Niagara Falls 



1807 the edge of the falls, are still perceptible, and which, in all proba- 

 bility, are the last fragments of the little island he alluded to. 



We found some juniper berries on this [Goat] island, which 

 were the largest I have ever seen in the State of New- York. . . . 



The author will not conceal that an additional motive for con- 

 senting to the publication of these letters, was the perusal of a 

 volume lately published, entitled, "' Travels in America, by 

 Thomas Ash, Esq." purporting to be a part of the same route 

 which he has travelled. From a careful examination of this 

 work, which is found to abound in mistakes, misrepresentations 

 and fictions, in almost every page, the author does not hesitate to 

 declare, that in his opinion the whole is a compilation, taken 

 principally from ** The Pittsburgh Navigator; " nor does he 

 believe that any such person ever travelled the route pretended 

 to be described. [Evidence cited.] — Preface, p. iv. 



1812 



GlLES, CHARLES. Pioneer; a narrative of the nativity, experience, 

 1812 

 qjj^ travels, and ministerial labors of Rev. Charles Giles . . . with inci- 



dents, observations, and reflections. N. Y. : G. Lane and P. P. Sandford. 

 1844. 



The author was a missionary whose reflections on the Falls were made 

 some time after his visit there in 1812. 



MELISH, John. Travels in the United States of America, in the 

 Meli»h years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811. . . . Phila.: T. and 



G. Palmer. 1812. 2:318-323. 



Other editions appeared in 1815 and 1818. The work was for many 

 years regarded as " standard and authoritative." Melish apparently did 

 not see the Falls from the American side. 



1814 



1814 Smith, MlCHAEL. A geographical view of the British possessions in 



Smith North America. . . . Bait.: P. Mauro. 1814. Pp. 62-74. 



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