ROSA, another, of the same province and kingdom, in the district and government of Pastos.

ROSA, another, of the province and corregimiento of Riobamba, and of the district of Ambato in the kingdom of Quito, s. of its capital; and in its precincts is a large estate called Patalo..

ROSA, another, with the surname of Viterbo, in the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; in a delightful and pleasant plain, of a cold temperature, but healthy, and abounding in large and small cattle, wheat, maize, papas, and other vegetable productions of this climate. It contains 12 souls, and is eight leagues n. of Tunja.

ROSA, a town, which was formerly of the name of San Rafael, in the province and corregimiento of Coquimbo in the kingdom of Chile.

ROSA, another, in the province and corregimiento of Xauxa in Peru, e. of its capital.

ROSA, a small river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres; which runs w. and enters the Uruguay between the Bellaco and the Negro.

ROSA, another river, of the province and corregimiento of Pomabamba in Peru. It rises in the province of Larecaxa, runs n. and turning e. enters the Beni.

ROSA, or ST. ROSE's, a bay on the coast of the province and government of Louisiana, defended by a very large island of the same name, extending as far as the Bay of Panzacola. The channel, which divides this island from the continent, is of sufficient width for vessels to pass from one bay to the other. The island abounds in water, and in game. The tides here are more regular than in other parts of the Gulf of Mexico, and happen periodically every 12 hours.

This bay stretches about 30 miles to the n. e. and is from four to eight miles broad. The bar before it has only seven or eight feet water, where deepest; but within there is 16 or 17, as far as the Red Bluff on the main land. The peninsula between this bay and that of Penzacola is generally of a very poor sandy soil, producing, in some places, large pines and live oak. The largest river that falls into the bay is Chacta Hatcha, or Pea River, which runs from the n. e. and enters the e. extremity of the bay through several mouths, but so shoal that only a small boat or canoe can pass them. Mr. Hutchins ascended it about 25 leagues, where he found a

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small party of the Coussac Indians. In long. 86° 42′ w. lat. 30° 32′ n.]

[ROSA, or ROSE ISLAND, extends along the mouth of the above bay, and is about 36 miles long, and no where above one mile broad. The channel at the e. end of the island is so choked up with a large shoal, in some places dry, that the deepest water is only four or five feet; and the channel between Rose Island and the main is barely sufficient for boats or pettiaugers. Upon this island a quantity of salt is made annually.]

Rosa, a fort and garrison, in the province and government of Paraguay, to restrain the Infidel Indians.

[ROSA, a cape in the Island of St. Domingo, e. n. e. e. of Cape Dame Marie, the w. point of the island, distant about seven leagues.]

ROSAL, a settlement of the province and government of Popayán in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada.

ROSALIA, S. a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits in the province. of Tepeguana and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya in N. America.

ROSALIA, another, in the province of California; also of the missions which were held by the Jesuits on the shore of the gulf and of the river Mulege, in the Bay of Concepcion.

ROSALIA, a fort built by the French, in the province and government of Louisiana and territory of the Nanches Indians, on the shore of the river Mississippi, 105 miles n. of New Orleans, in a fertile and pleasant, but unhealthy, country; on which account it was abandoned.

ROSARIO, a settlement and real of silvermines; the capital of the province of its name, on the w. shore of the river of its name; called also Chametla. At the present day the greater part of these mines have filled with water, though they used formerly to be the source of great commerce. Its present population amounts to 5600 souls. [It is 400 miles n. w. of Mexico, in long. 106° 9' w. lat. 23° 28′ n.]

ROSARIO, another settlement, of the province and corregimiento of Chichas and Tarija in Peru; on the shore of the river Tarija.

ROSARIO, another, of the province and government of Tucumán, in the same kingdom; on the shore of the river of its name.

ROSARIO, another, of the kingdom of Chile, in the valley of Tango.

ROSARIO, another, of the province and government of Valparaiso, in the same kingdom as the former; e. of the town of Santa Barbara.

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ROSARIO, another, of the province and corregimiento of Colchagua in the same kingdom. ROSARIO, another, of the province and captainship of Portoseguro in Brazil, on the e. shore of the river Grande de San Francisco, opposite the mouth of the Paracatus.

ROSARIO, another, of the province and captainship of Seara in the same kingdom as the former; on the coast between the river Camueip and the Bay of Cericuncua.

