Travels Through North and South Carolina

Travels Through North and South Carolina William Bartram Travels Through North and South Carolina Table of Contents Travels Through North and South Carolina..........................................................................................................1 William Bartram............................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................3 BARTRAM's TRAVELS...............................................................................................................................9 CHAP. I. THE AUTHOR SETS SAIL FROM PHILADELPHIA, AND ARRIVES AT CHARLESTON, FROM WHENCE HE BEGINS HIS TRAVELS.............................................................9 CHAP. II......................................................................................................................................................10 CHAP. III.....................................................................................................................................................14 CHAP. IV.....................................................................................................................................................18 CHAP. V......................................................................................................................................................26 PART II.....................................................................................................................................................................29 CHAP. I........................................................................................................................................................29 CHAP. II......................................................................................................................................................31 CHAP. III.....................................................................................................................................................33 CHAP. IV.....................................................................................................................................................42 CHAP. V......................................................................................................................................................48 CHAP. VI.....................................................................................................................................................69 CHAP. VII...................................................................................................................................................84 CHAP. VIII..................................................................................................................................................98 CHAP. IX.....................................................................................................................................................99 CHAP. X....................................................................................................................................................102 STRIX. The OWL......................................................................................................................................111 VULTUR. The VULTURE........................................................................................................................111 FALCO. Eagle and Hawk..........................................................................................................................111 MILVUS. Kite Hawk................................................................................................................................111 CORVUS. The Crow kind.........................................................................................................................112 PICUS. Woodpeckers................................................................................................................................112 GRANIVOROUS TRIBES........................................................................................................................114 AMPHIBIOUS, or AQUATIC BIRDS, Or such as obtain their food, and and reside in, and near the water. GRUS. The Crane..........................................................................................................................116 ARDEA. The Heron...................................................................................................................................116 TANTALUS. The Wood Pelicane.............................................................................................................117 QUERQUIDULAE. Teal...........................................................................................................................118 CHARADRUS. The Plover Kind..............................................................................................................119 CHAP. XI...................................................................................................................................................122 PART III..................................................................................................................................................................124 CHAP. I......................................................................................................................................................124 CHAP. II....................................................................................................................................................128 CHAP. III...................................................................................................................................................132 CHAP. IV...................................................................................................................................................142 List of the towns and villages in the Cherokee nation inhabited at this day, viz.......................................147 On the Tanase East of the Jore mountains. 4 towns...................................................................................147 Inland on the branches of the Tanase. 4 towns..........................................................................................147 On the Tanase over the Jore mountains. 8 towns.......................................................................................147 Inland towns on the branches of the Tanase and other waters over the Jore mountains. 5 towns.............148 Overhill towns on the Tanase or Cherokee river. 6 towns.........................................................................148 Overhill towns on the Tanase or Cherokee river. 5 towns.........................................................................148 Lower towns East of the mountains, viz....................................................................................................148 i Travels Through North and South Carolina Table of Contents Travels Through North and South Carolina On the Savanna or Keowe river.................................................................................................................148 On Tugilo river...........................................................................................................................................148 On Flint river..............................................................................................................................................148 Towns on the waters of other rivers...........................................................................................................149 CHAP. V....................................................................................................................................................149 CHAP. VI...................................................................................................................................................156 CHAP. VII.................................................................................................................................................164 CHAP. VIII................................................................................................................................................171 Towns on the Tallapoose or Oakfuske river, viz.......................................................................................179 These speak the Muscogulge or Creek tongue, called the Mother tongue................................................179 Speak the Stincard tongue..........................................................................................................................179 Speak the Uche tongue...............................................................................................................................180 Speak the Stincard tongue..........................................................................................................................180 Towns on the Coosau river, viz.................................................................................................................180 Speak a dialect of Chicasaw......................................................................................................................180 Speak the Muscogulge tongue...................................................................................................................180

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