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toes. Here is a very beautiful lake and an agree able valley. The river of Port Royal runs 15 miles to the n. of the Mayo, with a good entrance, having 17 feet of water. The port is large, convenient, and secure for vessels, and runs up into a tract of country extremely pleasant and fertile, and certainly preferable to the other parts of Carolina. The river is divided into various branches: the port is 180 miles from the city of the Spaniards, San Agustin.

[Greenville is situated in the n. w. corner of the state; bounded e. by Spartanburg county, in Pinckney district; s. by Pendleton; w. by the state of Georgia, and that tract of country which the state of S. Carolina ceded to the United States; and n. by the state of N. Carolina. It contains 6503 inhabitants, of whom 606 are slaves. Taxes, 1921. 6s. 8d. The lands are mountainous and hilly, and well watered, and the climate healthy and agreeable.]

[GREENVILLE, a post-town of S. Carolina, and chief town of Cheraws district; situated on the w. side of Great Pedee river, in Darlington county. It contains about 30 houses, a court-house, goal, and academy. It is 55 miles e. n. e. of Camden, 78 n. e. by e. of Columbia, 107 n. by e. of Charlestown.]

GREENVILLE, another county of the above province, in the n. part; divided in some degree from Virginia by the river Roanoke: by this river there is a communication with the sea.

[GREENVILLE, a post-town, and the chief town of Pitt county, N. Carolina; situated on the s. bank of Tar river, distant from Ocrecock inlet 110 miles. It contains about 50 houses, a court-house and goal; also a seminary of learning, called the Pitt Academy. It is 17 miles from Washington, 22 miles from Tarborough, and 65 e. by s. of Raleigh.]

[GREENVILLE, a small post-town in Greene county, in the state of Tennessee; situated on the z. side of the n. easternmost branch of Nolachucky river, about six miles n. by e. of Greenville college, 26 miles n. w. of Jonesborough, 66 e, by n. of Knoxville.]

[GREENVILLE, a fort and settlement in the N. W. territory, on the s. side of a n. w. branch of the Great Miami, six miles n. a. of fort Jefferson on the same branch, and about 23 miles s. e. of fort Recovery. It is a picketed fort, with bastions at each angle, and capacious enough to accommodate 2000 men. Here the American legion had their head-quarters in the late war with the Indians. It was established by the late Major-general A. Wayne in 1793, and here he concluded a treaty of peace

with the Indian nations, on the 3d of August 1795.]

[GREENVILLE BAY, or LA BAY, a town and port of entry on the e. or windward side of the island of Granada. It has about 60 dwellinghouses, a church, and several rich stores of Indian and European goods, and plantation utensils. The situation is low, and rather unhealthy.]

[GREENWICH, a township in Hampshire county, Massachusetts, incorporated in 1754, contains 1045 inhabitants, It is 20 miles e. of Northampton, and 75 w. of Boston.]

[GREENWICH, a township, the second in rank, in Gloucester county, New Jersey; situated on the e. bank of Delaware river, opposite to fort Mifflin, three miles n. by e. of Woodbury, and six s. e. of Philadelphia.]

[GREENWICH, a township in Sussex county, New Jersey, on the e. side of Delaware river, in a mountainous country, about five miles n. e. of Easton, in Pennsylvania, and 31 s. w. of Newton, the shire town. It contains 2035 inhabitants, of whom 64 are slaves.]

[GREENWICH, a town in Cumberland county, New Jersey, on the n. w. bank of Colanzy creek, about three miles from its mouth in Delaware bay. Here are about 80 houses, and a Friends meetinghouse. It is 15 miles s. e. of Salem, and 30 s. by w. of Philadelphia.]

[GREENWICH, a maritime township in Fairfield county, Connecticut, and the s. westernmost of the state, lies about 50 miles w. of New Haven, and 40 e. of New York city. Its sea-coast on Long Island sound, and that of the township of Stamford on the e. has a number of isles and rocks bordering the inlets of the sea and mouths of the creeks. Byram river passes through this town, the largest of the small streams which water it, and only noticeable as forming part of the line between Connecticut and New York. This tract was purchased of the native Indians in 1640, and settled under the government of the New Netherlands, (now New York) and was incorporated by Peter Stuyvesant in 1665, who was then governor of the New Netherlands. This town falling within the bounds of Connecticut, was afterwards granted to eight persons by that colony.]

