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nated by the Indians. One of these is the Wi-sa- 

 meek, or " Fat-Fish," of the Delaware-Indians. This 

 seldom exceeds ten pounds in weight. The other is 

 the JVal-heu, or " Deep-water-Fish," of the same 

 Indians. The large fish mentioned by Mr. Boyd 

 seems to belong to this species. It is of a much 

 darker colour than the other, and is often called, by 

 the white inhabitants, the " Black Cat-fish," to dis- 

 tinguish it from the other, which is called " White 

 Cat-fish." In another part of his journal, Mr. Boyd 

 mentions a cat-fish (caught in the Missisippi), which, 

 he says, " would have weighed at least 100 pounds." 

 I have good authority for asserting, that one weigh- 

 ing 144 pounds was caught in the Ohio, about six- 

 teen or eighteen years ago. 



Note 3. Page 97. The preceding observations 

 concerning the mounts were made by Mr. Boyd, 

 during a little excursion which he took from Fort- 

 Panmure (now Natchez) into the country. Similar 

 edifices are mentioned by other persons. Speaking 

 of the Indians, Adair says, " Through the whole 

 continent, and in the remotest woods, are traces of 

 their ancient warlike disposition. We frequently 

 met with great mounds of earth, either of a circular 

 or oblong form, having a strong breast- work at a 

 distance around them, made of the clay which had 

 been dug up in forming the ditch, on the inner side 

 of the enclosed ground, and these were their forts of 

 security against an enemy. Three or four of them are, 

 in some places, raised so near to each other, as evi- 

 dently for the garrison to take any enemy that passed 