ROSARIO, a town, of the province and government of Buenos Ayres; on the shore of the river Paraná, and at the mouth of the river Carcarañal. [ROSARIO, a town of the province and government of Buenos Ayres, situate at the mouth of the Tercero River, where it enters the Parana about 75 miles s. of Santa Fé. Lat. 32° 56′ 4′′. long. 60° 51′20′′.]

ROSARIO, a large and abundant river of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru, of the district and jurisdiction of the city of Salta. It changes its name according to the estates through which it passes; has in the middle of it many shady islands which are covered with willows, as are the greater part of its plains; and in these are some of the best places for breeding mules throughout the province.

ROSARIO, another, a small river of the same province and kingdom as the former. It runs e. and enters the Salado, or Del Pasage.

ROSARIO, another, a small river, of the province and government of Buenos Ayres; which runs s. on the side of the colony of Sacramento,

and enters the Plata.

ROSARIO, another river, of the province and government of Cartagena in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. [This canal or river communicates with the Magdalena, and may be called an arm of that river, from whence it runs n. n. w. and enters the Cauca, forming an island about 41 miles long, and about 19 broad.]

ROSARIO, another, a small river in the province and government of Chocó, and district of Barbacoas, in the same kingdom as the former. It empties itself into the S. Sea, opposite the port of Tumaco, serving as limits of division to that coast and the government of Atacames or Esmeraldas.

ROSARIO, a small island of the N. Sea to the w. of Cartagena. It is 14 leagues long; is low, of a very hot climate and desert: in lat. 10° 10'n. ROSARIO, a rocky shoal, near the coast of the same province as the former, between Long Island and that of Baru.

ROSAS, a river of the province and govern

ment of Venezuela in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises e. of the city of Barquisimeto, runs s. and turning to w. enters the Tucuyo.

ROSE, a small river of the island of Guadaloupe, which runs e. and enters the sea opposite the rivers Flament and Cercelles in the bay of the Cul de Sac Petit.

Rose, a cape or point of the s. e. coast of the island of Martinique, formed by the port of the Cul de Sac de Robert.

ROSE, a sand-bank near the coast of New England in N. America, with the additional title of Vieille; and called also Crown-bank. It lies between Cape Cod and the island of Nantucket.

ROSE, another, on the same coast, and near the former, called Nouvelle, to distinguish it.

[ROSE, ST. or JAYNA. The establishments in the plain of St. Rose, and those on the banks of the Jayna, on the s. side of the island of St. Domingo, are looked upon as depending on the city of St. Domingo. They are reckoned to contain at least 2000 persons, for the most part people of colour, free and slaves. The river Jayna is three leagues w. of that city. The parish of St. Rose or Jayna, which has in its dependency the ancient rich po pulation of Bonaventure, is now reduced to a handful of individuals, whose employment is the breeding of cattle, or the washing of gold sand. Towards the source of the Jayna, and near the town of St. Rose, were the celebrated gold mines of St. Christopher; in the neighbourhood of which Columbus erected a fort by the name of St. Christopher.]

[ROSE. See the articles under the title Rosa.] [ROSEAU, the capital of the island of Dominico, in the W. Indies. It is now called Charlottetown, and is situate in St. George's parish, about seven leagues from Prince Rupert's Bay. It is on a point of land on the s. w. side of the island which forms two bays, viz. Woodbridge's Bay on the n. and Charlotteville Bay to the s. Roseau is about half a mile in length from Charlotteville to Roseau River, and mostly two furlongs in breadth, but is of an irregular figure. It contains more than 500 houses, besides cottages occupied by Negroes. Whilst in possession of the French it contained upwards of 1000 houses. Lat. 15° 17' n. long. 61° 27' w.]

ROSEAUX, a city of the island St. Domingo, in the part of the French, and on the w. coast. It enters the sea between Cape San Marcos and the Trou Forbán.

ROSEAUX, another, a small river of the province and colony of N. Carolina; which runs s. and enters that of Cumberland.

ROSEAUX, another, also small, in the same province as the former; which runs e. and enters the Conhaway.

ROSEAUX, another, of the province and colony of S. Carolina; which runs s. and enters the Trente Milles.

ROSEAUX, a port of the island of Martinique, on the s. e. coast, between the ports Robert and François at its entrance is a great sand-bank.

