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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  Cape 
  Fear 
  Eiver, 
  The 
  journey 
  here 
  described 
  

   commenced 
  at 
  Charleston. 
  He 
  travelled 
  near 
  the 
  coast 
  till 
  he 
  reached 
  jp 
  

   the 
  Santee 
  River, 
  and 
  then 
  ascended 
  that 
  river 
  as 
  far, 
  apparently, 
  as| 
  

   Columbia, 
  then 
  turning 
  northeastward, 
  he 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  highlands, 
  cross- 
  i 
  

   ing 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  Cape 
  Fear, 
  and 
  thence 
  eastward 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  Pamti- 
  

   cough" 
  Kiver 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  settlements. 
  In 
  his 
  preface 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  

   " 
  Having 
  spent 
  most 
  of 
  my 
  Time, 
  during 
  my 
  eight 
  Years 
  Abode 
  in 
  Caro- 
  

   lina, 
  in 
  travelling 
  ; 
  I 
  not 
  only 
  survey'd 
  the 
  Sea-Coast, 
  and 
  those 
  Parts 
  

   which 
  are 
  already 
  inhabited 
  by 
  the 
  Christians, 
  but 
  likewise 
  view'd 
  a 
  

   spatious 
  Tract 
  of 
  Land 
  lying 
  betwixt 
  the 
  Inhabitants 
  and 
  the 
  Ledges 
  o'f 
  

   Mountains, 
  from 
  whence 
  our 
  noblest 
  Eivers 
  have 
  their 
  Eise, 
  running 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  the 
  Ocean, 
  where 
  they 
  water 
  as 
  pleasant 
  a 
  Country 
  as 
  any 
  in 
  

   Eurox^e 
  ; 
  the 
  Discovery 
  of 
  which 
  being 
  never 
  yet 
  made 
  ijublick, 
  I 
  have, 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  Sheets, 
  given 
  you 
  a 
  faithful 
  Account 
  thereof, 
  wherein 
  I 
  

   have 
  laid 
  down 
  every 
  thing 
  with 
  Impartiality 
  and 
  Truth." 
  But 
  in 
  the 
  

   narrative 
  of 
  his 
  travels 
  he 
  makes 
  no 
  further 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  buffalo, 
  and 
  

   does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  either 
  its 
  

   skins 
  or 
  meat. 
  He 
  speaks, 
  however, 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  game 
  he 
  

   daily 
  met 
  with, 
  and 
  especially 
  of 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  turkeys. 
  In 
  his 
  

   chapter 
  on 
  the 
  "Natural 
  History 
  of 
  Carolina," 
  concerning 
  which 
  he 
  

   says. 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  exact, 
  and 
  for 
  Method's 
  Sake 
  rang'd 
  each 
  

   Species 
  under 
  its 
  distinct 
  and 
  proper 
  Head," 
  he 
  again 
  speaks 
  of 
  the 
  

   buffalo, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Buffalo 
  is 
  a 
  wild 
  Beast 
  of 
  Ameriea, 
  which 
  has 
  

   a 
  Bunch 
  on 
  his 
  Back, 
  as 
  the 
  Cattle 
  of 
  8t. 
  Laicrence 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have. 
  

   He 
  seldom 
  appears 
  amongst 
  the 
  English 
  Inhabitants, 
  his 
  chief 
  Haunt 
  

   being 
  in 
  the 
  Land 
  of 
  Messiasviypi, 
  which 
  is, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  a 
  plain 
  

   Country 
  ; 
  yet 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  some 
  killed 
  on 
  the 
  hilly 
  Part 
  of 
  Gape 
  Fair 
  

   Eiver, 
  they 
  passing 
  the 
  Ledges 
  of 
  vast 
  Mountains 
  from 
  the 
  said 
  Messia- 
  

   sippi, 
  before 
  they 
  can 
  come 
  near 
  us."* 
  

  

  From 
  Lawson's 
  eight 
  years' 
  residence, 
  and 
  extensive 
  travels 
  in 
  the 
  

   Carolinas, 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1700, 
  and 
  from 
  his 
  mentioning 
  only 
  the 
  in- 
  

   stance 
  of 
  its 
  capture 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  above 
  cited, 
  it 
  was 
  evidently 
  not 
  

   at 
  that 
  time 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  Carolinas. 
  t 
  A 
  few 
  years 
  after 
  the 
  publi- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  Lawson's 
  work, 
  this 
  same 
  region 
  was 
  visited 
  by 
  John 
  Brickell, 
  

   who 
  passed 
  through 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  districts 
  as 
  those 
  traversed 
  by 
  

   Lawson. 
  Brickell 
  wrote 
  concerning 
  the 
  buffalo 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Biif- 
  

   felo, 
  or 
  tvild 
  Beef, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  wild 
  Beasts 
  that 
  is 
  yet 
  known 
  in 
  

   these 
  parts 
  of 
  America 
  ; 
  it 
  hath 
  a 
  Bunch 
  upon 
  it's 
  Back, 
  and 
  thick, 
  short 
  

   Horns, 
  bending 
  forward 
  This 
  Monster 
  of 
  the 
  Woods 
  seldom 
  ap- 
  

   pears 
  amongst 
  the 
  European 
  Inhabitants, 
  it's 
  chiefest 
  haunts 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  Savannas 
  near 
  the 
  Mountains, 
  or 
  Heads 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Eivers 
  And 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  conjectur'd, 
  that 
  these 
  Buffelo's 
  being 
  mix'd, 
  and 
  breeding 
  with 
  our 
  

   tame 
  Cattle, 
  would 
  much 
  improve 
  the 
  Species 
  for 
  largeness 
  and 
  Milk 
  ; 
  

   for 
  these 
  Monsters 
  (as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  inform'd) 
  weigh 
  from 
  1,600 
  to 
  2,400 
  

   pounds 
  Weight. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  very 
  fierce 
  Creature, 
  and 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  

  

  an 
  Ox 
  There 
  were 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  Calves 
  of 
  this 
  Creature 
  taken 
  alive 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  Tear 
  1730, 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Planters 
  living 
  near 
  Neus 
  River, 
  but 
  

  

  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  State 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  on 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  Cape 
  

   Eoar 
  River. 
  Brickell 
  says, 
  however, 
  in 
  his 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  pub- 
  

   lis-hed 
  in 
  1737: 
  "The 
  Sapona 
  Indians 
  live 
  at 
  the 
  West 
  Branch 
  of 
  the 
  Cape 
  Fear 
  or 
  

   Clarendon 
  River, 
  vfhich 
  is 
  very 
  beautifu], 
  and 
  has 
  good 
  land 
  about 
  it," 
  etc. 
  (p. 
  343). 
  

   Ho 
  also 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Toteras 
  are 
  neighboring 
  Indians 
  to 
  the 
  Saponas, 
  and 
  live 
  westward 
  

   in 
  the 
  mountains" 
  (p. 
  343). 
  

  

  " 
  History 
  of 
  Carolina, 
  p. 
  115. 
  

  

  t 
  Yet, 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  Long's 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  St. 
  Peter's 
  River 
  (Vol. 
  II, 
  

   p.rtG), 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  '' 
  from 
  Lawson 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  great 
  plenty 
  of 
  buffaloes, 
  elkes 
  &c. 
  

   existed 
  near 
  Cape 
  Fear 
  River 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries!" 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  