the shore of the St. Lawrence, and opposite the mouth of the river Asuncion. GUILLOU, a small river of the island of St. Christopher, one of the Antilles. It enters the sea on the s. coast, between the river Pentecoste and Marigot bay. [GUILMES, a settlement of Indians of the province and government of Buenos Ayres; situate on the Parana, about 60 miles n. of Buenos Ayres. Lat. 33° 38′ 45′′ s. Long. 58° 16' 50" w.] GUIMEO, GUIMEO, a settlement and head settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Cirandaro in Nueva España, containing 50 families of Indians, and in its dis trict are various estates or farms, with 70 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes. A quarter of a league from its capital. GUINAPARE, a province but little known, being part of that of Coropa, to the n. of the Marañon. Inhabited by many barbarous nations, and said to be very rich in gold mines. It belongs to the Portuguese and to the captainship of Gran Pará, has a river of the same name which irrigates it, and which enters by the n. into the Marañon. Forty-five miles before the mouth of this river, on the e. shore, the Portuguese had a fort called El Destierro, which is at present abandoned. GUINATINGA, a small river of the province of Charcas, which enters the Paraná near the settlement of Santo Tomas, of the missions which were held by the Jesuits. GUINCHOS, CAYO DE, a small isle near the coast of the island of Cuba, is just where, in 1714, the ship San Juan of the windward armada was lost. GUINEA, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquía in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate on the shore of the river Nechi. GUINEA. See GUAYANA. [GUINET, a township in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. GUINIME, a river of the province and government of Guayana in N. America. It rises in the interior of its serrania, and after a short course incorporates itself with the Guarrapiche. GUION, an island of the N. sea, near the coast of Acadia. GUIONES, CABO DE, a cape on the coast of the province and government of Costarica in the S. sea, between cape Blanco and the Morro Hermano. · GUIPUNABIS, a barbarous nation of Caribes Indians, who dwell in the woods close by the river Negro. They are but little known. VOL. II. GUIRION, a settlement of the province and government of Guayana, founded by the governor Don Manuel Centurion, who gave it this name in honour of the viceroy of Santa Fé, Don Manuel Guirior, with the title of city. It lies at the sources of the Paraba, and at the entrance or mouth of the river Parabamuxi. GUIRIPA, a river of the province and go. vernment of Guayana, which enters the Meta, according to the map and description of Mr. Bellin. GUIRIRI, a small river of the province and captainship of Para in Brazil. It rises between the rivers Negro and Cariai, runs n. and turning its course to the n. n. e. enters the Xingú. GUISVANI, a settlement and real of silver mines, of the province and government of Sonora. GUITEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España, with 35 families of Indians. Eight leagues to the e. of its capital. GUITIGUITI, a settlement of the island of Jamaica; situate on the s. coast. GUITZO, a settlement of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Guejolotitlan, in the province and bishopric of Oaxaca in Nueva España. GUIZINCLAN, a settlement of the head settlement of Mazatepec, and alcaldía mayor of Cuernavaca, in Nueva España; situate a little to the w. of the royal road which leads from Acapulco to Mexico. It is of an extremely hot temperature, and contains 40 families of Indians, who live by the commerce of fruits, which they cultivate, as also by fishing for bagres in a river which runs in its vicinity. They likewise gain something by the passing of merchants and tra vellers going to Acapulco. [Lat. 18° 37' n. Long. 99° 21w.] GUJABENO, a river of the province and government of Mainas and kingdom of Quito. Rising in the limits of the province of Quixos, it runs e. and enters the Aguarico. [GULF OF FLORIDA, or NEW BAHAMA Channel, is bounded on the w. by the peninsula of E. Florida, and on the e. by the Bahama islands. It is generally about 40 miles wide, and extends from the 25th to the 28th deg. of n. latitude.] [GULF Stream. This remarkable phenomenon is a current in the ocean, which runs along the coast, at unequal distances from cape Fo ida to the isle of Sables and the banks of Newfoundland, where it turns off, and runs down through the Western islands; thence to the coast of Africa, and G G along