Book/Printed Material Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 Volume 2
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Image 1 of Volume 2 TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA, DURING THE YEARS 1795, 1796, AND 1797. BY ISAAC WELD, JUN. FOURTH EDITION. ILLUSTRATED AND EMBELLISHED WITH...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 2 of Volume 2 E164 W4443 240534 T. Gillet, Printer, Wild-court, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 3 of Volume 2 CONTENTS VOL. II. LETTER XXVIII. Leave Quebec.—Convenience of Travelling between that city and Montreal.—Post Houses.—Calashes.—Drivers.—Canadian Horses very serviceable.—Salutations on arriving at different Post Houses.—Beautiful Prospects from the Road on the Top of...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 4 of Volume 2 iv Exertion requisite.—Canadians addicted to smoaking.—How they measure Distances.—Description of Lake St. Louis.—Clouds of Insects over Reed Banks.—Party encamps on l'Isle Perot.—Passage of Rapids called Les Cascades—Their tremendous Appearance.—Description of the Village...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 5 of Volume 2 v very hospitable.—Harbours on Lake Ontario.—Ships of War on that Lake.—Merchant Vessels.—Naval Officers.—Expence of building and keeping up Vessels very great.—Why.—No Iron Mines yet opened in the Country.—Copper may be more easily...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 6 of Volume 2 vi LETTER XXXII. Description of Fort Chippeway.—Plan in meditation to cut a Canal to avoid the Portage at the Falls of Niagara.—Departure from Chippeway.—Intense heat of the Weather.—Description of the Country bordering...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 7 of Volume 2 vii E 's Farm.—Indians.—Description of Detroit River, and the Country bordering upon it.—Town of Detroit.—Head Quarters of the American Army.—Officers of the Western Army.—Unsuccessful Attempt of the Americans to impress upon the...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 8 of Volume 2 viii Dogs.—Arrival at the Settlements on Genesee River.—First Settlers.—Their general Character.—Description of the Country bordering on Genesee River.—Fevers common in Autumn.—Proceed on Foot to Bath. page 296 LETTER XXXVII. Account of Bath.—Of...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 9 of Volume 2 TRAVELS, &c. LETTER XXVIII. Leave Quebec.—Convenience of Travelling between that city and Montreal.—Post Houses.—Calashes.—Drivers.—Canadian Horses very serviceable.—Salutations on arriving at different Post Houses.—Beautiful Prospects from the Road on the Top of the...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 10 of Volume 2 2 of visiting the Falls of Niagara, and returning again into the States before the commencement of winter, we set out for Montreal by land. In no part of North America can...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 11 of Volume 2 3 The post calashes are very clumsily built, but upon the whole we found them easy and agreeable carriages; they are certainly far superior to the American stage waggons, in which, if...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 12 of Volume 2 4 any place detained much beyond the quarter of an hour prescribed, notwithstanding that the people had frequently to send for their horses, more than a mile, to the fields where they...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 13 of Volume 2 5 tempers of the drivers, and their passion is constantly vented in lashes on their horses. To hasten the speed of their horses they have three expressions, rising above each other in...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 14 of Volume 2 6 kissed both her cheeks in turn, which she presented to him with no small condescension. Some minutes are generally spent thus at every post-house in mutual congratulations on meeting, before the...
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- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 15 of Volume 2 7 busied as we passed along getting in the harvest, which was not quite over, diffused an air of cheerfulness and gaiety over the scene, and heightened all its charms. The female...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 16 of Volume 2 8 at Quebec and Montreal, who send agents through the country to the farmers to buy up all the corn they can spare. The farmers are bound to have their corn ready...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 17 of Volume 2 9 hundred miles distant from every relation upon earth; yet a spirit of enterprize is not wanting amongst the Canadians; they eagerly come forward, when called upon, to traverse the immense lakes...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 18 of Volume 2 10 On the second day of our journey from Quebec to Montreal we reached Trois Rivieres, lying nearly midway between the two places. This town is situated on the banks of St....