[GREENWICH, in Rhode Island. See EAST GREENWICH.]

[GREENWOOD, a township in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. Also, a township in Mifflin county in the same state.]

[GREEN-WOODS, a vast forest of stately pines in Litchfield county, Connecticut, which cover the face of a part of that county. These are clothed

in green bearded moss, which being pendant from the boughs, screens many of the trees from the eyes, and gives to the whole a gloomy, wild, and whimsical appearance.]

GREGORIA, CAPILLA DEL DONA, a settle ment of the province and government of Tucumán, in the district and jurisdiction of the city of Córdoba, on the shore of the river Segundo.

GREGORIO, S. a settlement of the head settle ment of Uruapán, and alcaldía mayor of Vallado lid, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán. It abounds particularly in pastures for large cattle, its territory being fertilized by an abundant stream, in which are caught many fish; although the inhabitants are few, owing to an epidemic disorder which carried off the greater part. This settlement is 18 leagues to the s. of its head settlement. GREGORIO, S. another settlement, that was held by the missions of the company of the Jesuits in the province of Topia, and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya.

GREGORIO, S. a bay on the n. coast of the straits of Magellan, between the point of Nuestra Señora de Gracia and the bay of the Eleven Thousand Virgins. It was taken possession of by Pedro Sarmiento, for the 13th time, for the king of Spain. GREGORIO, S. a cape or point of land on the const of the same straits of Magellan, one of those which form the above bay.

[GREGSTOWN, a village in Somerset county, New Jersey, on the e. side of Millstone river, six miles n. e. of Princeton, and about nine s. w. of New Brunswick.]

[GRENADA. See GRANADA.]

[GRES, CAPE AU, a promontory on the e. side of the Mississippi in the N. W. territory, eight leagues above the Illinois river; and the tract of country so called extends five leagues on that river. There is a gradual descent back to the delight ful meadows, and to beautiful and fertile uplands, watered by several rivulets, which fall into the Illinois river, between 30 and 40 miles from its entrance into the Mississippi, and into the latter at Cape au Gres. The distance from the Missisippi to the Illinois, across the country, is lessened or increased according to the windings of the former river; the smallest distance is at Cape au Gres, and there it is between four and five miles. The lands in this intermediate space between the above two rivers are rich, almost beyond parallel, covered with large oaks, walnut, &c. and not a stone to be seen, except upon the sides of the river. If settlements were begun here, the French inhabitants acknowledge that the Spanish settlements on the other side of the Missisippi would be abandoned;

as the former would excite a constant succession of settlers, and intercept all the trade of the Upper Mississippi.]

GRIEGO, JUAN, a port of the island Margarita, on the n. coast.

GRIFFIN, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes; situate on the e. coast, on the s. side.

GRIFFIN, a bay on the coast of the river St. Lawrence, of the province of Nova Scotia or Acadia, between cape Des Rosiers and the river Renard.

GRIND, a rocky shoal or isle near the coast of Nova Scotia, within the great bay of Fundy, and in its most interior part.

GRISIN, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes; situate on the s. coast.

GRISON, a small island of the N. sea, one of the Granadillas. It lies between that of Diamante and that of Carivacou, and is desert through drought.

GRITA, a city of the government of Maracaibo, in the kingdom of Tierra Firme, founded by Francisco de Cáceres in 1576, with the dedicatory title of Espiritu Santo and the name of Grita, this having been given to it by the natives in their battles. It was at first the head of the government; is of a very mild and healthy temperature. It used to produce abundance of cacao, which was the most prized of any in the kingdom for its fine flavour; but the greater part of the estates are at the present day destroyed, through the continual invasions of the Motilones Indians. Some cacao is, nevertheless, still found here, with great quantities of sugar, this being the principal branch of commerce. merce. It also abounds in tobacco, maize, potat toes, garvanzos, figs, apples, vegetables, and an infinite variety of fruits. Here are large breeds of cattle of every kind, particularly in those places called the Pregonero and La Lobatera. It has a convent of monks of the order of San Francisco; and in its district are mines of copper, which are not worked, and of a blue stone in high request by painters. It lies between Pamplona and Merida, in the royal road, 67 miles from the former, and 46 from the latter. Lat. 7° 58' n. Long. 71° 39′ w.

