sword, threw themselves headlong into the sea from this precipice, and miserably perished. A beautiful young girl, of 12 or 13 years of age, who was taken alive, became the object of dispute between two of the French officers, each claiming her as a lawful prize, when a third of those white savages put an end to the contest, by shooting the girl through the head.].

SAUVEUR, S. a fort of the English in the province and colony of Sagadahook, on the shore of the Bay of Penobscot, and entrance or mouth of the river Casteens.

SAUWANOUS, a settlement of Indians of the province and colony of S. Carolina, near the river Cousas.

[SAWYER'S Ferry, a small post-town of N. Carolina, 14 miles from Nixonton, 10 from Indiantown, and 482 from Philadelphia, including the windings of the roads.]

[SAWYER'S, or AFFERADORES, Island, on the w. coast of Mexico; is of a small size, and has on its s. e. side a small creek of its name, which boats can only enter at high water. It is 12 miles from the bar of Realejo.]

[SAXAPAHAW, the upper part of the n. w. branch of Cape Fear River in N. Carolina. It is formed by Aramanche and Deep Rivers, and it is said may be made navigable for boats about 50 miles.]

[SAXEGOTHA, a village or settlement in S. Carolina, on the s. bank of Congaree River; about 48 miles n. of Augusta in Georgia.] [SAXTON'S River, in Vermont, empties into the Connecticut at Westminster.]

SAYAN, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Chancay in Peru.

SAYANCA, an ancient province of Peru, comprehended in the province of Chimu, and now in that of Santa. It is one of those which were conquered by Huaina Capac, thirteenth emperor of Peru.

SAYANI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Asangaro in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Sandia in the province of Carabaya. SAYAUSI, a small settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cuenca in the kingdom of Quito; in the vicinity of which is an excellent stone quarry not worked.

[SAYBROOK, a post-town of Connecticut, Middlesex County, on the w. side of Connecticut River, across which is a ferry, on the road leading to New London. It is 22 miles e. of New Haven, and 15 w. of New London. This is the most ancient town in the state, having been set

tled by Mr. Fenwick in 1634, who gave it its present name in honour of Lord Say and Seaf and Lord Brook.]

SAYU, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate to the s. s. w. of the town of San Benito Abad.

SAYULA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Acaponeta. It has a convent of religious of St. Francisco, and is 2 leagues s. of its capital.

SAZEVOUT, Bay of, on the n. e. coast of the island Martinique, between the small river Salee and the point of Housaye.

SCABOUKS, a small island of the N. Sea, on the coast of the province and colony of Georgia, at the mouth of the river Pompon.

SCAL, Bank of, on the w. coast of Nova Scotia, at the same rhumb as is Point Sable.

SCALP, a small river of the province and colony of Virginia in N. America. It runs n. w. and enters the Ohio in the county of Hampshire.

SCAMBAY, or SCAMBAYO, a river of the province and corregimiento of Cicasica in Peru; which rises in a mountain to the e. of the settlement of Caracoto, runs n. and enters the Chuquiabo or La Paz.

SCARBOROUGH, a city and capital of the island of Tobago, one of the Caribes. It was begun to be built in 1763, when this island was ceded by the French to England. It is likely to arrive at a great pitch of excellence.

SCARBOROUGH, a settlement of Indians in the province of Continent, one of those of New England; situate on the coast, between the rivers Saco and Kenebank.

[SCARBOROUGH, a township of the district of Maine; situate in Cumberland County, on the sea-coast, between Pepperelborough and Cape Elizabeth. It was incorporated in 1658; and contains 2235 inhabitants.

[SCARBOROUGH Cove, in the harbour of Chebucto, on the s. coast of Nova Scotia, is on the middle of the w. side of Cornwallis Island. It is five or six furlongs broad, and nearly the same in depth.]

[SCARSDALE, a township in W. Chester County, New York; bounded w. by Bronx River, and s. by the town of E. Chester. It contains 281 inhabitants, of whom 33 are electors. See NEW ROCHELLE.]

[SCATARI, a small uninhabited island, on the e. coast of Cape Breton Island. It is about six miles long and two broad.

It serves as a

shelter to a bay from the e. and s. which lies s. of Miray Bay, called Menadou or Panadou Bay. Lat. 46° n. Long. 59° 36′ w. It was formerly called Little Cape Breton.]

