20 houses, and nearly as many stores and other buildings; 11 miles s. of Albany. The town, through which the stage to New York runs, is about five miles e. of the Landing.]

KINEBEQUI, a small river of the province and colony of New England.

[KING AND QUEEN, a county of Virginia, on Mattapany river, which separates it from King William's county. It is about 25 miles long and 20 broad, and contains 9377 inhabitants, including 5143 slaves.]

[KING GEORGE, an ancient fort on the borders of E. Florida, near St. Mary's river.]

[KING GEORGE, a county of Virginia, lying between the Patowmac, and Rappahannock rivers. It is 22 miles long and 14 broad, and contains 7366 inhabitants, of whom 4157 are slaves.] [KING GEORGE's Sound, or NOOTKA, lies on the n. w. coast of N. America, in lat. 49° 36′ n. See NOOTKA.]

[KING WILLIAM, a county of Virginia, between Mattapany and Pamunky rivers. It is 47 miles long and 15 broad, and contains 8128 inhabitants, of whom 5151 are slaves.]

[KING'S, a county of Nova Scotia, comprehending the lands on the s. w. and s. sides of the Basin of Minas. The Habitant is navigable for vessels of 40 tons a little way up; the Canaid for vessels of 160 tons, four or five miles; and the Cornwallis is navigable for vessels of 100 tons five miles, for those of 50 tons 10 miles farther. There are considerable settlements on these rivers, and they afford a good portion of fine lands for tillage, and for herbage, and some excellent meadows. In the rivers are found a great abundance of shad of an excellent kind; and in the Basin of Minas are fine cod-fish, haddock, bass, and flat fish of different kinds.1

[KING'S BRIDGE, a post-town of New York, 15 miles n. of New York city, and 29 s. w. of Stamford in Connecticut. The bridge here connects New York island with the mainland. It was strongly fortified during the war. The heights about it are commanding.]

[KING'S OF PEARL Island, a small island in the bay of Panama. It belongs to Spain, and is famous for its pearl fishery; and lies in lat. 7° 12 n. Long. 81° 36' w. from London.]

[KING's, a maritime county of New York, "containing all that part of the state bounded e. by Queen's county, n. by New York county, w. partly by Hudson's river, partly by the ocean; and s. by the Atlantic ocean, including Coney islands." This fertile tract of land, situated on the w. end of Long island, and separated from

Staten island by the Narrows, contributes largely to the supply of the New York market with ve getables, roots, fruits, butter, &c. It is divided into six townships, and contains 4495 inhabitants, including 1432 slaves. Chief towns, Brooklyn and Flatbush.]

[KINGLESS, a township in Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania.]

[KINGSBURY, a township in Washington county, New York, bounded e. by the tract of land called the Provincial Patent. It contains 1120 inhabitants.]

KINGSTON, a city, the capital of the island of Jamaica, one of the Antilles; situate n. of the bay of Port Royal, and at the present day a parish and head of the district, although it formerly belonged to San Andres: founded in 1692, according to a plan drawn by Colonel Lilly, after the great earthquake, which destroyed Port Royal. It is of a very beautiful plant, and contains about 12,000 houses well built and divided into plots. The streets are wide, and cut at right angles. It is the residence of the principal merchants of the island, is a mile and an half long, and about the same wide. The number of inhabitants is 11,000, amongst which we count 5000 Negro slaves, and 1200 Negro and Mulatto bondsmen. [Other accounts say, that in 1788, the white inhabitants amounted to 6539; free people of colour 3280; and slaves 16,659; in all 26,478.]

It

It is a town of great commerce, and there are never fewer vessels in its bay than 200; so that it is in fair competition on this score with Port Royal. The bay of Kingston was fortified at great expence by Admiral Charles Knowles, the governor of the island, and is capable of containing a thousand ships, which may lie very close to the land; but the peninsula which protects it from the sea is so low and narrow that they are not secure in tempests. There are established for the defence of this city 10 companies of infantry and two of horse, amounting in the whole to about 1000 men. has a Protestant church, two Jewish synagogues, and a Quakers meeting-house, and it used to send. three deputies to the assembly. Besides the ordinary tribunal of justice, which sits every two months, there are resident a receiver-general, a commandant of marine, a secretary, and a superintendant. By the list of vessels which for 20 years have left its port, we have the average of 400 annually. In 1722, it suffered much from an hurricane, which was extremely furious, and lasted from eight in the morning till 10 at night, destroying half the houses; and it has since experienced many others, though not of equal violence. It is

five miles by sea from Puerto Real, but by land 15, and by very bad roads; 11 miles from Spanishtown, half of which way it is necessary to make by land, and the other half by sea; and is in lat. 17° 59' 30" n. Long. 76° 43' w.

