Geology, &c. of the Connecticut. 15 
_ The country around these falls is little cultivated and there 
are but few settlements on either side of the river. In_al- 
most every direction you see gently rising hills, covered 
with trees; of which the pine forms a large proportion. For 
CoE miles above the falls is a fine spot for a sailing excur- 
slo ou immediately enter between wooded, and mode- 
rately lertted hills, exhibiting all their original wildness $ 
and so placid is the stream, gently curving among these hills, 
now and then spreading out so as to form coves along the 
shore, and here and there chequered by small islands, that 
you fancy yourself to be in the midst of a romantic moun- 
tain lake. To the coves along the shore, parties frequent- 
ly resort for taking fish. 
ese and other circumstances render Lae s falls and 
the vicinity an attractive spot to any one who takes an in- 
terestin the wild and sublime seanes of nature. Bya ies 
tence to th a ge Bus ° sabe ere it will be seen. 
that the geologist and mineralogist will find here | much to. 
awaken and gratify curio : 
Bellows and Turner’s falls are in many respects very dis- 
similar. At the former, the river is narrow and the fall, 
viewed by itself, is not the principal object of interest ; but 
at the latter, the Connecticut pours a broad and unbroken 
sheet of water over a precipice comparatively lofty, produ- 
cing a roar thatis frequently heard at the distance of twelve 
mile 
One bundred and fifty six years ago, a party of Philip” ~ 
Indians, having joined those residing in Hatfield, Deerfield, 
&c. all being at war with the white inhabitants, ‘resorted to 
Turner’s falls to take fish, and encamped on the north east 
shore. On the 17th of May, Capt. Turner from Boston, 
marched from Hatfield with one hundred and fifty men, 
consisting of the garrison and militia from wopachess 
Northampton and Hatfield, and came by surprize up 
Indian camp the next morning at day light. The In 
were totally unprepared for the attack, and fled in aoe die 
rection. Some sprang into their canoes, and pushing from 
the shore without paddles, were hurried over the cataract 
* Lam at a loss to account for it, that these ple erences # title at- 
tention and drawn so few visitors. They are but three miles from the vil. 
es ena the road is good, and the he accommodations decent, ata 
public house on the bank. ; 