GRITA, a river of the former province and government. It rises opposite the city, and runs n.w. in a serpentine course until it enters the Sulia. It has a wharf, named San Faustino, for merchandize.

GRIXALVA, a large river of the province and government of Tabasco in Nueva España, thus called from having been first discovered by Juan de Grixalva.

GROIS, an island near the e. coast of the island

of Newfoundland, between the islands of Fichot and Belleisle.

GRONDEN, an island of the N. sea, near the coast of Guayana, opposite the island of Maraca, close to the cape Del Norte.

[GROS MORNE stands in the middle of the n. peninsula of the island of St. Domingo, between the mountain and the head waters of a river which falls into the sea four leagues to the n. and a league and a half w. of Port de Paix. It is equally distant, 11 leagues, n. e. of point Paradise, and n. w. of Les Gonaives. Lat. 19° 46′ n. Long. 75° 13' w. from Paris.

GROTES, SAN JUAN DE, a settlement of the head settlement of Amuzgos, and alcaldía mayor of Xicayan, in Nueva España. It contains 28 families of Indians, who employ themselves in the culture and commerce of cotton, vainilla, and tobacco. It is 22 leagues w. by n. of its head settlement. [GROTON, a township in Caledonia county, in Vermont, is situated w. of, and adjoining to Ryegate township on Connecticut river, and nine miles n.w, of Stephen's fort on that river. It contains 45 inhabitants.]

[GROTON, a township in Middlesex county, Massachusetts, 25 miles n. w. of Boston, and contains 1840 inhabitants.

[GROTON, a township in New London county, Connecticut, having Fisher's Island sound on the s. and Thames river on the w. which separates it from New London, to which it formerly belonged. It was incorporated in 1705, and consists of two parishes, containing 3946 inhabitants. In 1770, there were 140 Indians here; 44 of whom could read, and 17 were church members. On a height, on the bank of the Thames, opposite New London city, stood fort Griswold, memorable for being stormed on the 6th of September 1781, by Benedict Arnold, a native of Connecticut, after he had become a traitor to his country. Here 70 men, the flower of the town, were put to the sword, after they had surrendered themselves prisoners. The compact part of the town was burnt at the same time, and sustained losses to the amount of 23,2171. Fort Griswold defends the harbour of New London.]

[GROVE Point forms the n. side of the mouth of Sassafras river, in Chesapeak bay, five miles s. s. w. of Turkey point.]

[GROVET's Creek, in the state of Tennessee, lies seven miles from King's spring, and two from the foot of Cumberland mountain.

[GRYALVA, a river in the province of Chiapa in New Spain, which is said to breed certain amphibious beasts not to be found in any other

place. They resemble monkeys, and are spotted like tigers; they hide themselves generally under water, and if they see any man or beast swim by, they twist their tails about a leg or arm to draw them to the bottom; and yet it has never been observed that they eat them.]

[GRYSON, a new county of Virginia, taken fin Montgomery, which bounds it on the n. It has the state of N. Carolina s.; Henry and Wythe counties on the e. and w.]

GUABA, a settlement of Hispaniola or St. Domingo; situate in a valley which gives it its name: bounded w. by the settlement of Inojuelo, and watered by the river Bayala, which passes through it.

GUABA, a river of the same island and valley, on the n. coast. It runs w. and enters the Guatemú. GUABA, another, a small river in the same island, distinct from the former, but of the same name. It rises very near the n. coast, runs n. and enters the Jaques or Santiago, a little before this runs into the sea, near the mountain Christi.

GUABATA, a small settlement of the corregi miento of the city of Velez in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; annexed to the curacy of Popaba. Its population is very small, comprising about 40 Indians. Its temperature is hot, and its productions few.

GUABIARE, a large and navigable river of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises in the paramos or mountains of Santa Fé, runs through the llanos of San Juan, collecting in its course the waters of the Tellas, Anari, Ariari, Ichucha, Guamuca, Guarisuveni, and various other smaller streams, and then enters in a large body into the Orinoco, first forming an island called Amanabeni. On its borders dwell some barbarous nations of Indians. Its mouth into the Orinoco is in lat. 4° 18' n. n. Long. 68° 12' w.

