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and awls for moccasins. They have also suffered so much 
from the superiority of their enemies, that they are equally 
desirous of procuring arms and ammunition, which they are 
gradually acquiring. The Chopunnish bury their dead in 
sepulchres, formed of boards, constructed like the roof of a 
house. The body is rolled in skins, and laid one over an¬ 
other, separated by a board only, both above and below. 
Sometimes their dead are buried in wooden boxes, and rolled 
in skins in the manner above mentioned. They sacrifice 
their horses, canoes, and every other species of property to 
their dead ; the bones of many horses are seen lying round 
their sepulchres. 
The animals in this district are the buffalo, deer, elk, an¬ 
telope, and the white and brown bears, which, however, are 
not so ferocious in this part of the country as on the upper 
part of the Missouri, though they are still not so passive as 
the black bear, which is also to be found here. Among the 
reptiles common to this country, are two species of innocent 
snakes, and the rattlesnake, which last is of the same species 
as that of the Missouri, and though abundant here, is the 
only poisonous snake to be seen between the Pacific and the 
Missouri. Besides these, there are the common black lizard 
and horned lizard. Of frogs there are several kinds, such as 
the small green tree-frog, the small frog common in the 
United States, which sings in the spring of the year, a species 
of frog frequenting the water, much larger than the bull-frog, 
and in shape between the delicate length of the bull-frog, 
and the shorter and less graceful form of the toad: like the 
last of which, however, its body is covered with little pus¬ 
tules, or lumps. It is never heard to make a noise of any 
kind. Neither the toad bull-frog, the moccasin-snake, nor 
the copperhead-snake, are to be found here. Captain Lewis 
killed a snake while crossing those mountains, three feet and 
eleven inches in length, and much the colour of the rattle¬ 
snake. There was no poisonous tooth to be found. It had 
two hundred and eighteen scuta on the abdomen, and fifty- 
nine squamae, or half formed scuta on the tail. The eye was 
of a moderate size, the iris of a dark yellowish brown, and 
the pupil black. There was nothing remarkable in the form 
of the head, which was not so wide across the jaws as that 
of the poisonous class of snakes usually is. There is a species 
of lizard, called by captains Lewis and Clarke, the horned 
lizard, about the size, and much resembling in figure, the 
ordinary black lizard. The belly is, notwithstanding, 
broader, the tail shorter, and the action much slower than 
the ordinary lizard. It crawls like the toad, is of a brown 
colour, and interspersed with yellowish brown spots: it is 
covered with minute shells, interspersed with little horny 
projections like prickles on the upper part of the body. 
The belly and throat resemble the frogs, and are of a light 
yellowish brown. The edge of the belly is regularly beset 
with these homy projections, which give to those edges a 
serrate figure ; the eye is small, and of a dark colour. These 
animals are found in great abundance in the sandy parts of 
the plains, and after a shower of rain, are seen basking in the 
sun. For the greatest part of the time they are concealed 
in holes. Most of the insects common to the United States, 
are seen in this country, such as the butterfly, the common 
house-fly, the blowing-fly, and the horse-fly, (except one spe¬ 
cies of it, the gold coloured ear-fly, the place of which is sup¬ 
plied by a fly of a brown colour, which attaches itself to the 
same part of the horse, and is equally troublesome.) There are 
likewise nearly all the varieties of beetles known in the At¬ 
lantic states, except the large cow-beetle, and the black 
beetle, commonly called the tumblebug. Neither the hornet, 
the wasp, nor the yellow jacket, inhabit this part of the 
country, but there is an insect resembling the last of these, 
though much larger, which is very numerous, particularly 
in the Rocky Mountains, and on the waters of the Columbia: 
the body and abdomen are yellow, with transverse circles 
of black, the head black, and the wings, which are four in 
number, of a dark brown colour. Their nests are built in 
the ground, and resemble that of the hornet, with an outer 
covering to the comb. These insects are fierce, and sting 
very severely, so that they were found by Captains Lewis 
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and Clarke's party, very troublesome in frightening their 
horses as they passed the mountains. The silkworm is also-, 
found here, as well as the humble-bee, though the honey¬ 
bee is not. As the Rocky Mountains approach towards the 
north, vegetation is stinted by the severity of the climate,. 