[SCAUYACE, a river of New York, which issues from the n. e. corner of Seneca Lake, and separating the township of Romulus from that of Junius on the n. empties into Cayuga Lake.]

SCHACHTACOOKS, a settlement of Indians of the province and country of the Iroquees Indians in N. America; where the French have a fort and establishment on the shore of the Lake of Iroquees.

[SCHACTECOKE, or SCAGHTIKOKE, a township of New York, in Rensselaer County, lies n. of the township of Rensselaer Wick, on Hudson's River. In 1796, 275 of the inhabitants were electors.]

[SCHLOSSER Fort, or SLUSHER, in the state of New York, is situate on the e. side of Niagara River near the celebrated falls, on the n. bank of a bend of the river, and opposite to the n. w. end of Navy Island.]

[SCHODACK, or SHUDACK, a township in Rensselaer County, New York, taken from Rensselaer Wick township, and incorporated in 1795. It is 14 miles e. of Albany; and, in 1796, there were 377 of its inhabitants electors.]

[SCHOEN-BRUNN, or the "BEAUTIFUL SPRING, one of the easternmost settlements of the Moravians, on Muskingum River. See GNADENHUTTEN. This settlement of Christian Indians was established in 1772, on a tract of land granted by the Delaware Tribe. In 1775, the chapel, which could contain 500 people, was found too small for the hearers, who came in great numbers. It was situated about 30 miles from Gekelmuckpechuenk, 70 from Lake Erie, and 50 . from Fort M'Intosh. It had a good spring, a small lake, good planting grounds, much game, and every other convenience for the support of an Indian colony. It appears that a large fortified Indian town formerly stood here; some ramparts, and the ruins of three Indian forts, being still visible. The Delawares granted to the Christian Indians all the tract from the entrance of Gekelmuckpechuenk Creek into the Muskingum to Tuscarawi. This thriving settlement was destroyed in 1782, when the Huron Indians carried the inhabitants to Sandusky; and when these peaceable Indians were permitted to return to reap their harvest, they were cruelly butchered by the American settlers, while praising God and forgiving their enemies. Congress granted 4000 acres of land here to the society of the United Bre

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thren, for the purpose of propagating the gospel, on September 3, 1788.]

[SCHOHARIE, a county of New York, taken from those of Albany and Otsego, and incorporated in 1795. The land is variegated with hills; is in general fertile and well watered by Schoharie, Cobus Kill, and several other streams. The county is bounded n. by Montgomery, s. by Ulster, e. by Albany, and w. by Otsego. By a law passed March 17, 1797, this county was divided into the six following towns, viz. Schoharie, Middleberg, Blenheim, Bristol, Cobleskill, and Sharon.]

[SCHOHARIE, the principal town in the above county, is on Schoharie Creek or River, and is one of the wealthiest inland farming towns in the state. The inhabitants are Dutch, and before its division, in 1797, were 2073 in number. It is between 25 and 30 miles w. of Albany.]

[SCHOHARIE River runs with its windings a n. course of about 80 miles from the Kaats' Kill Mountains, and empties into Mohawk River at Fort Hunter. The w. branch of this river is called Cobus Kill. On the e. side of Cobus is the settlement of its name. The towns and settlements on Schoharie were, in 1796, as you proceed from S. to N. Batavia, Fountain's Town, Schoharie, Smith's Town, and Fox Town.]

[SCHOODUCK. See FRENCHMAN'S Bay, and SCOODICK.]

SCHOOGUN, a fall of the river Kenebec, in the province of Hampshire, one of those of New England.

SCHORAGE, a settlement of Indians of the province of Pennsylvania in the United States, on the shore of the e. arm of the river Susquehanna.

SCHUCADERO, a settlement of the province and government of Darien, and kingdom of Tierra Firme, on the e. shore of the mouth or entrance of the river Santa Maria, on an eminence opposite the Gulf of San Miguel. It is thus ventilated by two winds or breezes from the S. Sea, which make it very healthy, and has a stream of pure water, which serves as a place of refreshment to the miners.

[SCHUYLER, Fort, New, in the township of Rome, stands on the w. side of a bend of Mohawk River, about seven miles n. w. of Whitestown.]

[SCHUYLER, Fort, Old, is on the s. side of Mohawk River, four miles e. n. c. of the compact part of Whitestown, and 20 above the German Flats. Here were, in 1796, 35 compact houses, situate partly in each of the townships of Whites3 G

town and Frankfort. In 1790, there were but three small huts here.]