that coast in a s. direction till it arrives at, and supplies the place of, those waters carried by the constant trade-winds from the coast of Africa towards the w.; thus producing a constant circulating current. This stream is about 75 miles from the shores of the s. states, and the distance increases as you proceed n. The width of it is about 40 or 50 miles, widening towards the n. Its common rapidity is three miles an hour. An. e. wind narrows the stream, renders it more rapid, and drives it nearer the coast: n. w. and w. winds have a contrary effect. The Gulf stream is supposed to be occasioned by the trade-winds, that are constantly driving the water to the w. which being compressed in the gulf of Mexico, finds a passage between Florida and the Bahama islands, and runs to the n. e. along the American coast. This hypothesis is confirmed by another fact. It is said that the water in the gulf of Mexico is many yards higher than on the w. side of the continent in the Pacific ocean. It is highly probable that the sand carried down by great rivers into bays, and the current out of these bays meeting with the Gulf stream, by their eddies, have formed Nantucket shoals, cape Cod, George's bank, the island of Sable, &c. Skilful navigators, who have acquired a knowledge of the extent to which this stream reaches on the New England coast, have learnt, in their voyages from Europe to New England, New York or Pennsylvania, to pass the banks of Newfoundland in about lat. 44° or 45° n. to sail thence in a course between the n. edge of the Gulf stream, and the shoals and banks of Sable island, George's bank, and Nantucket, by which they make better and quicker voyages to America.] GULIMAR, a river of the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil, which runs e. and enters the lake of Mini. GULL, a small island of the N. sea, near the coast of S. Carolina, in the strait of Pamticoe. GULL, another, near the e. coast of the island of Newfoundland, at the entrance of Cork bay. GULLIVERS, a small island near the coast of Nova Scotia or Acadia, at the entrance of the great bay of Fundy and of the port of Annapolis. GUMARA, a river of the province and government of Popayán in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It enters, just after its rising, into the river Caqueta. GUMAREBO, a settlement of the government of Maracaibo and province of Venezuela; situate on the coast, at a little distance from the city of badoes, of the district of the parish of Christchurch, on the s. coast. [GUNPOWDER, a river of the w. shore of Maryland, whose chief branches unite a little above Joppa, and empty into Chesapeak bay, about 12 miles above Patapsco river. It is navigable only a few miles, by reason of falls.] [GUNPOWDER Neck, near the head of Chesapeak bay, is a curious peninsula formed by Gunpowder river and Bush river.] GURAPIA, RAUDAL DE, a whirlpool of waters, very dangerous, of the river Cauca, above another which it forms, called Of Paru, and near the place where this river is entered by the Iniquiari. GURATINGUETA, a town of the province and captainship of San Vicente in Brazil; situate on the shore of the river Paraiba, on the s. side. [GURNET, The. See DUXBOROUGH.] GURUPA, SIERRAS DE, some mountains of Brazil, on the coast of the province and captainship of Para. They run between the river Gururiba and the settlement of Percahumo. GURURIBA, a small river of the province and captainship of Pará in Brazil, which rises near the coast, and runs into the sea between the river Tuwasu and the sierra Gurupa. GUSAIQUIRARA, a river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres, which runs w. and enters the Paraná, close to the Icaré-gazú. GUSMAGIS, a barbarous nation of Indians, who dwell in the woods to the s. of the Marañon, above the mouth of the Cayari; bounded w. by the nation of the Maraguas, and e. by that of the Burais or Buracs. GUSPACA, a settlement of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España; situate on the shore of the river of its name, between the settlements of Azotzi and Banaichi. GUTIERRE, a settlement of the province and government of Venezuela; situate on the shore of the river Mosquitos. GUYENDÖTE, a river of the province and colony of N. Carolina. It runs n. and enters the Ohio, between those of Grand Sabloneux and of Conhaway. GUYRIA, a settlement of the island and government of Trinidad; situate on the interior coast, which looks to the w. and forms the gulf Triste. [GUYSBOROUGH, or MANCHESTER, a town. ship in Nova Scotia, on Chedabucto bay, 10 leagues