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 19 of Volume 2 11 scattered settlements on each side of it, from its mouth as far as the iron works, which are about nine miles distant from Trois Rivieres; beyond that, the country is but...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 20 of Volume 2 12 of Trois Rivieres than to Quebec or Montreal, that is shipped there. These furs are laden on board the Montreal ships, which stop opposite to the town as they go down...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 21 of Volume 2 15 which she was destined, perhaps, to be a happy and useful member, for an unprofitable life of solitude, and unremitted penance for sins never committed. The hospital, which lies contiguous to...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 22 of Volume 2 16 down, and flows loosely over the shoulders, and a large plain silver cross suspended from the breast. The dress is very unbecoming, the hair being totally concealed, and the shape of...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 23 of Volume 2 17 will purchase, for the order is but poor. We selected a few of the articles which appeared most curious, and having received them packed up in the neatest manner in little...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 24 of Volume 2 18 Indians of this part of the country always carry large rolls of it in their canoes when they go on a hunting party, for the purpose of making temporary huts. The...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 25 of Volume 2 19 by a similar number of men with oars, far behind. None but experienced persons ought ever to attempt to navigate birch canoes, for they are so light that they are apt...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 26 of Volume 2 20 in Lower Canada.—The Party embark in a Bateau at La Chine.—Mode of conducting Bateaux against a strong Current.—Great Exertion requisite.—Canadians addicted to smoaking.—How they measure Distances.—Description of Lake St. Louis.—Clouds of...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 27 of Volume 2 21 the different Rivers which open a Water Communication between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic.—Great Superiority of the St. Lawrence over all the rest.—Of the Lake trade. Kingston, September. ON arriving...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 28 of Volume 2 22 and the ordance stores that had been taken from the military post on the lakes, preparatory to their being delivered up to the United States. On the north-west side of the...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 29 of Volume 2 23 Chine, which stands on the island of Montreal, about nine miles higher up. The goods are sent, from Montreal, thither in carts. La Chine is built on a fine gravelly beach,...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 30 of Volume 2 24 Cachenonaga Indians, whom I have already had occasion to mention. The village contains about fifty log houses and a Roman catholic church, built in the Canadian style, and ornamented within with...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 31 of Volume 2 25 of the Indians that could distinguish the one race of men from the other. The dispositions of the two people also accord together in a very striking manner; both are averse...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 32 of Volume 2 26 Little Algonquins, near Trois Rivieres; one of the Aberachies, near Trois Rivieres, at the opposite side of the river; and one of the Hurons, near Quebec; but none of these villages...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 33 of Volume 2 27 Indians to what they were in their original state, before their manners were corrupted by intercourse with the whites, the more do you find in their character and conduct deserving of...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 34 of Volume 2 28 means of oars, and they are obliged to pole entirely round the bays. Whenever the wind is favourable they set their sail; but it is only at the upper end of...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 35 of Volume 2 29 of the word, seemed to be about three quarters of an English mile. Lake St. Louis, commencing, or rather terminating, at La Chine, for that village stands at the lower end...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 36 of Volume 2 30 touch they were destroyed and reduced to powder. They were particularly attracted by any white object, and having once alighted were not to be driven away but by force. The leaves...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 37 of Volume 2 31 day, and to kep themselves warm during the night. These men, who are engaged in conducting bateaux in Canada, are, as I have before observed, a very hardy race: when the...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 38 of Volume 2 32 At day break on the second morning of our voyage, we quitted the island of Perot, and crossed the Utawas River, in order to gain the mouth of the south-west branch...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 39 of Volume 2 33 lake the water of the two rivers may be plainly distinguished from each other. The Rapids immediately at the mouth of the south-west branch of the St. Lawrence are called “Les...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Image 40 of Volume 2 34 guns in hand, and proceeded on foot to “Le Coteau des Cedres,” the Hill of Cedars, about nine miles higher up the river. In going thither you soon lose sight of...
- Contributor: Weld, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Names
- Weld, Isaac, 1774-1856.
Created / Published
- London : Printed for John Stockdale, 1807.
Headings
- - United States--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
- - Canada--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Notes
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Medium
- 2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E164 .W4443
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- 17013770
OCLC Number
- 2812661
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