[KINGSTON, OF ESOPUS, a post-town of New York, situated in Ulster county, on the w. side of Hudson's river, six miles w. of Rhinebeck, and on the e. side of Esopus kill or creek. It was destroyed on the 15th of October 1777, by order of General Vaughan, cammanding a fleet which sailed up the Hudson, when large quantities of stores were consumed. It is rebuilt on a regular plan, and contains about 150 houses, a court-house, gaol, a Dutch reformed church, and an academy. It is most pleasantly situated upon, and surrounded by a spacious plain. It is 45 miles s. of Albany, and 76 n. of New York. Lat. 41° 56′ n. Long. 73° 56' w. The township contains 3929 inhabitants, of whom 556 are electors, and 302 slaves.] [KINGSTON, a township in Addison county, Vermont, containing 101 inbabitants.]

[KINGSTON, a township in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the w. part of Plymouth bay, bounded n. by Duxborough, and contains 1004 inhabitants. There is here a slitting and rolling mill. The town was incorporated in 1707. It is 22 miles s. e. of Boston.]

[KINGSTON, a township in Rockingham county, New Hampshire, lying on the road which leads from Exeter to Haverhill, in Massachusetts, six miles from the former, 10 from Haverhill, and sixteen from Portsmouth. It was incorporated in 1694. In 1775, it contained 961 inhabitants, and in 1790, 906.]

[KINGSTON, a village in New Jersey, three miles n. e. of Princeton, and 11 s. w. of Brunswick; an elevated and pleasant spot.]

[KINGSTON, the chief town of Lenoir county, Newbern district, N. Carolina. It is a post-town, situated in a beautiful plain on the n. side of Neus river, and contains a court-house, gaol, and about 30 houses. It is 34 miles w. of Newbern, and 17 from Waynesborough.]

[KINGSTON, a township in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania.]

[KINGSTON, a town of Georgetown district, S. Carolina. It is situated on the w. side of Wakkamau river, and contains an Episcopal church, and about 30 houses. It is 27 miles n. by e. of Georgetown, and 85 n. n. e. of Charlestown. Lat. 33° 51' n. Long. 78° 54' w.]

[KINGSTON, a village in Talbot county, Maryland, situated on the e. side of Choptank river, four miles below the Forks.]

[KINGSTON, formerly called Frontinac, is situated on the n. part of lake Ontario, at the mouth of its outlet into Iroquois river; 167 miles s. w. of Montreal, and 115 n. e. of Niagara. Here the king's stores are kept and guarded by one company of men. Part of Old fort Frontinac is now standing, the best part of which is the magazine. Kingston contains about 100 houses. Large ves sels go no farther than this place; thence to Niagara, &c. stores and merchandise are conveyed in boats.]

KINGSTON, a city, the capital of the island of St. Vincent, one of the Caribes; situate in the bay of the same name, at the extremity, and in the s. w. part of the island. It is the residence of the governor, and the place of meeting for the assembly.

[KINGWOOD, a township in Huntingdon county, New Jersey, containing 2446 inhabitants, including 104 slaves. It is about five miles be low Alexandria, and 15 s. w. of Lebanon. Also the name of a small river of New Jersey.]

[KINSALE, a post-town of Virginia, 16 miles from Westmoreland court-house, and 12 from Northumberland court-house.

[KIOANON Point, called in some maps Kikeionec, is the extremity of a large peninsula which projects far into the s. side of lake Superior.]

KIOHICANS, a settlement of Indians of the province and government of Louisiana, on the shore of the Red river.

[KIONTONA, an Indian town on Conewango river in Pennsylvania, and 11 miles n. from its mouth in Alleghany river.]

KIOVEOUNAN, a point on the s. coast of lake Superior in Canada.

