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is deep enough for vessels of from 150 to 
2008 tons burthen; its waters are very 
muddy, and filled with a variety of fish. 
Qne moroing Mr. Phelps, jun. and imy- 
self, walked to the mouth of the river, 
and saw a man catch vineteen fish by 
angling in something less than thirty mi- 
mutes. We purchased the whole for 
twenty-five cents ‘The smallest of them 
weighed about half a pound, many full 
two pounds each. The bluff of land on 
whica Cleveland stands runs into a point 
overlooking the mouth of the river, com- 
manding au extensive view of the lake, 
whose deeply indented clitfs are covered 
with timber of enormous growth, and 
from which the eye discerns several glit- 
tering cataracts descend in solitary tor- 
rents, and, crossing a fine silicious sandy 
beach, mix with tie waters of the lake, 
the navigation of which is rendered more 
pleasant in consequence of those waters 
being ever fresh, and in the hottest day 
of summer, when taken from a given 
depth, always cool and refreshing. 
On the 2d day of June all the persons 
delegated by the United States, the state 
of Connecticut, the Fire Company, and 
the Connecticut Land Company, who 
had not come on by land, arrived in the 
Cayahoga, in a handsoine vessel of about 
sixty tons, belonging to Judge Phelps. 
As this was the largest vessel that ever 
-entered that river, she was welcomed by 
many expressions of joy from the neigh- 
bours, who had collected to see her, and 
whom she saluted with two guns. ‘The 
great body of Indians were, however, 
yet wanted, and the party continued at 
Cleveland, We were all crowded into 
asmiall house, and badly enouzh accom- 
modated with hvuse and bed recom. 
Every thing else we had in profusion, 
Judge Phelps having brought great store 
of groceries, wines, acid for punch, &c. 
Whilstat Cleveland, [ had the honour of 
drawing blood from a description of men 
who unceasingly lavish oceans of this vi- 
tal fluid. Monarchs were my patieuts, 
Sir, who subinitted with appropriate dig- 
nity to an Operation they themselves pre- 
seribed, with a view to prevent some fu- 
ture malady, tather than for the cure of 
present disease; and the anticipated 
evil, it seems, was always best prevent- 
ed when the blood was drawn Nora the 
foot.’ One poor oid man, though 2 great 
chief, whose name I forget, was very ill, 
and { mention the case to commemorate 
the filial affection of his son, THis tent 
was on the west side, we resided on the 
east side, of the Cayahoga, I used to 
see the old man two, aud sometimes 
three times a day, and his son would be 
constantly running backwards and for- 
Monrury Mag, No. 176. 
wards, and with tears in his eyes, and the. 
most affectionate yestur@e, praying ins 
stant relief for his father, When with 
him, he would secure his father’s head on’ 
his lap, cover him with boughs, to keep off 
the sun, devise a thousand plans to pre- 
vent the flies from teazing him, give him 
nourishment and medicine with his own 
hands ;—in short, I cannot better exem- 
plity his character than by comparing it 
to Friday’s, in tobinson Crusoe. Fortu- 
nately, (for I felt myself much interested 
for the old chief) he soon recovered, and, 
in proof of his gratitude for my supposcd 
services, made me a present of a wild 
turkey, which, in the feathers, weizhed 
twenty-eight pounds. When at Cleve- 
land, [ also saw a case, in which the ig+ 
norant obstinacy of a mother had saved 
her son from death through the more 
culpable ignorance of his surgeon. The 
case was that of psoas abscess, which was 
advised to be opened, so as to discharge. 
the matter at once. This the mother 
would not assent to. A small depending 
opening was made by nature, whick 
slowly permitted the contents of the abe 
scess to be evacuated. ‘Considerable por 
tions of the bone had exfoliated when E 
saw it, which was about two years after 
the disease first attracted his mother’s 
attention. Ele was then recovering ape 
petite and health; yet a piece of bone 
was easily discoverable by the probe, al- 
though the patient was able to walk with 
eut crutches, Having escaped death by 
the doctor, I thought he then had Tittle to 
fear from the disease, and therefore 
boldly prognosticated a certain recovery. 
Those who are acquainted with the prac- 
tice of the late Mr. Justimond, will re- 
coliect that nature healed tlte above ex- 
actly in the manner he advised in cases 
of psoas abscess. " 
The genius of the Indians seems 
rather to enable them to carry to 
high degrees of perfection certain spe- 
cific objects, than to invent others, 
Their moccasons, which are made of 
deer skin, boiled in bear’s grease, aré 
neatly ornemented with the quills of the 
hedge-hog, more beautifuily dyed blue, 
red, and black, than can be done by the 
whites; nor will they divulge the secret. T 
saw also some very neat pocket-buoks. and 
other fancy articles, made with considere 
able elegance, and dyed with much taste, 
Chastity, IL should suspect, is not 
highly appreciated among the red people; 
for on one of my friends enguiriug of 
Captain John’s lady (dignified, I assure 
you, Sir, with a little squat carcase, ins 
clining to corpulency, having a head co- 
vered with long, uncombed, matted hair, 
shining with grease, and swarming with 
Ff vermin 