GUABIS, a river of the province and government of Paraguay. It rises near the settlement of Santa Ana in the country of the Chiquitos Indians, runs e. and spreads itself into some pools, which are equally replenished by the river Paraguay: from these rivers and the continual inundations, is also formed the great lake of Los Xareyes; on the shore of which are to be seen the ruins of a settlement or ancient establishment, and towards the n. is the reduccion of S. Rafael, being a conversion of the Guaranies Indians, transported thither by the regulars of the company of Jesuits, in 1701.

GUACA, a settlement of the jurisdiction and government of Pamplona in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a cold temperature; but in its district are found hot climates, and it is not with

out the productions peculiar to one and the other temperature; such as wheat, maize, papas, beans, tares, onions, plantains, and sugar-cane. It contains 100 Indians, and more than 200 white inhabitants. It is 24 leagues s. e. of Pamplona.

GUACA, an ancient province in the kingdom of Quito, between the settlements of Ipiales and of Chiles to the n. and of Angel to the s. the mountain of Chitalson to the w. and an unknown country to the e. At the present day it forms part of the corregimiento of the town of Ibarra. Its climate is somewhat cold, and the roads are rough and craggy. Here grows a plant called fraylejones, which burns the soles of the feet. Some vestiges are still remaining of an open passage made through the middle of the mountains by the Inca Huaina Capac, who conquered the province, and fixed in it the n. limits of the monarchy of Peru. Mr. de la Martiniere speaks of a natural bridge found upon the river Guaitará, and which he affirms the Indians call in their language Lumichaca: it ought, however, to be Rumi-chaca,since rumi and not lumi signifies stone.

GUACA, another, a small province n. of Antioquia, from whence it is distant 35 leagues, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It was discovered and subjected by the Mariscal George Robledo in 1542. It is of a healthy climate, and full of mountains and woods; in the which are many gold mines not worked for want of hands, the province being depopulated and uncultivated.

GUACA, an artificial mountain made by hand, of a conical figure, by the Indians in the time of their gentilism, and used by them as a burying place, where they had a custom of depositing with the corpse all the jewels and riches that belonged to the person whilst living. This account excited the avarice of the Spaniards, who set about opening the mountain in various parts, when some had the good luck, indeed, to find considerable wealth, whilst others only spent their fortunes in fruitless attempts: for the Indians noting the greediness of the Spaniards, hewed out several parts of the mountain, so as to resemble these receptacles of wealth; and so diligent were they in this practice, that a Spaniard might be at the trouble of opening thirty different parts before he found one to reward him for his labour. These places are called guacas, and the part where they are found in the greatest numbers is in the territory of Cayambe in the kingdom of Quito.

GUACA,a valley of the province and government of Antioquia in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is at the foot of the mountains of Abide.

GUACABA, a small isle of the N. sea, near the coast of this rhumb of the island of Cuba. GUACAI, a small river of the province and government of Paraguay, which enters the Paraná, between those of Capivari and Pirapopa.

GUACAIGAZU, a river of the same province and government as the former. It runs n. n. e. and enters the river Grande, of the province and captainship of Rey in Brasil.

GUACAI-MINI, a river of the same province and government as the former, and running to the same rhumb. It also enters the Rio Grande.

GUACALCO, a settlement of the head settlement of Yautepec, and alcaldía mayor of Cuernavaca, in Nueva España.

GUACALERA, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán, in the district of the city of Xuxuy; situate on the shore of the river Laquiaca.

GUACAMAYAS, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a mild temperature, and produces all kinds of fruits; contains 100 housekeepers and 50 Indians; and is 32 leagues n. e. of its capital.

GUACAMAYO, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquia in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate in the serranias of Guamoco, on the shore of a river.

GUACAMAYOS, Port of the, in the bay of Tolú, of the province and government of Cartagena. It is large, convenient, and secure, and one of the constant places of resort for vessels of contraband traders.

GUACANA, a settlement of the head settlement, and alcaldía mayor of Cinagua, in Nueva España. It contains 22 families of Indians, who employ themselves in breeding of large cattle and sowing maize. It is 10 leagues to the n. of its capital.

GUACAPA, a settlement of the province and alcaldía mayor of Suchitepéc in the kingdom of Guatemala; situate on the coast of the S. sea, e. of the port of Acazutla.