KIRTON, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, on the s. coast.

KÍSHEQUOCHKELOS, a small river of the province and colony of Pennsylvania, which runs s. between the w. and e. arms of the river Susquehannah.

[KISHTAC, an island on the n. w. coast of N. America, lies e. of Foggy cape, on the s. e. side of the peninsula of Alaska, and on that part of it opposite the head of Bristol bay, on the n. w. side of the peninsula. It is also opposite the mouth of Cook's river.]

KISKEMANITAS, a town of the province and colony of Virginia, on the shore of the river Ohio, in the country of the Schawnoes Indians.

[KISKEMANITAS River is a branch of Alleghany river, into which it empties in lat. 40° 40' 2. in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Its

head waters are Little Conemaugh and Stone creek. After their junction it is called Conemaugh river. It then receives Black Lick from the n. e. and 17 miles from its mouth Loyalhannon creek enters from the s. s. e. after which it is called Kiskemanitas river. It is navigable for batteaux 40 or 50 miles, and good portages are found between it and Juniatta and Patowmac rivers. Coal and salt are discovered in the vicinity of these rivers.

KITANING, a settlement of Eries Indians, in the province and colony of Pennsylvania, where the English have a fort and establishment for their commerce. It is situate on the shore of the river Ohio.

KITCHIGAMIN, a lake of Canada, formed by the river Outagamis, and emptying itself in the bay of Puants of the lake Michigan.

KITOWA, a settlement of Indians of the province and colony of N. Carolina, in the county of the Cherokees Indians.

[KITTATINNY Mountains, a ridge of the Alleghany mountains, which runs through the n. parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.]

[KITTERY, a township in York county, district of Maine, incorporated in 1653, and consists of three parishes, containing 3250 inhabitants. It is situated between Piscataqua and York rivers, 49 miles n. of Boston. In this town is Sturgeon creek, called so from the plenty of that fish in the mouth of the creek at the first settlement of the country; but there have been none found for these many years past. This creek is famous in the history of the first settlers.]

[KITT'S, ST. See ST. CHRISTOPHER'S.] KNIGHT, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district of the parish of Christchurch, on the s. coast.

[KNOB Lick, in Mercer county, Kentucky, lies 15 miles s. e. of Harrodstown, and about 12 s. of Danville.]

[KNOWLTON, a township in Sussex county, New Jersey, containing 1937 inhabitants, of whom 13 are slaves.]

[KNOWLTON, a grant in Chittenden county, Vermont, lies e. of Smithfield, and w. of Kellys burgh, and contains 10,000 acres of land.]

[KNOX, a county in the state of Tennessee, in Hamilton district, contained in 1795, according to the state census, 11,573 inhabitants, of whom 2365 were slaves.]

[KNOX, a county in the N. W. Territory, erected June 20, 1790. Beginning at the Standing Stone forks of the Great Miami river, and down

the said river to its confluence with the Ohio river; thence with the Ohio to the small rivulet above fort Massac; thence with the e. boundary line of St. Clair county to the mouth of the Little Michilimackinack; thence up the Illinois river to the forks or confluence of the Theakiki and Chicago; thence by a line to be drawn due n. to the boundary line of the territory of the United States, and so far e. upon said boundary, as that a due s. line may be drawn to the place of beginning." Also the name of a fort in the same territory.]

[KNOX, one of Ingraham's islands. Captain Ingraham discovered two islands, which he called Knox and Hancock, which Captain Roberts soon after discovering, called Freeman and Langdon. These islands had every appearance of fertility. Their latitude is from 8° 3' to 8° 5' s. and their longitude very nearly 141° w. from Greenwich.]

[KNOXVILLE, the metropolis of the state of Tennessee, is situated in Knox county, on the n. side of Holston river, on a beautiful spot of ground, 37 miles above the junction of Holston river with the Tennessee, and 70 below the mouth of French Broad river. It is in a flourishing situation, and enjoys a communication with every part of the United States by post. It is regularly laid out, and contains about 130 houses, a court-house, gaol, and barracks large enough to contain 700 men. The supreme courts of law and equity for the district of Hamilton are held here half-yearly, and the courts of pleas and quarter sessions for Knox county are held here. A college has been established here by government, called Blount College. It is 32 miles n. e. of Tellico, 140 s. e. by s. of Frankfort in Kentucky; 805 w. by s. of Richmond in Virginia, and 470 s. w. of Philadelphia.]

