Chapter V 



NIAGARA — HISTORICAL AND REMINISCENT 



1755 



R. C. An account of the English and French colonies in North 1755 

 America. (Universal mag. Nov. 1755. 17:218-221.) R - c - 



This account comprises a description of the river, the carrying places, 

 the location, geology, height, noise, and vapor of the Falls, the rainbow 

 and a first trip to Goat Island. It sounds like an account written by a 

 subordinate of a party. 



On this carrying-place I saw about two hundred Indians, 

 most of them belonging to the Six Nations, busy in carrying 

 packs of furs, chiefly of deer and bears, over the Carry-place. 

 It is surprising to see what quantities of these goods are brought 

 every day over this carrying-place. An Indian has twenty 

 pence for every pack he carries over; and he dearly earns it, for 

 the distance is nearly three leagues. 



Thus have I given a short but faithful description of this 

 famous cataract of Niagara. 



1759 



BRICE, ANDREW. Universal geographical dictionary. . . . Lond. : 1759 

 Robinson and Johnston. 1 759. P. 260. Brice 



One (fall) in particular near Niagara, is between 7 & 800 f. 

 high, half a League broad, the Water of which runs so violently, 

 that all Beasts attempting to cross it a Qr. Leag. above are swal- 

 lowed up: And it tumbles off the Precipice with such Fury, it 

 makes an Arch under which 3 Men may pass a-breast without 

 Danger. 



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