There are no trees except a few of diminutive growth ; and 
there is scarcely any thing of surface that can be called 
earth. Yet these inhospitable regions are inhabited by a 
people accustomed to the life which they require; nor has 
nature altogether withheld the means of subsistence. The 
rein-deer, which supply both food and clothing, are satis¬ 
fied with the produce of the hills, though they bear nothing 
but a short curling moss, on a species of which that grows 
on the rocks, the people themselves subsist, when famine 
invades them. Their small lakes are not furnished with a 
great variety of fish, but such as they produce are excellent, 
which with hares and partridges, form a proportion of their 
food. 
ROCKY RIVER, a large stream in Louisiana, which 
empties itself into the Mississippi on the east. It is about 
300 yards wide at its mouth, from which it is navigable 300 
miles. About three miles up this river, on the south bank, 
is situated the third town of the Six nations, which, in 1781, 
was burnt by the Americans. 
ROCKY RIVER, a river of the United States, in the Mi¬ 
chigan territory, which falls into Lake Erie; 3 miles south, 
of Swan creek. 
ROCKY RIVER, a river of the United States, in Indiana,, 
which falls into the Wabash from the east. Its branches 
are interlocked with those of the main fork of White river. 
It is 100 yards wide at its mouth, and has several large 
forks. 
ROCKY RIVER, a river of the United States, in the Mi¬ 
chigan territory, which runs into Lake Michigan. 
ROCKY RIVER, a river of the United States, in Ohio, 
which runs into Lake Erie; 9 miles west of the Ceyahoga. 
It is a rapid river, with high banks, has numerous forks, and. 
waters a rich and thriving settlement. 
ROCKY, or Rock River, or Roche, a river of the 
United States, which rises in the north-west territory, runs 
through the north-west part of the Illinois territory, and. 
flows into the Mississippi, 160 miles above the Illinois- 
Length about 200 miles. It is 300 yards wide at its entrance, 
390 miles above St. Louis. 
ROCKY RIVER, a river of North Carolina, which runs- 
into the Yadkin. 
ROCKY RIVER, or Granger, a post village of the 
United States, in Cuyahoga county, Ohio. 
ROCKY SPRINGS, a post village of the United States, in 
Rockingham county, North Carolina. 
ROCOURT, a large village in the north-east of France, 
department of the Ardennes. It has manufactures of hard¬ 
ware, and 1100 inhabitants. 
ROCOUX, a village of the Netherlands, in the province 
of Liege, remarkable for a victory obtained over the allies by 
marshal Saxe, in 1746; 2 miles north-west of Liege. 
ROCQUIGNY, a town of France, department of the Ar¬ 
dennes, with 1200 inhabitants, and some manufactures of 
hemp; 14 miles north-north-west of Rethel. 
ROCROY, a town of France, department of the Ar¬ 
dennes. It is situated at the extremity of the Ardennes, is 
fortified, and contains 2900 inhabitants. It has some woollen 
manufactures, and was the scene of a victory gained by the 
French over the Spaniards, in 1643; 14 miles north-west of 
Mezieres, and 44 south-east of Mons. 
ROD, s. [ roede , Dutch.] A long twig.—Some chuse 
a hazel rod of the same year’s shoot, and this they bind on to 
another straight stick of any wood, and walking softly over 
those places, where they suspect the bowels of the earth to 
be enriched with metals, the wand will, by bowing towards 
it, discover it. Boyle .—A kind of sceptre. 
She had all the royal makings of a queen ; 
As holy oil, Edward confessor’s crown. 
The rod and bird of peace. Shalspeare. 
The 