ROSENDO, a fort of the kingdom of Chile, built by the Spaniards in the country of the Araucanos Indíans, on the shore of the river Biobio, to restrain those infidels; but who burnt and destroyed it in 1601.

[ROSEWAY, Port, a populous sea-port town, on the s. e. coast of Nova Scotia, n. e. by e. of Cape Negro and Harbour.]

ROSEWAY Island lies at the mouth of Port Wager, on the s. e. coast of Nova Scotia.]

[ROSIA, Cape, in Penobscot Bay, district of Maine.]

[ROSIERS, Cape, the s. limit of the mouth of the river St. Lawrence; from whence it is 96 miles across to the n. shore, measuring by the w. end of the island of Anticosti. This is the easternmost point of the district of Gaspee, in Lower Canada. It has Florell Isle and Cape Gaspee on the s. Lat. 48° 56′ n. long. 64° 5' w.]

[ROSSIGNOL, Port, on the s. coast of Nova Scotia, a harbour to the s. w. of Port de l'Heve.] [ROSSIGNOL, a considerable lake in Nova Scotia, between Liverpool and Annapolis. The Indians say it is the main source of Liverpool and Petit Rivers. It has been a place of resort for the Indians, on account of the favourable hunting grounds upon it.]

[ROTTERDAM, or ANAMOCOE ISLE, one of the Friendly Islands, situate on the n. of Amsterdam Isle; remarkable for its fertility and the peaceable disposition of the inhabitants.] [ROTTERDAM, NEW, a new settlement on the n. side of Oneida Lake, in the state of New York.}

ROTUNDA, a small island of the N. Sea, three leagues to the e. of Granada; one of the smaller Antilles, and the fifth of the Granadillas. It is from s. to n. desert and uncultivated, and in lat. 11° 56′n.

ROVANIBO, a small river of the province of Guayana, in the French part; called also Karova, or Karovabo.

ROUGE, or RED, a large and abundant river of the province and government of Louisiana in N. America. It rises in the province of New Mexico, n. e. of Santa Fé, runs s. e. and, collect

ing the waters of another river, turns its course s. to the settlement and fort of Natchitoches, when it inclines again to s. e. forms various lakes and islands, and turning to e. enters, much enlarged, into the Mississippi. [It is so called from its waters being of a red colour, and said to tinge those of the Mississippi in the time of the floods. It rises in New Mexico, its length in a straight line is about 730 miles, joins the Mississippi 106 miles above New Orleans, 56 miles below Fort Rosalie; 30 miles from its mouth it receives Noir, or Black River. Near 104 miles up Rouge River the French had a considerable post called Natchitoches, already mentioned, and which was a frontier to the Spanish settlements, being 20 miles from Fort Adayes. Some further description of this river may be found under the article RED, which is the more proper name.]

ROUGE, another, a small river, in Canada, which runs s. w. and enters Lake Superior by the e. part.

ROUGE, another, also small, of the same province as the former. It runs s. in the territory of the Araucanos Indians, and enters the St. Lawrence.

ROUGE, another, a small river, of the island Martinique; which runs n. e. and enters the sea between those of Capot and Grand Ance.

ROUGE, a settlement and parish of the island St. Domingo, in the part possessed by the French; on the n. coast, and on the shore of the Bay of Manzanillo.

ROUGE, a small island, near the s. coast of the island of Newfoundland, in the interior of Plaisance, or Placentia Bay.

ROUGE, a port in the same coast as the former island, and within the same bay.

ROUGE, a small island in the river St. Lawrence of Canada; opposite the mouth of the river Saguenay.

ROUGE, a cape or point of land of the s. coast of Newfoundland; and one of those forming the entrance of Plaisance, or Placentia Bay.

ROUGE, another cape, in the same island and on the e. coast; between Cape Noir and the Torbay.

ROUND, one of the small Virgin Isles, in the N. Sea; n. of Ginger Island, and s. of the cluster of isles called Old Jerusalem: in lat, 18° 10′n. long. 62° 52′ w.

[ROUND Bay, a fine bay, with good anchorage, situate on the w. side of the island of St. Lucia, in the W. Indies.]

[ROUND, Cape, on the coast of Labrador in N.America.]