[GUACARAS, a settlement of Indians, of the province and government of Buenos Ayres; situate on a branch of the Parana, about 10 miles e. of Corrientes. Lat. 27° 27′ 31′′ s. Long. 58° 35' 12" w.]

GUACARES, a barbarous nation of Indians, inCARES, habiting the woods at the source of the river Cunuris. They are but little known; bounded by the country of the Amazonas: and it is said of them, that once a year they pay these women a visit; and leaving them pregnant, return back

again to their own country, when, should the progeny in the next year prove to be males, they take them with them, leaving the females to their mothers. With regard to this practice, which we account fabulous, see what is further said in article MARANON.

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

GUACARUGAI, a settlement of the province and government of Buenos Ayres; situate on the shore of the river Quaquacuyuti.

GUACASMA, a large and beautiful bay of the coast of the N. sea, in the province and government of Atacames or Esmeraldas, in the kingdom of Quito.

[GUACASMA, a cape or point of land in the province of Raposo, in the kingdom of Quito. Lat. 2° 29' n. Long. 78° 21' w.]

GUACAYA, a mine of silver, very abundant in former times, and at present abandoned, in the district of the settlement of Sicchos, of the jurisdiction of Tacunga in the kingdom of Quito.

GUACHANAMA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Loxa in the kingdom of Quito.

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

GUACHE, a river of the province and government of Maracaibo in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises s. of the city of Tucuyo, at the foot of the paramo of La Rosa, and running s. with an inclination to s. e. enters the river of La Portuguesa.

GUACHETA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate on a level, of a cold temperature, and near the settlement of Chiquinrá. It produces much wheat, maize, papas, and other fruits of this climate; contains upwards of 300 housekeepers and 180 Indians. Very near it are some exceed ingly lofty rocks, from whence it was a custom to throw down the children that were sacrificed to the sun, and to this luminary a temple was dedicated. When the Spaniards entered this place with Gonzalo Ximinez de Queseda, they named it, it being then very populous, San Gregorio el Magno, from their having arrived at it on the day of this saint, after having endured much from hunger and fatigue. It is 13 miles s. w. of Tunja, and 47 n. by e. from Santa Fé.

GUACHI, or GUABO, a small river of the province and government of Maracaibo in the Nuevo

Reyno de Granada. It rises n. of the city of Merida, between the city and the Great lake, runs n. and empties itself into the lake, opposite the entrance of the same.

GUACHI, a fertile and delightful spot of the province and corregimiento of Ambato in the kingdom of Quito, between its capital and the settlement of Mocha. It produces in abundance French beans of the best quality, the same being much esteemed at Quito.

GUACHINANGO, a settlement and head settlement of the district of the alcaldia mayor of Teguantepeque in Nueva España.

GUACHINERA, a settlement of the missions that were held by the company of Jesuits, in the province and government of La Sonora.

GUACHIPA, a valley of the kingdom of Peru, in the corregimiento of Cercado, three leagues n. e. of Lima. It is large, fertile, and beautiful, and in it are the ruins of an ancient and large town of the Incas.

GUACHIPAI, a small and poor settlement of the jurisdiction of the city of Palma, and corregimiento of Tunja, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; of a hot temperature, and producing the fruits of the same, as also cotton, maize, plantains, and yucas.

GUACHIPE, a river of the province and government of Tucumán; it rises in the monntains of the valley of Calchaqui, runs s. e. and enters the Grande del Salado, between those of Quebrada and De las Piedras.

GUACHI-YACU, a large and abundant stream of the province and government of Mainas in the kingdom of Quito. It rises in the valley of Paute, runs e. s. e. irrigating the country and territory of the Xibaros Indians, and enters by the w. shore into the river Morona, in lat. 3° 37' s. and long. 76° 57' w.

GUACHO, or HUACHO, a port of the S. sea, on сно, the coast of Peru, between the island of San Martin to the n. and that of Callao to the s. It is small, and of little depth, and to be entered only by small vessels, in lat. 11° 14' s.

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

GUACHUNELA, a settlement of the missions that are held by the religious order of San Francisco, in the province of Taraumara and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya. It is 27 leagues w. s. w. of the real of the mines and town of San Felipe de Chiguagua.

GUACICOS, a barbarous nation of Indians,

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