[SCHUYLER, a township of New York, Herkemer County, between Mohawk River and Canada Creek, 20 miles above the town of German Flats. In 1796, according to the state census, it contained 1219 inhabitants, of whom 222 were electors. It was incorporated in 1792. This town was divided by act of the legislature in 1797.]

[SCHUYLER'S Lake, in New York State, is 10 miles w. of Lake Otsego. It is nine miles long, and four or five broad.]

[SCHUYLKILL, a river of Pennsylvania, which rises n. w. of the Kittatinny Mountains, through which it passes into a fine champaign country, and runs, from its source, upwards of 120 miles, with windings in a s. e. direction, and passing through the limits of the city of Philadelphia, falls into the Delaware, opposite Mud Island, six or seven miles below the city. It will be navigable from above Reading, 85 or 90 miles to its mouth, when the canal begun at Norriton is completed. This will pass by the falls, and also form a communication with the Delaware above the city. There are four floating bridges thrown across it, made of logs fastened together, and lying upon the water, in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Little Schuylkill River falls into this river from the n. at Reading. On the head waters of Schuylkill are quantities of coal.]

SCIMIGAEYES. See SEMIGUES.
GAEV

[SCIOTA River, which falls into the Ohio in the territory of the United States, n. w. of the Ohio, is larger than either the Muskingum or Hockhocking, and opens a more extensive navigation. It is passable for large barges for 200 miles by its course, with a portage of only four miles to the Sandusky, a boatable water which falls into Lake Erie. Through the Sandusky and Sciota lies the most common pass from Canada to the Ohio and Mississippi; one of the most extensive and useful communications that are to be found in any country. Prodigious extensions of territory are here connected; and from the rapidity with which the w. parts of Canada, Lake Erie, and the Kentucky countries are settling, we may anticipate an immense intercourse between them. The flour, corn, flax, and hemp, raised for exportation in that great country between the Lakes Huron and Ontario, will find an outlet through Lake Erie and these rivers, or down the Mississippi. The Ohio merchant can give a higher price than those of Que

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bec for these commodities; as they may be transported from the former to Florida and the W. India islands, with less expense, risk, and insurance, than from the latter; while the expense from the place of growth to the Ohio will not be one-fourth of what it would be to Quebec, and much less than even to the Oneida Lake. stream of the Sciota is gentle, no where broken by falls. At some places, in the spring of the year, it overflows its banks, providing for large natural rice plantations. Salt springs, coal mines, white and blue clay, and free-stone, abound in the country adjoining this river. Its mouth is in lat. 38° 24′ n. long. 82° 48′ w. about 300 miles by the course of the Ohio below Pittsburg, and is navigable to its source in canoes.]

[SCIPIO, a post-town of New York, Onondago County, on the e. side of Cayuga Lake, 14 miles s. e. of Geneva, 27 s. w. by w. of Onondago, and 182 n. w. by n. of Philadelphia. This township was incorporated in 1794, and comprehends in its jurisdiction the township of Sempronius, together with that part of the lands reserved to the Cayuga nation of Indians, on the e. side of the Cayuga Lake; s. of a w. line drawn from the s. w. corner of the township of Aurelius, in the e. bounds of the said reservation to the said Cayuga Lake. The county courts of Onondago County are held at Manlius and Scipio alternately. The lands are very fertile. The courts are at present held in the pleasant village of Aurora, on the bank of Cayuga Lake.]

SCIQUITA, a river of the province and country of Las Amazonas; which runs s. through the territory and woods to the n. of the Marañon or Amazon, e. of the settlement of San Ignacio de Pevas; laves the territory of the barbarous nation of Indians, the Yahuas, who dwell in the woods close to its source, and enters the Marañon by the n. part, in lat. 3° 7' s.

[SCITUATE, a township of Massachusetts, on the bay of that name, in Plymouth County, 17 miles s. e. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1637, and contains 2856 inhabitants. Scituate harbour is n. w. of Marshfield Point, and s. s. e. of the Haddock Rock, and about 11 miles 2. of Plymouth, in the direction of the land. A millpond in this town being suddenly drawn off by a breach in the dam, in the winter season, some years ago, exhibited a matter of speculation to many of the inhabitants. The swine of the neighbourhood rooted up house swallows in great quantities, from the spot which the water had left, which they ate greedily. Swallows have been found in several other places; at Egg

Harbour, in New Jersey, in a marshy place, a large cedar being blown down, a vast number of swallows were found in the mud of the root.] [SCITUATE, a township of Rhode Island, Providence County, bestween Foster and Johnston. It contains 2315 inhabitants. It is 27 miles n. w. of Newport, and 16 s. w. by w. of Providence. On the line which separates the town from Kent County, s. is the foundery for cannon and bells, called Hope Furnace.]