[ROUND Heads, Indians inhabiting on Riviere aux Tetes Bowles, or Round Head River, in N. America. Warriors, 2000.]

[ROUND Island, a small island on the coast of W. Florida, lies five miles n. from, and opposite to, the middle of Horn Island, and is well timbered.]

[ROUND Rock, one of the Virgin Islands, n. of Ginger Island.]

[ROWAN, one of the most populous counties of N. Carolina, in Salisbury district; bounded n. by Iredell, and s. by Cabarrus. It contains 15,828 inhabitants, including 1742 slaves.] [ROWE, a township in the n. w. corner of Hampshire County, Massachusetts; bounded n. by the state of Vermont, and 130 miles n. w. of Boston. It is watered by Deerfield River, and contains 443 inhabitants.]

[ROWLEY, a township of Massachusetts, Essex County, having Newbury on the n. e. and contains two parishes, besides a society of Anabaptists. The inhabitants, 1772 in number, are mostly farmers. Near its bounds with Newbury some specimens of black lead have been discovered, and it is thought there is a considerable body of it, which may be hereafter an object of consequence. It is five or six miles n. by w. of Ipswich, and 24 n. by e. of Boston, and was incorporated in 1639.]

ROXAS, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Coquimbo in the kingdom of Chile; on the shore of the river Limary.

[ROXAS, a fort of the province and government of Buenos Ayres, situate near the river Arecife, about 120 miles w. of Buenos Ayres: lat. 34° 11' 30's. long. 60° 59′ 50′′ w.]

[ROXAS, HAITE DE, the heights in the district of Bayaguana, in the middle of the e. part of the island of St. Domingo, are so called. Here Valverde saw, after having long sought for it in vain, a little quadruped, which in form and size resembled a sucking pig of a fortnight old, except that its snout was a little longer; it had but very little hair, which was as fine as that of the dogs called Chinese. The town of Bayaguana is about four leagues s. e. by e. of Baya. [ROXBOROUGH, a township of Pennsylvania, situate in Philadelphia County.]

[ROXBURY, a pleasant town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, one mile s. w. of Boston. The township is now divided into three parishes, and was settled in 1630. In the three parishes are 2226 inhabitants. The first parish in this town has lately been connected with Boston Harbour by a canal. The Rev. John Elliot, the

apostle of the Indians, was the first minister who settled here. He translated the Bible and other pious books into the Indian language, and founded many religious societies among the Indians. Those of Natick and Mashpee, few in number, remain to this day. He died in 1670, after being pastor 60 years.]

[ROXBURY, a township in the w. part of Orange County, Vermont, having only 14 inhabitants.]

[ROXBURY, a township of Morris County, New Jersey, on Musconecunk River, 25 miles from its confluence with the Delaware, and 38 miles n. of Trenton. Near it is a mineral spring.]

ROXO, Cape, of the coast of the province and alcaldía mayor of Tampico in Nueva España. Opposite the island of Lobos, and 50 leagues from the port of Vera Cruz.

Roxo, another cape or point of land, on the n. coast of the island St. Domingo, between Port Caballo and the Pan Marmouset.

Roxo, another, which looks to s. s. e. of the island of San Juan de Puertorico, opposite the isle of Desecho.

Roxo, a river of the province and government of Louisiana in N. America; which runs e. and enters the Mississippi.

ROXON, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; near the coast, and between the settlements of Tubara and Usacusi.

ROY, a small river of the island of Martinique; which runs w. and enters the sea between the settlement of Precheur and the river of Ford de Canauville.

Roy, a small river of the province and government of Paraguay; which runs e. and enters the Paraná, on the side of the river Japeribuy.

ROYAL, CUL DE SAC, a large, handsome, and convenient bay of the island Martinique the best in the island, and on the shore of which stands the capital.

ROYAL, an island of the river St. Lawrence, in Canada; 60 miles from Lake Ontario. It is of a very fertile territory, and produces grain in abundance. It has a strong castle, which was built by the French, when it was taken by the English commanded by General Amherst in 1760, after a two-days' siege.

[ROYAL Bay, is a short distance to the e. southerly of Boon's Point, at the n. part of the island of Antigua in the W. Indies.]

ROYAL Island, one of the Bahama Islands, in which there is a very secure harbour for small vessels. It is on the s. side of the island upon

which there are a few settlers. Royal Island lies to the e. of Egg Island, n. w. from New Providence.