[KODIAC, an island on the s. shore of the peninsula of ALASKA, on the n. w. coast, which see.]

KOKO, a river of the province and captainship of Seara in Brazil, which runs into the sea in the bay of Iguape and port Mocoripe.

KONOHASET, a maritime city, with a good port, in the county of Suffolk, and province and colony of Massachusetts. Four miles e. of Hingham, four n. of Situate town and its port, and il s. e. of Boston.

KONONICUT, an island in the bay of Narrangaset, and province of Rhode Island. It is long and narrow, seven miles from n. to s. and not more than one wide.

[KORTRIGHT, a township in Otsego county, New York; 122 of its inhabitants are electors.]

KOUROW, a settlement of the missions held by the French, in the province and government of Guayana.

Kounow, a river of Cayenne, belonging to the French. It rises in the mountains, and enters the sea between Surinam and Cayenne.

KOUSAKI, a lake of the province and colony of Sagadahock, on the confines of Nova Scotia, from which is formed the river S. Croix.

[KOYAHT, a small isle at the s. end of Washington isle, at the entrance of a strait separating a small isle from the largest.]

KRABBEN, an island of the N. sea, near the coast of Guayana, in the part possessed by the Dutch, at the mouth of the river Berbice.

[KRIS, Indians inhabiting the banks of lake Christineaux. They can raise 1200 warriors.]

KUERICOURT, a river of the province and government of Guayana, in the French posses. sions. It runs n. and enters the Oyapoco.

[KULSAGE, or SUGAR Town, a little Cherokee town in the vale of Keowe.]

KUPUNAWINI, a river of the same province and government as the former, in the Dutch possessions. It enters the Essequebo.

KUSKUSKIES, a town and capital of the ter. ritory of Six allied Indian Nations of Canada, on the shore of the river Beven, where the English have an establishment and fort for their com merce.

[KYUQUOT, a large sound or bay on the n. w. coast of N. America, having Roberts island on the one side. Lat. 50° n. Long. 127° 20 w.]

LABAPI, a large and abundant river of the kingdom of Chile; 15 leagues from the renowned Biobio to the s. and 50 from the Maule, and be tween both lies the country and province of the Araucanos Indians. It abounds in excellent fish, is navigable at high tides, though only by small vessels, and empties itself into the Pacific or S. sea, forming a small bay, in lat. 37° 56' s.

LABRADO, a small river of the province of Yapizlaga, or llanos of Manso, in Peru, which runs e. and enters the Paraguay, between the Blanco and port San Fernando.

LABRADOR, one of the n. countries of N. America, called also New Britain or Equimaux. It is s. w. of Greenland, has to the n. the straits of Hudson and part of the Atlantic, and this latter sea also to the e.; divided s. e. from Newfoundland by the straits of Belleisle, and having on the s. the gulf and river of S. Lawrence and part of Canada, and to the w. Hudson's bay. It extends from lat. 50° to 61° n. and from long. 55° to about 70° w. It is nearly triangular, but the interior of the country is not precisely known, nor have we more than an imperfect idea of the coast. The great poverty and savage state of the nations dwelling near the sea-coast, and the excessive coldness of the climate, have deterred Europeans from settling. The savages live by hunting and bartering skins. This country, together with the

coast of Hudson's bay and the neighbouring ter ritories, was ceded by France to the English at the peace of Utrecht, in 1713. Amongst all the nations known in America, to none is the term of savages so aptly applied as to the ESQUIMAUX; see this article.

LABRADOR, a large lake of Cape Britain, which empties itself into the sea by two channels of very unequal form, made by the island of Verderone or La Bouladerie.

LABRADORES, a settlement and head settlement of the district of the Nuevo Reyno de Leon, abounding in goats and neat cattle, but scanty in grain and vegetable productions. On the s. at the distance of 10 leagues, is an estate called El Pallillo, and to the s. e. of this, those of La Soledad and San Joseph, where are the boundaries of the jurisdictions of Charcas and Mazapil. Thirtyfour leagues s. a quarter to the s. w. of its capi tal.

