Niagara Falls 



1791 The illustrious Frenchman was probably at Niagara sometime in 1791 

 Chateaubriand and evidently had an adventurous time there. He has written several 



other Niagara accounts besides the one cited, but these are so highly 

 literary that they are hardly to be included in the records of actual travel. 

 They are more appropriately reserved for the chapter on the fiction of 

 Niagara. 



1792 



1792 (IngRAHAM, DUNCAN.) Extract from a letter from a gentleman upon 

 Ingraham ms re turn from Niagara. (Mass. hist, soc, 1792. Vol I, p. 287; or 



O'Callaghan: Doc. hist, of State of New York. Albany. 1849. 

 Vol. II, p. 1110.) 



I visited the great curiosity, the falls, and must refer you to 

 Mr. Ellicott's account of them in the Columbian Magazine for 

 June, 1 790. 



The scanty notice just quoted occurs in a letter dated August 8, 1 792. 

 The letter is quite a long one and contains much valuable information con- 

 cerning the condition of the country and the difficulty of getting to Niagara 

 at that time. 



1792 SlMCOE, Mrs. E. P. G. The diary of Mrs. John Graves Simcoe. 

 Simcoe . . . Toronto: Briggs. 1911. Pp. 127—128. 



Bits in chatty, interesting style, illustrated with views in water-color by 

 Mrs. Simcoe. 



1793 



1793 LINCOLN, BENJAMIN. Journal of a treaty held in 1793, with the 

 Lincoln Indian tribes north-west of the Ohio, by Commissioners of the United 



States. (Mass. hist, soc, collec, 3d ser, 5:122—125.) 



The author was one of the three commissioners nominated by President 

 Washington to treat with the Indians of the Northwest. It appears that 

 he was at Niagara in May and June, 1 793. He is the first of the great 

 host who at one time and another have put on record their disappointment 

 in the Falls. 



June 9. Dined with Mr. Hamilton at the Landing, (Queens- 

 town). Towards evening we left his house, and rode as far as 

 the Falls, where we lodged, nine miles. There are a number of 

 new settlements on the road, and one small meeting-house. The 

 lands are generally covered with white oak, but they are neither 



strong or well improved. 



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