Ig Geology, fyc. of the Connecticut. 



and dashed in pieces — while some reached the opposite 

 bank. Three hundred Indians are said to have been killed 

 and only one Englishman. Yet the Indians who survived, 

 being joined by another party, fell upon the English troops 

 as they were returning and made dreadful slaughter among 

 them. So that before they reached Hatfield, Capt. Turner 

 was killed, and thirty seven of his men. 



After reading this piece of history, no one will doubt the 

 propriety of denominating this cataract Turner's Falls. 



Shelburne Falls. 



These are in Ueerfield River in the west part of Shel- 

 burne : and a partial description has already been given of 

 them in this sketch. I know of nothing concerning these 

 rapids that requires particular description. Visiting them at 

 low water, however, I was much struck with the number 

 and magnitude of those spheroidal excavations in the rock 

 Galled pot holes. They are often seen several feet in di- 

 ameter and depth, and the stones, &c. by which the water 

 wears them out, are still found at their bottom. 



PART IV. 



Miscellanies. 



The greater part of the subjects to be presented under 

 this division might, without impropriety, have been connect- 

 ed with the first, or geological part. But as that division 

 had swelled more than was expected, it was thought best 

 to throw them together at the close of the Sketch- Some 

 ®f the following articles however have suggested themselves 

 since the geological part was written. 



Ancient Lakes. 



Any one who examines the passage of the Connecticut 

 and many of its tributaries, through several mountains em- 

 braced by the Map accompanying this Sketch, will be led, 

 I think, to the conclusion that the waters of this river once 

 flowed over the great valley along its banks, forming an ex- 



