The English Period 



Hennepin, but his general description corresponds with the Jesuit's account, 1750 

 though there was at that time no third fall. It appears from Kalm's Kalm 

 account that Goat Island was first reached about 1 739. 



1763 



WILLIAMSON, Peter. The travels of Peter Williamson, among the i 763 

 different nations and tribes of savage Indians in America . . . Williamion 

 likewise, an accurate description of the Falls of Niagara 

 Edinb.: Printed for the author, 1763. Pp. 28-37. 



An account of a visit alleged to have been made to the Falls in 1 746 

 or even earlier, but really copied from Kalm. 



1764 



The Falls of Niagara. 1 764. From a newspaper of the day. (Mass. 1764 

 mag., 1790. 2:592.) 



Kalm's account almost word for word! The style is a bit less personal 

 than in Kalm's letter to his friend but otherwise the newspaper version 

 reads like a careful revision of the earlier description. 



1765 



Rogers, Robert, Major. A concise account of North America: 1765 

 containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent. Rogers 



Also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the 

 rivers St. Lawrence, Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes. 

 Lond.: J. Millan. 1765. Pp. 1 72-1 74. 



Gives information concerning the location, sound and vapor of the Falls, 

 and the destruction of animal life in them. 



IZARD, RALPH. An account of a journey to Niagara, Montreal and 1765 

 Quebec, in 1765; or " Tis eighty years since." N. Y.: Osborn. 1846. Izard 

 Pp. 5-13. 



An interesting account by a prominent South Carolinian, published 

 anonymously many years later by his granddaughter. The account given 

 is the second one thus far of a trip to the bottom of the Falls. It seems 

 that even at this early date there was an Indian ladder for the purpose. 



26th. Rode to Fort Schlosser, about fifteen miles from 

 Niagara, which is situated on Niagara River, about two miles 

 above the famous Falls. 



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