n. w. of cape Canso, and 40 leagues e. of Halifax, contained 250 families in 1783.] GUZE, a small river of the province and go vernment of Guayana or Nueva Andalucía. It rises in the country of the Quiriquiripas Indians, runs e. and enters the Aruy. GUZMANGO, a settlement of the province and corrregimiento of Caxamarca in Peru. GWAHAGO, a town of Iroquees Indians in New France; situate near the shore or 3. coast of the lake Erie. GWINS, a small island of the N. sea, near the coast of the province and colony of N. Carolina, within the bay of Chesapeak, at the mouth of the river Piankatank. H [HA BRAGA, formerly called Fort Dauphin, a part where it is broken, discovers a shield and heifort in the island of Cuba.] HACAS, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Guamalies in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Chavin de Pariarca. HACAS, another settlement, in the province and corregimiento of Caxatambo in the same kingdom. НАСНА, a province and government of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, and bishopric of Santa Marta, with which it is bounded on the s. w. and on the s. by the said kingdom; on the e. s. e. and n. e. by the lake of Maracaibo, and n. by the sea. Its district is much reduced, since it is only eight leagues in length n. s. and four in width e. w. In its temporal concerns it is subject to the jurisdiction of the audience of St. Domingo. It is very fertile, although little cultivated, and is not without gold mines and salt earths which yield abundantly. Its population is so much reduced as to contain no more than three or four settlements. The capital is Ciudad del Hacha, in lat. 11° 30' n. Long. 72° 54' w. HACHA, a large river of this province, the which takes its name from the said river. It was thus called from the first Spanish settlers, from the circumstance of their having given a hatchet to the Indians, to induce them to shew them where water might be found. It runs from s. to n. and has been. famous for its fisheries of pearls. The pearls are not indeed large, but they are extremely fine, and held in higher estimation than any in America, This lucrative trade is at present abandoned, or only practised by the barbarian Guaxiros Indians. It enters into the N. sea, in lat. 11° 31' 30" n. HACIENDA, a settlement of the province and captainship of Todos Santos in Brazil; situate on the sea-shore, between the rivers Ponica and Joana. HACIENDA, with the addition of La Marquesa, another small settlement, of the corregimiento of Coquimbo in the kingdom of Chile. In its territory is found a stone of lead-colour, which, in every met, perfectly delineated, of a red colour. It is six leagues to the e. of its capital. [HACKETSTOWN, a small post-town in Sussex county, New Jersey, on the n. w. side of Musconecunk river. It is about three miles above the mineral spring near Roxbury, on the opposite side of the river, 15 miles n. by w. of Morristown, 16s. w. by w. of Sussex court-house, and 56 n. n.e. of Philadelphia.] [HACKINSACK, a river of New Jersey, which rises in New York, and runs a s. course four or five miles w. of Hudson's river. It unites with Passaic river, at the head of Newark bay, and is navigable about 15 miles.] [HACKINSACK, the chief town in Bergen county, New Jersey, is situated near the w, bank of the above river, 10 miles n. w. of New York city. The inhabitants are mostly Dutch. The houses are chiefly built of stone, in the old Dutch taste. Here are four public buildings, a Dutch and Episcopal church, a court-house, and a flourishing academy. The people, who are mostly farmers, carry their produce to New York.] HACQUET, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes; situate near the s. coast. [HADDAM, a town of Connecticut, the second in rank in Middlesex county; situated on the w. side of Connecticut river, 18 or 20 miles from its mouth, and eight miles s. e. of the city of Middletown. This township, including E. Haddam, on the opposite side of the river, was purchased of the Indians, May 20th, 1662. A spot in E. Haddam was famous for Indian Pawaws, and was subject for many years to earthquakes and various noises, which the first settlers, agreeable to the superstitious ideas of that age, attributed to these Pawaws. An old Indian being asked what was the reason of such noises in this place, answered, "The Indian's God was very angry because the Englishmen's God came here." These noises are now frequently heard. [HADDONFIELD, a small town in Gloucester NFIE county, New Jersey, nine miles s. e. by e. of Philadelphia, and 