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P.wiHlciiborg ficrured as an ear of Indian corn, is the Item df 

 an u::kno\vn p. ant, which, at pages 424 and 427, is faid to 

 bclonjj to tlie feiies of vegetable remains inclofed in iron- 

 ilone nodules. See plate 14. iig. 4. of W, Martin's Pet. 

 Derb. 



Indian Cov^, in Geography, a harbour on the E. coaft of 

 Indian illanv', in Dufliy bay. vl 



Indian Cnrt. a creek on the itland of Antigua, a little to 

 the well of Standtaft point. — Alio, a river of Virginia, which 

 runs into the Ohio, N. lat. 40' 25'. W. long. So 40'. — 

 Alfo, a river of Virginia, which runs into the Chefapeak, 

 N. lat. 37' 45'. \y. long. 76 27'. 



Indian Crefs, in Botany. See Tkop.i;olum. 



Indian Corn Falli, in Geography, a catarad in the river 

 St. Mary, about twenty miles from lake Superior. N. lat. 

 46' 22'. W. long. 84° 25'. 



Indian Fig, in Botany. See Cactus. 



Indian Gem, in Jllinerahgy. See Gem. 



Indian GoJ-tr.-e, in Botany. See Ficus. 



Indian Hemi, in Geography, a cape on the E. coail of 

 New Holla:.d, io called by captain Cook from the number of 

 natives who appeared near it as lie pafled in May i-'ro. 

 S. lat. 25-3'. E. long. 123 j6'. 



Indian IJ!arJ. a fmall illand near the coaft of North Ca- 

 rolina, at the moutii of Pamlico found. N. kit. 3 j- 23'. W. 

 long. 76 ' 50'. — Alio, an illand on the S. part of Uuiky bay, 

 on the coalt of New Zealand, about four miles in circum- 

 ference, fo called by captain Cook ; about four miles from 

 Pickerfgill harbour. 



Indian Int. See Ink. 



Indian Leaf, MaLLathrum, in Botany. See Tajiala- 

 patra. 



Indian Malloiu. See Sida. 



Indian- Millet. See Holcl's. 



Indian Oak. See Tectona. 



Indian Ocean, in Geography. See OcE.\N. 



Indian Old Toiun, a town of America, in Hancock 

 county, flate of Maine, fituated on an ifland in Penob- 

 fcot river, juil above the Great Falls, and about fixty 

 miles below the Forks. Here are about 100 families of 

 Roman Catholics, the remains of the PeHobfcot tribe, and 

 the only Indians who refide in the dilhitt of Maine. They 

 are in a thriving Hate, having obtained from the Provincial 

 congrefs a traft of land, 12 miles wide, iuterfe£led in the 

 middle by the river, and vefted v. ith a right of huntinj^ and 

 fiihing as far as the mouth of Penobfcot bay extends. Thc-y 

 have a decent church, and a priell who conducts their reli- 

 gious fervice. 



Indian Reed mi Shot, in Botany. See Cann.v. 



Indian River, in Geography, a river of Delaware, which 

 runs into Rehobot bay, N. lat. 38 40'. W. long. 7J 16'. 

 —Alfo, a fmall arm of the i'ea, between Chandlin and Plea- 

 fant river, in the diilrift of Maine. — Alfo, a river on the E. 

 coail of the peninfula of Eaft Florida, rifing near the fea- 

 coaft, and running from north to fouth, and forming a kind 

 of inland paflage along the coail. It is alfo called Rio Ays. 



N. lat. 27 30'. W. long. 80 40 Alfo, a town in SuiTex 



county, Delaware, containing 1547 inhabitants. 



Indian Sound, a gulf or bay on tiie S. coail of Patagonia, 

 communicating with the Straits of Magellan by St. Jerome's 

 channel. 



Indian Too.'n, a fmall town of North Carolina, 52 miles 

 from Edcnton. 



