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KENTUCKY. 



Kentucky, squatting, with one hand embracing the right knee, 

 * ~ r ' and the palm of the other put under the left buttock. 

 It was enclosed in four distinct wrappers. First, a man- 

 tle of cloth and feathers, exactly like those worn at this 

 day by the chiefs of Wakush and Owhyhee. Second, 

 a shawl of cloth, manufactured after the manner now 

 practised by the natives of the Sandwich and Fegee 

 islands. In both these, the material of the cloth is nei- 

 ther flax nor hemp, nor the product of any vegetable 

 known in America as an indigenous plant ; and the pre- 

 paration, the twist, and the manner of connecting the 

 threads, is wholly unlike any fabric of the present indi- 

 genes, or the European emigrants. Dr. Mitchill, and 

 the most distiguished persons of New York, were de- 

 cidedly of opinion, that there was a wonderful simili- 

 tude between these cloths, and various cloths brought 

 from the Pacific islands, with which they compared 

 them. The hair of the mummy is a brown sorrel, or 

 dark chesnut, and not either a sandy or u black. Third' 

 lif, the next wrapper was a deer-skin, whose hair had 

 been cut away by a sharp instrument, that had left in- 

 cisions on the hide, exactly like those on the pelt of a 

 beaver by a hatter's knife; and, fourthly, the outside 

 envelope was a deer's skin that had been simply dried, 

 without any cutting, or marks of any kind. 



Dr. Mitchill conversed with Mr. Gratz, the pro- 

 prietor of the great cave, who confirmed the account 

 we have given of its extraordinary length, windings, 

 and saline contents. Mr. Gratz was persuaded that 

 the chambers of this cavern had been formerly used as 

 places of refuge. He had found heaps of mockasons, or 

 coverings for the feet, all worn more or less, and thrown 

 by like old shoes, and the materials and workmanship 

 of these were completely different from those practised 

 either by the red or the white men. 



There are in this state five celebrated hot springs, 

 or licks, namely the higher and lower blue springs on 

 Licking river, from some of which streams of brinish 

 water are said to issue. 



The climate of Kentucky is moist, though it is said 

 to be salubrious, except in the vicinity of ponds and low 

 grounds. In the winter, and early in the spring, the 

 ground is generally very muddy, and colds, rheuma- 



Mineral 

 waters. 



Climate. 



tisms, and inflammatory fevers, then prevail. The ex- Kentucky. 

 tremes of heat and cold are unknown. In 1 7p,8, the S ""~V~ <<IP '' 

 maximum heat was 89 of Fahrenheit. In the spring 

 and fall of the year, the weatheris delightful. A wind 

 from the south-west blows during half thatTs'me. The 

 very cold winds are all from the north and west. The 

 winter generally lasts about two months, and is so mild, 

 that cattle subsist without fodder. 



The principal rivers are the Mississippi, the Ohio, the R iverc 

 Big Sandy, the Tennesee, the Kentucky, the Green river, 

 and the Licking river. The Kentucky rises in the 

 south-east of the state, and runs through a north-west 

 course of 280 miles, where it empties itself into the 

 Ohio, by a mouth 250 yards wide. It has a rocky and 

 irregular course, through banks generally rugged and 

 precipitous. In the winter tides, it is navigable for 

 boats of a considerable size for 180 miles ; but at Frank- 

 fort they can pass only during half the year. Green 

 River rises in Lincoln County ; and, after an irregular 

 westerly course of 280 miles, runs into the Ohio, 120 

 miles below Louisville. It is at all times navigable for 

 loaded boats for 80 miles. Licking river runs into the 

 Ohio, by a mouth 150 yards wide, after a course of 180 

 miles. It is navigable about 70 miles. 



The principal towns in this state, are Lexington and Towns. 

 Frankfort. Lexington stands on an agreeable plain, 

 about 120 miles in circuit, which is half encircled by 

 Kentucky river for a course of 60 miles, so that it is no- 

 where more than 20 miles from the town. It is the seat 

 of several flourishing manufactures ; and contains a 

 handsome presbyterian church, a church for the Bap- 

 tists, one for the Episcopalians, a college, and 4326 in- 

 habitants. The seminary, which is called the Tran- 

 sylvania university, is under a board of 21 trustees, and 

 has a president, 5 professors, and a teacher of French. 

 The number of students, exclusive of those of medicine, 

 is about 70. The library contains 1500 volumes; and 

 the annual revenue is about 2700 dollars. Frankfort, 

 which is the seat of government, is situated on the east 

 bank of the Kentucky, about 30 miles from Lexington. 

 It has a population of 1090 inhabitants. 



The following Table contains a view of the manufac- Manufac- 

 tures of this state in 1810. lures. 



ommerce. The principal articles of export, which are hemp, 

 wheat, and tobacco, are carried down the Ohio and 

 Mississippi to New Orleans; and the imports are 

 brought up these rivers from the same place. The 

 amount of exports, in 1801, was 26,673 dollars. 



The legislature of Kentucky, called the general assem- Govern- 

 bly, meets on the 1st Monday of November, and consists ment - 

 of a senate and a house of representatives. The members, 

 who are' limited to 38, are chosen by districts, and re- 

 tain their seats for four years ; and one-fourth must be 