[SCOODICK, or SCHUDICK, a river of Washington County, district of Maine. It is properly an arm of the inner bay of Passamaquoddy. De Mons and Champlaine called it Etchemins. Its main source is near Penobscot River, to which the Indians have a communication; the carryingplace across is but three miles. Scoodick lakes lie in a chain between Scoodick and Penobscot rivers.

SCOT, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the jurisdiction and district of the city of Bridgetown.

Scor, another settlement in this island, distinct from the former, and of the same jurisdiction.

[SCOTCH Plains, a village in Essex County, New Jersey, on a n. e. branch of Rariton River, between Westfield and Turkey; 11 miles w. of Elizabeth Town, and as far n. of New Brunswick.]

SCOTLAND. See NOVA SCOTIA.

[SCOTLAND Neck, a village of N. Carolina, where is a post-office. Three hundred and ninetysix English miles, including the windings of the road, from Philadelphia.]

[SCOTLAND River, in the island of Barbadoes, is scarcely deserving notice, otherwise than being almost the only rivulet in the island, except St. Joseph's River, another small brook. It rises in St. Andrew's parish, and falls into Long Bay on the e. side of the island, 24 miles n. w. of St. Joseph's River.]

[SCOTT, a new county of Kentucky.]

SCOTS Bay, on the s. w. coast of the island of Dominica, towards the s. extremity of the island. It lies in St. Martin's parish, having Scots Head on the s. and Vaughan's Point on the n.]

[SCOTS Cove, on the s. w. part of the island of Jamaica.]

[SCOWHEGAN Falls, in Kennebeck River, in the district of Maine, are near the town of Canaan. Boats cannot pass this fall.]

SCRIBAN, a large and handsome port of the e. coast of the isthmus of Panama and kingdom

of Tierra Firme. Its entrance is so full of rocks as to be 'impassable for vessels save with a well practised pilot. [It is three leagues w. of Sanballet Point, and 17 e. of Porto Bello.]

[SCRIVEN, a new county in the lower district of Georgia.]

[SCROON Lake, in the State of New York, lies w. of Lake George, and is a dilatation of the e. branch of Hudson's River. In some maps it is called Scaron. A small but rapid stream enters into it, which, in Montgomery County, runs under a hill, the base of which is 60 or 70 yards diameter, forming a most curious and beautiful arch in the rock, as white as snow. The fury of the water, and the roughness of the bottom, added to the terrific noise within, has hitherto prevented any person from passing through the chasm.]

SCRUB, an island of the N. Sea: one of the small Virgins; w. of the Virgen Gorda, and e. of the n. extremity of Tortola, on which it depends. In long. 62° 57'. lat. 18° 25′.

SCURBY, a small island of the N. Sea, near the e. coast of Newfoundland, at the entrance of Trinity Bay.

[SEA. See MAR.]

SEABROOK, a township of New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, on the road from Portsmouth to Newbury Port; about 16 miles s. of the former, and six n. of the latter. It was formerly part of Hampton; was incorporated in 1768, and contains 715 inhabitants.]

[SEAKONNET Point and Rocks, the s. extremity of the e. shore which forms the entrance of Narraganset Bay, in the state of Rhode Island; about six miles e. s. e. of Newport.]

[SEAL Island, Machias, on the coast of the district of Main. From thence to Grand Manan Island the course is e. n. e. two leagues; and to Matinicus Island w. s. w. 98 miles. Lat. 44° 37′ n. long. 66° 48'w.]

[SEAL River, in New N. Wales, runs e. to Hudson's Bay, into which it empties e. of Moose River.]

[SEA OTTER Sound, on the n. w. coast of N. America, lies s. e. of the Hazy Islands. Lat. 55° 18′ n. long. 133°47′30′′ w.]

SEARA, a province and captainship of the kingdom of Brazil; one of the 14 which is said to compose it bounded w. by the province of Marañan, n. by the Brazilian Sea, e. by the province and captainship of the Rio Grande, and s. by the inaccessible mountains of the Infidel Indians. It is watered by a river of its name, and comprehends two small districts or provinces,

called Dele and Pataguey, which are independent of the Portuguese government, and belong to the Infidel Indians. The climate is hot, but healthy, abounding in cotton, tobacco, Brazil-wood, and much sugar, which is made in its engines.

