12 Some Account of the 



The dogs which are now in use among the Creeks, 

 Chikkasah, and other southern tribes, are of different 

 kinds. As far as I have been able to collect infor- 

 mation concerning them, they, in general, bear a very 

 strong family resemblance to the wolf. One kind is 

 very similar to the Canis Lycaon, or black wolf. It 

 is not, however, always black, but of different colours, 

 commonly of a bay colour, and about one third less 

 than the wild black wolf. It carries its ears almost 

 erect, and has the same wild and sly look that the wolf 

 has*. 



The other kind of dog is smaller than the one just 

 mentioned, and is more like the common red fox. 

 Both kinds bark, but not so much as the common 

 dogs, and their bark is different from that of our 

 dogs, being more nearly allied to the howl of the 

 wolff. 



I am unable to say, with certainty, whether these 

 southern dogs differ very essentially from those 

 among the northern Indians. I rather suppose they 

 do not. I know, at least, that among the latter, as 

 well as among the former, there are two species or 

 varieties, one which has generally been considered as 



* From the information of Mr. William Bartram. 



t 1 have been informed, that among the Clieerake-Indians, the 

 dogs are of a more mixed breed, more like those of the whites. 

 This is, doubtless, owing to the greater intercourse which has 

 subsisted between these Indians and the whites. The Cheerake 

 themselves are so much mixed with the Europeans, that they are 

 often named by the traders, the " Breeds." 



