LETTER X.

Scenery near Natchez-Harper's Ferry-Opelousas-Attacapas

PAGE

169-183

LETTER XI.

.

Society in the vicinity of Natchez-Slavery-Cultivation of

Cotton-Peculiarities attending Slave-cultivation..........

184-210

LETTER XII.

Visit to a Plantation-Deer hunt-Departure from Natchez-

Choctaw Indians-Mourning for the Dead-Ceremony of the

Pole pulling-Indian Dance and Ball Play-Tattooing-Mode

of Killing Cattle among the Indians, and of Summoning the

Herds from the Neighbouring Woods-Indian Guide

LETTER XIII.

........

211-225

Missionary Settlement at Elliot-Rattlesnakes-Indian Tumuli. 226–240

LETTER XIV.

Half-breed Choctaw, on the borders of the Choctaw and Chick-

asaw NationsAncient Customs of the Indians Indian

Families;
Panther Family, Racoon Family, &c.-Indian

Marriages and Religious Opinions—Attachment of some old

Choctaws to the British-Path through the Woods-Ken-

tucky Trace-Description of the House of a half-breed Chick-

asaw Indian-Indian Sepulture

241-260

LETTER XV.

Boundary Line between Mississippi and Alabama-Bear Creek

-Big Spring-Hospitality-Inns in newly settled Countries

-Tennessee River-Muscle Shoals-Flourishing condition

of the recent Settlers-Huntsville-Cumberland Mountains. 261-273

LETTER XVI.

PAGE

Cherokee Indians in the State of Georgia-Racoon and Look-

out Mountains-Missionary Settlement at Brainerd-Reflec-

tions on the Past History and Future Prospects of the Indians

-Kingston-Confluence of the Holstein and Clinch Rivers. 274-288

LETTER XVII.

Knoxville-Boatyard-Abingdon-German Settlers...

289-297

LETTER XVIII.

East Tennessee Summit of the Alleghany Mountains-Valley

of the Shenandoah-Blue Mountains of Virginia, and the

Peaks of Otter-Natural Bridge-Habits of the Country-

Black Population-Waynesborough-Rockfish Gap

298-312

LETTER XIX.

Visit to Mr. Jefferson, at Monticello-Tecumseh-Arrival at

Richmond

..........

313-321

LETTER XX.

Richmond Alexandria Washington-Its Deserted Appear-

ance contrasted with its Aspect in the Winter-Baltimore

Visit to the Manor of C-Estimate of the Length and

Expense of the Equestrian Journey from Natchez to Rich-

mond

322-328

LETTER XXI.

Journey from Baltimore to New York-Sail up the Hudson
River, to Albany-Magnificent Scenery-West Point-Falls
of the Mohawk-Journey from Albany to Niagara Sche-
nectady-Little Falls-German Flats Herkimer—Oneida
Lake Onandago Utica Cayuga Lake- Seneca Lake

Geneva Canandaigua-Rapid Settlement of that Part of the

State of New York-Buffalo-Lake Erie-Niagara-Charac-

ter of Mr. Lowndes-York, in Upper Canada-Niagara Fort

-Lake Ontario........

PAGE

329-359

LETTER XXII.

Genessee River-Rochester-Carthage Bridge-Sacket's Har-

bour-Lake of the Thousand Isles-Ogdensburgh-Sail down

the Rapids La Chine-Arrival at Montreal

LETTER XXIII.

360 367

Montreal Excessive Heat-Liberal use of Ice-St. Lawrence

contrasted with the Mississippi-Lord Dalhousie The Duke

of Richmond-Sir Peregrine and Lady Maitland-Mansion

House Lord Selkirk Sail to Quebec-Banks of the St.

Lawrence Falls of Montmorenci-Indian Village of Lorette

-Falls of the Chaudiere-Observations of an Indian Chief. 368 384

LETTER XXIV.

Departure from Quebec-Scotch Emigrants-Sorel-Starlight

sail in a Canoe across the St. Lawrence, from Montreal to

Longueil La-Prairie. Lake Champlain-Plattsburgh -

Crown Point-Ticonderoga Lake George-Burlington 385-391

LETTER XXV.

...

Burlington-Montpelier-Pass of the Green Mountains-Ran-

dolph Hanover State of Vermont-Different impressions

produced on an Englishman and an American, by the sight

of Woodland Scenery-Connecticut River-New Hampshire

-Shaking Quakers-Concord-Andover-Theological Insti-

tutions

392 405

DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.

Ancient Parallel Walls, Frontispiece to Vol. I.

Ancient Fortification on the Bank of the Little Miami River, to face page 420, Vol. II.

male and female, of every possible variety of age, temper and pursuit; and I think it no slight encomium on so miscellaneous an assembly, confined within such contracted limits, and exposed to the inconveniences which must ever attend a voyage, to say, that our harmony never suffered a moment's interruption.

B