[ROYAL's River, in Cumberland County, Maine, empties into Casco Bay, in the township of North Yarmouth.]

[ROYALTON, a township in Windsor County, Vermont, n. w. of Hartford, on White River, and contains 748 inhabitants.]

[ROYALSTON, a township of Massachusetts, Worcester, 35 miles n. w. by n. of Worcester, and 60 n. w. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1665, and contains 1130 inhabitants. Miller's River runs through this town from the e.]

RUALLAGA, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, contains 132 families of Indians dedicated to the labour and cultivation of maize, and is two leagues e. of its capital.

RUAN, a settlement of the province of Ostimuri, on the shore of the coast of the Gulf of California.

[RUATAN, an island in the Bay of Honduras. See ROATAN.]

RUBIO, a river of the province and government of Venezuela in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It laves the country of the ancient nation of the Ziparas, runs e. and enters the sea in the Gulf of Venezuela by the w. part, opposite the island of Las Palomas, n. n. w. of Maracaibo.

RUBIO, another, a small river, in the province and government of Tucumán and kingdom of Peru. It runs e. and enters the Paraguay or Paraná, between the Blanco and the Gomez.

RUĆA, a small river of the province and government of Venezuela in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises to the e. of the city of Coro, runs n. forming a curve, and enters the sea between the port of this city and the river Guaique.

RUCANA, an ancient province of Peru, to the n. of Cuzco: it was bounded e. by the province of Apucará, and s. by that of Hatun-rucana: conquered and united to the empire by Inca Capac-Yupanqui, fifth emperor.

RUCARADAS, a settlement of the province and captainship of Pará in Brazil; on the shore of the river of Dos Bocas, near its entrance into that of Las Amazonas.

RUCUE, a small river of the island of Laxa in the kingdom of Chile; which runs n. n. w. and enters the river Laxa. On its shore, at its source, a town is begun to be founded.

[RUGELEY'S Mills, in S. Carolina, are about 10 miles n. of Camden, near the westernmost

branch of Lynche's Creek. Here General Greene retreated in May, 1781, to wait for reinforcements after his repulse at Camden, and to prevent supplies reaching it.]

[RUISSEAU, Grand, a settlement on the e. side of the river Mississippi, and in the N.W.Territory, which, with the villages of St. Philip and Prairie-du-Rochers, contained, in 1792, 240 inhabitants.]

[RUM KEY, one of the Bahama Islands, situate about eight or nine leagues e. from the n. end of Long Island, and 10 n. from Great Harbour in the latter island. It is at present under cultivation, and the acres of patented estates granted by the crown for this purpose previously to May, 1803, amounted to 11,738.]

RUMENA, a point on the coast of the kingdom of Chile; between the point of Canero and that of Lavapié.

RUMFORD, a town of the province and colony of Hampshire; [now known by the name of Concord; which see.]

RUMIBAMBA. See RUMI-PAMPA.

RUMICHACA, an abundant river of the province and corregimiento of Pastos in the kingdom of Quito. It rises near the settlement of Chiles, runs e. and turning n. enters the Grande de Patia. See HUAITARA.

RUMINAVI, a lofty mountain of the province and kingdom of Quito, to the s. of the mountain of Ichubamba, and n. w. of that of Sincholagua. It is almost entirely covered with snow, and has the name of Rumiñavi, from a general of the Inca Atahualpa, emperor of Peru, and king of Quito, the same general having been assisted by Quizquiz in the command of the Indian armies; and it is asserted by the Indians, that the chief hid all his treasures in this mountain on hearing of the arrival of the Spaniards. This mountain, which is a volcano, is in lat. 28' s.

RUMI-PAMPA, a large and beautiful Hanura, being part of that of Añaquito, near the city of Quito. It is studded with vast stones thrown upon it by the irruption of the volcano of Pichinche.

[RUMNEY, or ROMNEY, a township of New Hampshire; situate in Grafton County, on a n. branch of Baker's River, about seven or eight miles n. w. of Plymouth, on the w. side of the Pemigewasset. It was incorporated in 1767, and contains 411 inhabitants.]

RUMOS, a barbarous nation of Indians of the province and country of Las Amazonas, who dwell to the s. e. of the river Aguarico, in the woods close upon its banks. They are at con