14 from Burlington.] HADERSHILL, a small river of the province and colony of New York. It runs n. e. and enters the Katskil. [HADLEY, a pleasant town in Hampshire county, Massachusetts, lying on the e. side of Connecticut river, nearly opposite Northampton, 15 miles n. of Springfield, and 74 w. of Boston. The town consists of two long spacious streets, which run parallel with each other, and with the river. The township contains 882 inhabitants.] [HAGARSTOWN, now called ELIZABETH Town; which see. It has a considerable trade with the w. country, and has between 2 and 300 houses. It is situated in Washington county, Maryland; is a post-town, 19 miles n. w. of Frederick town, 52n. w. by w. of Baltimore, and 20 s. by w. of Chambersburg in Pennsylvania.] HAGUABA, a river of the island of St. Domingo. It rises near the n. coast, runs n. and unites itself with the Macabon to enter the rivers laques and Santiago. HAHATONADEBA, a river of New France or Canada. It runs w. and enters the Vieux Deserts, or Old Deserts. HAICHAYO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Parinacochas in Peru. [HALBUT Point, the n. e. point of cape Anne in Massachusetts.] HALCHIAPA, a settlement of the head settle. ment of Cuzamala, and alcaldía mayor of Azuchitlán, in Nueva España; situate in a plain, at the foot of a lofty sierra called San Vincente, close by a large stream which flows down from the same sierra, the waters of which are very pure and salutary, and run to the w. of the town. On the skirts of this sierra are mines of silver, copper, and sulphur, with many other veins, which are not yet dug. The settlement has much diminished, and it is inhabited only by some families of Indians, who should amount to 67, and these are employed in agricultural pursuits. It is four leagues to the s. of its head settlement, and eight from the capital. [HALES, a spot of ground in Grafton county, New Hampshire, having nine inhabitants.] [HALF-MOON, an extensive township in Albany county, New York. It contains 3600 in habitants; of these, 128 are slaves, and 563 are qualified electors. Waterford, a neat, compact, thriving village of about 70 or 80 houses, two miles e n.e. of the Cohoez, and nine miles n. of Albany, is situate at the forks or junction of the river Hudson with the Mohawk in this township.] HALFIELD, a settlement of the province and colony of Massachusetts; situate on the shore of the river Connecticut. [HALIFAX, a county in the e. part of the British province of Nova Scotia. It contains Halifax, the capital, the townships of Londonderry, Truro, Onslow, Colchester, Lawrence, Southampton, Canso, and Tinmouth. The inhabitants are chiefly Irish, Scotch and New Englanders. It has numerous bays and rivers; the chief of the latter are Shabbenacadie, which is a boatable river, the Petitcodiac, Memramcook, &c. See NOVA SCOTIA.] [HALIFAX, the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, in the county of its name, was settled by a number of British subjects in 1749. It is situated on a spacious and commodious bay or harbour, called Chebucto, of a bold and easy entrance, where a thousand of the largest ships might ride with great convenience and safety. The town is built on the w. side of the harbour, on the declivity of a commanding hill, whose summit is 236 feet perpendicular from the level of the sea. The town is laid out into oblong squares; the streets parallel and at right angles. The town and suburbs are about two miles in length; and the ge neral width a quarter of a mile. It contained in 1793 about 4000 inhabitants and 700 houses. At the n. extremity of the town, is the king's naval yard, completely built, and supplied with stores of every kind for the royal navy. The harbour of Halifax is reckoned inferior to no place in British America for the seat of government, being open and accessible at all seasons of the year, when al most all other harbours in these provinces are locked up with ice; also from its entrance, situation, and its proximity to the bay of Fundy, and principal interior settlements of the province. This city, lying on the s. coast of Nova Scotia, has communication with Pictou, 85 miles to the n. e. on the gulf of St. Lawrence, by a good cart. road, finished in 1792. It is 12 miles n. of cape Sambro, which forms in part the entrance of the bay; 25 s. e. of Windsor, 40 s. s. w. of Truro, 84 e. of Annapolis on the bay of Fundy, and 157 s. e. of St. Ann, in New Brunswick, measuring in a straight line. Lat. 44° 40' n. Long 63° 30' w.] [HALIFAX, a fort in the town of Winslow, in Lincoln county, Maine, erected by order of Governor Shirley, in 1754. It stands on the point of land formed by the confluence of the Sebastacook with the Kennebeck, 24 miles below Sandy river.] [HALIFAX, a township in Windham county, Vermont, 23 miles e. by s. of Bennington, has Marlborough on the n. and the Massachusetts line s. It contains 1309 inhabitants.] [HALIFAX, a township in Plymouth county, Massachusetts; situated 23 miles s. e. