Niagara Falls 



1810 



1810 Clinton, De Witt. The life and writings of De Witt Clinton by 



Clinton William W. Campbell. N.Y.: Baker and Scribner. 1849. Pp. 1 30- 



131. 



The account of his visit to Niagara and vicinity in 1 8 1 is to be found 

 on pages 127—136. 



Goat Island belongs to the State, and must be extremely 

 valuable for hydraulic works. The general idea is that it would 

 answer for a State Prison, being impracticable to pass from it. 

 But this is a mistake; it can be easily reached by a canoe from 

 above. I saw a man who had potatoes planted on it, and who 

 visited it frequently. Stedman used to ride there on horseback. 

 The land is very fertile. As well for its nearness to the dead 

 carcasses below the Falls as its seclusion, eagles build their nests 

 on this island, which is covered with wood. Last autumn, a 

 year, a large buck -deer was seen for two or three weeks, wading 

 a short distance into the Rapids from this island and retreating. 

 He had probably drifted down from above, and not knowing the 

 safe passage to the shore he no doubt perished at the Cataract. 



1819 



1819 HowiTT, Emanuel. Selections from letters written during a tour 



Howitt through the United States in the summer and autumn of 1819. . . . 



Nottingham: J.Dunn. (1820). Pp. 128-132. 



The author was a member of the Society of Friends, who visited the 

 Niagara region to report on the work being done for the Indians by the 

 Quakers. 



Eighth month, 6th. — On leaving the Indians, we proceeded 

 that evening ten miles towards the Falls, which we reached at 

 eleven the next morning. As we drew nearer them, the country 

 became more and more thinly inhabited, the soil more strong and 

 clayey, and the distant war of the cataracts, seemed to make the 

 surrounding solitude more sensibly felt. To attempt to describe 

 this stupendous object, would be vain; . . . 



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