£
oftheCMiffiffippi. ^whofe worlhip of tng|i|lnj| 'am®
work-of more^extent ittaighf bp'prcmer to de^ri^.tne,nM.npelA off this,'
ptop|^ off the Ei’vff Natiousj-»off. theTieutral ’tfTbqsf^of1’mpTfki^pSand’,
of,the t^gffern 'Races on '? Tri r
hn^^-es^it is-^ujifiecefary.t^Tepeat^tl^t 'fihe Ilkimo^and C2re^n,ta&Csi^ •
arntbp-ifama people wysh the Sampieds of Afia .§.ph®lj& i^Sg'bmkin' ,was
tbW’fiffejf delehratefl 76f the1 native. :lah|;ifa^&SJ begtrinin^Sr'tni •gii-lf of - Languages.
St. Eawr^n'ce, and ibchidingVcircitit oFsIbbu^bS^mife^^’Tlie'fitffftfii
language, whicth was''alfo’that of the Five Nattofe1, 'waS" of f^
te‘n$|Sia the' weft ,pf, the ’Algb’hkrn. Yet'_'further tc^dhMSM^1 ^iiPtfie/'
language of tbe oio'uxf which was jallb tbat or fife iShtftiiie'a’ux .
*;i5 Hiftoiy of' the - American Indians, London, 1775, 4to. is Gompoled on the
wi-etched'fyftem that the Indians defeended from the Ifraelites; and a few curious fa&s are" rendered
doubtful by the author’s- propenfity to hypothefis, ^ I5', 6oJdenr p. iv-- *, ff
The pretended Doegg Indians, at firft faid to have been difeove-red in Carolina, were afterwards
removed towards the weilemcoait, where-ithey' vsiererinfettied, with a foppofititi.ous lake,
frona an-imaginary journey,of ; a Mr. Lawrence in 1790.- It is now admitted that fljey, dptriot
rx ilta n d ' the-fablefeems to have arifen from, iome of the Bretons, who fettled in-Acadia, having
taught their jarifguage toifome favages. j -
j. The Natchez arc now extinct, Inilay, p. 425. I l f * Jp<-‘b,r'. J i ' v < y j .SMS:,iiy
" T ThSlWord 'Hkimoj is faid to irp-ply an eater Of taw; flsih, Charlevoix I. 273. The Sioux-is a
Fiennh' corruption of Nadueffis, lb. 280.