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1734, and contains 664 inhabitants.] [HALIFAX, a village or settlement on the e. side of Susquehannah river in Dauphin county, Penn sylvania, 13 miles n. of Harrisburg.] [HALIFAX, one of the middle districts of N. Carolina, bounded n. by the state of Virginia, e. by Edenton district, w. by Hillsborough, and s. by Newbern. It is divided into seven counties, viz. Northampton, Halifax, Martin, Edgcomb, Warren, Franklin, and Nash, which contain 64,630 inhabitants, including 25,402 slaves. Besides smaller streams, the Roanoke passes through this district in a s. e. course, and the Pamplico has its source in it. Chief town, Halifax.] [HALIFAX, a county of the above district, bounded n. by Northampton, s. by Edgcomb, e. by Bertie, and w. by Warren. It contains 7459.inhabitants, and 6506 slaves. Chief town, Halifax.] [HALIFAX, the chief town of the above county, and of the district of its name in N. Carolina, is a post-town, pleasantly situated on the w. bank of the Roanoke, about six miles below the falls, regularly laid out, and besides dwelling houses, has a court-house and gaol. It is 24 miles n. of Tarborough, 21 miles from Grenville court-house, 75 n. e. of Fayetteville, 59 s. of Petersburg, Virginia, and 255 s. w. by s. of Philadelphia. Lat. 36° 16'n. Long. 77° 58' w.] [HALIFAX, a county in Virginia, bordering on the state of N. Carolina. It is about 42 miles long and 39 broad, and contains 14,722 inhabitants, including 5565 slaves.] HALL, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district of the parish of St. George. HALL, another settlement of this island, distinct from the former; situate on the s. coast. [HALLAM, a township in York county, Pennsylvania.] HALLEBY, a settlement of Indians of S. Carolina; situate at the source of the river Albama. [HALLOWELL, a flourishing post-town in the district of Maine, and the shire town of Lincoln county; situated in lat. 44° 16' n. at the head of the tide waters, on the w. side of Kennebeck river. An academy is established here, with a considerable fund in lands. The court-house here is 12 miles s. of Vassalborough, 20 n. n. w. of Wiscasset, 24 n. e. of New Gloucester, and 129 n. by e. of Boston.. Hallowell hook lies on the same HAM, another settlement of this province and colony; the two being distinguished, the former by the E. and this by the W. [HAMBATO, a principal asiento or jurisdiction in the province of Quito. It is situated in lat. 1° 14' s. Long. 78° 36' w. and 63 miles s. of the city of Quito; and has six small villages in its dependence. Its inhabitants are mostly employed in weaving stuffs, and in knitting. Its proper name is AMBATO, which see.] [HAMBDEN, or HAMDEN, a township in New York state, bounded n. by land ceded to Massachusetts, s. by the n. line of Pennsylvania, and e. by Sidney. Susquehannah river passes in a w. course through both towns. The centre of the town lies 13 miles w. by s. of the mouth of Chenengo river.] HAMBRE. See FILIPOLIS. HAMBRE, a river of the province and govern ment of Mainas. It runs from w. to e. through the woods; and near it towards the s. dwell the 'barbarous Indian nations of the Mainas and Umuranas. It enters by the s. into the Chambirayacu.. [HAMBURG, a small post-town of New Jerscy, 17 miles from Goshen in New York, 12 from Newtown, and six from Sussex.] [HAMBURG, a handsome town in Burke's county, Pennsylvania, seated on the e. side of Schuylkill. Here are about 50 or 60 houses, a German, Lutheran, and Calvinist church, united. It is 14 miles n. by w. of Reading, and 52 n. n. w. of Philadelphia. Lat. 40° 34' n. Long. 76° w.] HAMDEN, a township in New Haven county, Connecticut, about eight miles n.of New Haven city. [HAMDEN, a township of the district of Maine, in Hancock county, on the w. side of Penobscot river, opposite Orrington; having about 50 families in 1796.] [HAMILTON, a cape on the n. end of Newfoundland island. 1 [HAMILTON. There are three townships of this name in Pennsylvania; one in each of the counties of York, Franklin, and Northampton.] [HAMILTON, a settlement in Vermont, on the Canada line.] |