[This captainship contains about 10,000 souls. It carries on very little commerce. The harbour, which bears the same name, can only be entered by small locks; it is defended by a small fortress, containing a garrison of about 100 or 150 men.]

SEARA. The capital of the same name, is small, and situate on a hill to the right of the port, and near the river. It has united to it a fort, which defends it, and another fort united to the port, with the name of San Lucas; and is at the mouth of a small stream, navigable only for canoes. The port is large, convenient and secure, but of little depth, and consequently fit only for small vessels. [In lat. 3° 31' s. and long. 38° 28′ 38′′w.]

SEARA. The aforesaid river rises in the mountains in the interior of the province, runs n. e. and enters the sea in lat. 3° 30′ s.

[SEARSBURGH, a township of Vermont, Bennington County, 12 miles e. of Bennington.] [SEAVEY's Island. See PASCATAQUA

RIVER.

.SEBACO, a small island of the S. Sea, near the coast of the province and government of Veragua in the kingdom of Tierra Firme, in the Bay of Soledad, and to the s. of the island of La Gobernadora.

[SEBACOOK, or SEBAGO, a pond or lake of the district of Maine, 18 miles n. w. of Portland, is equal in extent to two large townships, and is connected with Long Pond on the n. w. by Sungo, or Songo River. The whole extent of these waters is nearly 30 miles n. w. and s. e.]

SEBALD Isles, in the S. Sea, and Straits of Magellan, discovered by Sebald Waert in 1590, from whom they are named. They are three, disposed in the form of a triangle, the larger being to the s. They shelter the cape of Becerra and the river Santa Cruz. Some geographers have confounded them with the Malvine or Falkland Isles; but they were reconnoitred in 1711 by Mr. Brignon, as lying distant from these, which are to the e. and as being divided from these by a channel of eight or 10 leagues wide. Its situation is in lat. 50° 45′ s.

[We cannot, after great search, find any trace of these islands, and we believe, from the vagueness of their description, that they do not in reality exist.]

SEBARIMA, a small river of the province and government of Cumana in Nueva Andalucia. It runs towards the n. between the rivers Aguirre and Maritore, and enters the Orinsco at its great mouth, called De Navios.

[SEBASCODEAGAN Island. See HARPS

WELL.

[SEBASTACOOK, a river of the district of Maine, that rises in lakes nearly n. from its mouth; and in its windings receives brooks and small streams for the space of 150 miles, including its various windings, and joins the Kennebeck at Taconnet Fall, where Fort Halifax was erected in 1754. The fall is 18 miles from Fort Western, which was built in 1752. Its numerous streams abound with small fish, as alewives, &c.]

SEBASTIAN, S. a city and capital of the province and captainship of Rio Janeyro in Brazil. See JANEYRO.

SEBASTIAN, another city, with the additional title De los Reyes, in the province and government of Venezuela and Nuevo Reyno de Granada, on the n. shore of the river Guarico. It is inhabited, besides the Spaniards, by many people of other casts, some of whom live within the town, and others in the neighbouring fields, where they have their crops of corn, and other seeds, also some sugar plantations, and herds of neat cattle, mules, and horses. The parochial territory, which formerly comprehended a part which was dismembered by the erection of two other parishes, the one in the place of San Juan de los Morros, and the other in the town of San Luis, is 13 leagues long from e. to w. and 11 from n. to S. On the e. with a slight inclination to the n. it is bounded by the settlement of Tacata of the valleys of Tuy, 20 leagues distant, and many serranias intervening; on the w. by the aforesaid new parish of San Juan de los Morros, which is six leagues distant; n. with an inclination to the w. by the settlement of La Victoria, of the vicarage of the valleys of Aragua, 18 leagues distant; s. w. by the settlement of Parapara, 16 leagues distant; and at this rhumb, with an inclination to the e. by the settlement of San Francisco de Cara, eight leagues distant.

This city has, besides the parish church, another small one, with the name of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, and an hospital with the same title. Its population consists of 2907 souls, of whom 722 are whites, and the rest Mulattoes, Indians, and Negroes.

SEBASTIAN, a town of the province of Sonora in Nueva España, situate on the skirt of the