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Another handsome monument commemorates Lewis Thomas, 
lord Sondes, who died June 21,1806. Beauties of England, 
&c. vol. xi. by John Britton, F. S. A. The History and 
antiquities of Northamptonshire. 
ROCKINGHAM, a township of the United States, in 
Windham county, Vermont, on the Connecticut. Popu¬ 
lation 1954. 
ROCKINGHAM, a county of the United States, in the 
south-east part of New Hampshire, bounded north-east by 
Strafford county, eastby the Atlantic, so'uthby Massachusetts, 
and west by. Hillsborough county. Population 50,175. 
Chief towns, Portsmouth, Exeter, and Concord. 
ROCKINGHAM, a county of the United States, in the 
central part of Virginia, bounded north-east by Hardy and 
Shenandoah counties, south-east by Orange and Albermarle 
counties, south-west by Augusta county, and north-west by 
Pendleton county. Population 12,753, including 1491 
slaves 
ROCKINGHAM, a county of the United States, on the 
north side of North Carolina. It lies west of Caswell county, 
and is watered by the Dan. There is a mineral spring in this 
county, which is much resorted to. Population 10,316, inclu¬ 
ding. 2114 slaves. 
ROCKINGHAM, a township of the United States, and 
capital of Richmond county, North Carolina. It contains 
about 25 houses. 
ROCKINGHAM BAY, a bay on the north-east coast of 
New Holland, lying north-west of Cape Sandwich. 
ROCKLAND, a county of the United States, in New York, 
bounded north-west by Orange county, east by the Hudson, 
and south-west by New Jersey. Population 7758. Chief 
town, C lark-town. 
ROCKLAND, a township of the United States, in Sullivan 
county. New York. Population 309. 
ROCKLAND, a township of the United States, in Berks 
county, Pennsylvania. Population 1026. 
RO'CKLESS, adj. Being without rocks. 
A crystal brook 
Is weedless all above, and rockless all below. Dry den. 
RO'CKROSE, s. A plant. 
ROCKSAVAGE, a village of England, in Cheshire, on the 
river Weaver, near Halton. 
ROCKVILLE, a post village of the United States, in Mont¬ 
gomery county, Maryland. •> 
ROCKVILLE, a post village of the United States, in Fre¬ 
derick county, Virginia. 
ROCKWARDINE, a parish of England, in Salop; 11 
miles from Shrewsbury. Population 1938. 
RO'CKWORK, s. Stones fixed in mortar, in imitation 
of the asperities of rocks. A natural wall of rock.-—The 
garden is fenced on the lower end, by a natural mound of 
rockxvork. Addison. 
RO'CKY, adj. Full of rocks. 
The vallies he restrains 
With rocky mountains. Dry den. 
^Nature lodges her treasures in rocky ground. Locke.— 
Resembling a rock. 
The rocky orb 
Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton. 
Hard ; stony ; obdurate. 
I, like a poor bark, of sails and tackling reft. 
Rush all to pieces on thy rocky bosom. Shakspeare. 
ROCKY BRIDGE, a post village of the United States, in 
Christian county, Kentucky. 
ROCKY HILL, a post village and parish of the United 
States, in Wethersfield, Connecticut. The business of ship¬ 
building is carried on here to some extent. 
ROCKY HILL MILLS, a post village of the United States, 
in Fauquier county, Virginia. 
ROCKY MOUNT, a township of the United States, and 
eapital of Franklin county, Virginia. 
ROCKY MOUNT, a post village of the United States, in 
Nash county. North Carolina. 
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ROCKY MOUNTAINS, a great ridge of mountains in 
North America. They run the whole length of the conti¬ 
nent, from its southern to its northern extremity, where 
they terminate in the Icy sea, in the latitude of 70°. Their 
general course is from south-east to the north or north-west; 
and they seem to consist of several ranges, which succes¬ 
sively rise above each other, till the most distant mingles 
with the clouds. The country along these mountains, where 
it was explored by captains Lewis and Clarke, in their ad¬ 
venturous journey across the continent of America, by the 
Missouri, is, for several hundred miles in length, and about 
50 wide, a high level plain, in all its parts extremely fertile, 
and in many places covered with a growth of tail-leafed pine. 
This plain is chiefly interrupted near the streams of water, 
where the hills are steep and lofty; but the soil is good, being 
unincumbered by much stone, and possesses more timber 
than the level country. Under shelter of these hills, the 
bottom lands skirt the margin of the rivers, and though 
narrow and confined, are still fertile and rarely inundated. 
Nearly the whole of this wide spread track is covered with a 
profusion of grass and plants. Among these are a variety of 
esculent plants and roots, acquired without much difficulty, 
and yielding not only a nutritious, but a very agreeable food. 
The air is pure and dry, the climate quite as mild, if not 
milder, than the same parallels of latitude in the Atlantic 
states, and is healthy. This general observation is of course 
to be qualified, since in the same track of country, the de¬ 
grees of the combination of heat and cold obey the influence 
of situation. Thus the rains of the low grounds are snows 
iu the high plains; and while the sun shines with intense 
heat in the confined bottoms, the plains enjoy a much 
colder air, and the vegetation is retarded at least 15 days* 
while at the foot of the mountains, the snows are still many 
feet in depth; so that, within a space of 20 miles, all the 
varieties of climate, the rigours of the winter cold, the cool 
air of spring, and the oppressive heat of midsummer, may be 
observed. The savage tribes, who range among these moun¬ 
tains, are in general stout, well formed, and active; they 
have high, and many of them aquiline noses, and the general 
appearance of the face is cheerful and agreeable, though with¬ 
out any indication of gaiety and mirth. The dress of both 
sexes resembles that of the Shoshonees, and consists of a long 
shirt reaching to the thigh, leggings as high as the waist, 
moccasins and robes, all of which are formed of skins. Their 
ornaments are beads, shells, and pieces of brass attached to 
different parts of the dress, or tied round the arms, neck, 
wrists, and over the shoulders: to these are added pearls and 
beads suspended from the ears, and a single shell of wampum 
through the nose. The head dress of the men is a bandeau 
of fox or otter skin, either with or without the fur, and some¬ 
times an ornament is tied to a plait of hair, falling from the 
crown of the head : that of the women is a cap without rim, 
formed of bear grass and cedar bark ; while the hair itself, 
of both sexes, falls into two rows down the front of the body. 
Collars of bears’ claws are also common. But a personal 
ornament most esteemed is a sort of breastplate, formed of a 
strip of otter skin, six inches wide, cut out of the whole 
length of the back of the animal, including the head ; this 
being dressed with the hair on, a hole is made at the upper 
end, through which the head of the wearer is placed, and the 
skin hangs in front, with the tail reaching below the knee, 
and ornamented with pieces of pearl, red cloth, and wam¬ 
pum, or, in short, any other fanciful decoration. Tippets 
also are occasionally worn. That of Hohastillpilp, one of 
the chiefs, as he was seen by captains Lewis and Clarke, 
was formed of human scalps, and adorned with the thumhs 
and fingers of several men slain by him in battle. The Cho- 
punnish are among the most amiable of those tribes. Their 
character is placid and gentle, rarely moved into passion, 
yet not often enlivened by gaiety. Their amusements con¬ 
sist in running races, shooting with arrows at a target, and 
they partake of the great and prevailing vice of gambling. 
They are, however, by no means so much attached to 
baubles as the generality of Indians, but are anxious to obtain 
articles of utility, such as knives, tomahawks, kettles, blankets, 
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