Indian To-Mn Point, a cape on the eaft coaft of the ifland 

 «f Antigua. N. lat. 17 15', E long. 61 22'. 



Indian H^ood, cM> d Ai'o Jamaica and Campeachy Wood, 

 it taker, o-t of the heart of a largo tree growing plentifully 



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in the ifles of Jamaica, Campeachy, &c. ufed in dyeing, its 

 dccoftion being very red. 



It has been obfervcd, that putting fome of this decoflion 

 into two bottles, and mixing a little powder of alum with the 

 one, it will become of a very beautiful red, which will hold ; 

 the other in a day's time becoming yellow, though both 

 bottles were ftopped from the air alike ; and that if a little 

 of the fame decodion be expofed to the air, it vi'ill become 

 as black as ink in the fame fpace of time. See Campeachy 

 Wood, BuA.siL, and Logwood. 



INDIANA, in Geography, a territory on the NAV. fide of 

 the Ohio, and lately form.ed a part of the N. W. territory. 

 In January 1801, it was by aft of congrefs erefted into a 

 temporary government, with powers and privileges fimilar to 

 other territorial governments. It lies between the Great 

 Miami river E., the Miffifiippi W., the Ohio S., and the \\~ 

 liuois N. It is divided into the three following counties : 



Knox 



Randolph., 

 St. Clair.. 



.2517 

 .110: 



St. Vincennes 714 



Kadiakias 467 



Kakokia "^it) 



Total 



4875 



This territory has a fine foil, adapted to corn, wheat, rye, 

 oats, cotton, hemp, tobacco, &c. The two weftern counties 

 of Randolph and St. Clair have lately petitioned congrefs to 

 be annexed to the Upper Louifiana, in the territorial go- 

 vernment. On the N. W. bank of the Ohio, about twenty 

 miles fouthward of the mouth of the Wabalh, N. lat. 37^ 

 36', is a remarkable cave, called the " Great Cave,'' which is 

 one of the moft furprifing natural curiofities on the Ohio, 

 Tlie entrance is fpacious and uniform ; the dome is elliptical, 

 and the uniformity continues to its termination in the hill. 

 Morfe. 



Indiana, a territory in Virginia, lying between Ohio 

 river and the Laurel mountain, containing about ^i millions 

 of acres; of a form nearly triangular, and extending in 

 length from the Pennfylvania line to the waters of the 

 Little Kenhaway. 



Indiana, a new county in the weftern parts of Pennfyl- 

 vania, which, with Weftmoreland and Armftrong, conftitute 

 a diilrid for the choice of tliree reprefentatives. 



INDIANE, a fmall harbour in the illand of Cape Breton. 



INDIANS, tlie name given to the aborigines of America. 

 Thefe people are fcattered thrcngh the vaft extent of the 

 two prodigious continents, and divided into an infinite num. 

 ber of nations and tribes, differing from each other but little 

 in their manners and cuftoms. The Indians are tall and 

 ilraight in their limbs : their bodies are ftrong, and adapted 

 to endure much hardfhip. Their features are regular, but 

 their countenances fierce ; their hair long and lank, and the 

 colour of their flvins a reddifli brown. Their only occupa- 

 tions .ire hunting and war ; agriculture is left to the women, 

 and for merchandize they have no tafte. They are hofpi- 

 table, generous, and good-tempered ; but to the enemies of 

 their country they are implacable : no length of time call 

 ailay their refentment, nor is any diftance of place great 

 enough to pioteft tlie olijcd of their revenge. The Indians 

 feem to have no jult notion of a Supreme Beinop, though they 

 maintain the exiilence of fuch a Being, eternaland incorrup- 

 tible, who has poWL-r over all, to whom however they pay ni> 

 worlhip : but they are exceedingly fuperllitious ; and beiqg 

 deliroiis to look into futurity, tiiey encourage and fupport a 

 multitude of diviners, augurs, and magician.', upon whofe 

 H }. decifions 