LABRANZA, GRANDE, a settlement of the jurisdiction of the city of Santiago of La Atalaya, in the government of Los Llanos, of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. Its situation is in a rough and craggy territory, of a warm climate, abounding in sugar-canes, cotton, maize, yucas, plantains, and other fruits of the like climate; also in horses and mules. It contains 300 housekeepers and many Indians, who trade in cotton stuffs, of

which they make a considerable portion. Sixteen leagues from Sogamoso.

LABYRINTH, a lake of Canada, formed by a waste-water or river which enters the lake Abitibis, to enter the Temiscaming, and forms at intervals some other small lakes or pools, to the number of eleven.

LAC, a river of the province and government of Louisiana. It rises from lake Misisagan, runs s. e. and enters the Mississippi, close to the fall of S. Anthony.

LACABAMBA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Conchucos in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Pallasca.

LACHA, a small river of the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil, which runs e. and enters the sea on the side of the bay of Tapicú.

[LACHA WANNOCK, a mountain in the n. w. part of Pennsylvania.]

[LACHAWANNOCK, a township in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania.]

LACHES, a settlement of the province and government of Atacames or Esmeraldas in the kingdom of Quito, with a good embarking place on the river Bogotá to proceed down to the port of Limones.

LACHES, a barbarous nation of Indians, of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, in the province of Tunja. They live in the mountains of the woods, and are bounded by the Tames or Chitareros; are ferocious, treacherous, and extremely sensual. Their country lies n. e. of Santa Fé de Bogotá, and formerly it was a province distinct from Tunja, called after their own name, and now called Chocuy.

LACHICHINA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Comaltepec, and alcaldía mayor of Villalta, in Nueva España. It is of an hot temperature, contains 62 Indian families, and is nine leagues w. of its capital.

LACHIGOJANI, a settlement of the alcaldia mayor of Nexapa in Nueva España, containing 51 Indian families.

LACHIGUIRI, SAN JOSEPH DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Mistepeque, and alcaldía mayor of Nexapa, in Nueva España. It contains 75 families of Indians, whose commerce consists in making mats, as its district abounds in palms. Four leagues s. of the settlement of San Agustin.

LACHIJOBA, a settlement of the head settle ment of the district of Comaltepec, and alcaldía mayor of Nueva España. It is of an hot temperature, contains 58 Indian families, and is 10 leagues e. of its capital.

LACHIRRIO, a settlement and head settlement of the same alcaldía and kingdom as the former. It is of a mile temperature, contains 300 families of Indians, and is a quarter of a league w. of its capital.

LACHIVEA, SANTIAGO DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Nexapa in Nueva España; situate in a llanura, of a cold temperature, and containing 27 Indian families.

LACHIXILA, SAN JUAN DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Yautepéc, and alcaldía mayor of Nexapa, in Nueva España; situate on a plain on the shore of an abundant river, in which are caught plenty of trout and other fish called roncados, by the few Indian families the inhabitants. The decrease of its population has been excessive, owing to the number of venomous animals found here. Ten leagues w. of its head settlement.

[LACK, a township in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania.]

[LA-COLE, a river which falls into lake Champlain from the w. five miles s. s. w. of Nut island, after a short course.]

[LACOMIC, a small creek which empties through the w. bank of Alleghany river in Pennsylvania, opposite Licking creek, a short distance below fort Franklin.]

[LACONIA. The tract of land extending from the river Merrimack to Sagadahock, and from the ocean to the lakes and rivers of Canada, went under this name in the grant of lands, in 1622, from the council of Plymouth to Captain Mason and Sir Ferdinand Gorges.]

LACRAMARCA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Santa in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Macate in the province of Guailas.

LACSA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Omasuyos in Peru.

LACTA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Riobamba in the kingdom of Quito. LACUMBO, a river of the province and corregimiento of Árica in the kingdom of Peru. It runs w. and enters the sea in the creck of Laquiaca.

[LADIES Island, a small island of S. Carolina, near Port Royal.]

LADRONES, small isles of the S. sea, close to the coast of the province and government of Veragua in the kingdom of Tierra Firme. They are two, and lie at the side of the cape of Boruga.

LAGARTOS, RIO DE, a river of the province and government of Santa Marta and Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises in the mountains of that