guson and Collins burnt a number of privateers and other vessels in Little Egg Harbour, and destroyed the place.]

[EGG Island, a small island on the n. e. side of Delaware bay, in Cumberland county. Lat. 39° 16' n. Long. 75° 12' w.]

EGIDO, a settlement of the province and government of Mérida in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a hot, but pleasant and healthy temperature, abounding in fruits of its climate, such as cacao, sugar-canes, of which great quantities of sugar are made in the mills for that purpos, this being the principal branch of its commerce; also in conserves and honey-cakes, which are here called melotes, and which are carried to Maracaibo; it likewise produces a great deal of cotton, yucas, and plantains. Its population consists of 500 housekeepers.

[EGMONT, an island in the S. Pacific ocean, discovered by Captain Carteret. The Spaniards called it Santa Cruz. Lat. 19° 20′s. Long. 164° 30' e. from Greenwich.]

[EGREMONT, a township in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, containing 759 inhabitants, incorporated in 1760; 15 miles s. w. of Stockbridge, and 145 w. of Boston.]

[EIGHTEEN-MILE or LONG BEECH, the coast of New Jersey, lies between Little Egg Har bour inlet, and that of Barnegat.]

ELAJÓI, a settlement of Indians of N. Carolina, in the territory of the Cherokees. ELAND, a small river of N. Carolina, which runs n. and enters the Carbon or Coal.

ELANS, a small river of New France or Canada, which runs s. e. between that of Bernard Blanc and that of Pie, and enters lake Superior.

ELATO, a settlement of the missions belonging to the Capuchin fathers, in the province and government of Guayana,

[ELBERT, a new county in the upper district of Georgia, on the tract of land between Tugulo and Broad rivers. The s. e. corner of the county is at their confluence, at the town of Petersburg; on the n. w. it is bounded by Franklin county.] [ELBERTON, the seat of justice in the above county, is 23 miles n. w. of Petersburg, and 30 s. e. of Franklin court-house.]

[ELBERTON, a post-town in Effingham county, Georgia, on the n. e. bank of Ogeechee river, containing about 30 houses. It is about 36 miles z. of Ebenezer, 48 n. w. of Savannah, and 55 s. e. of Louisville. Lat. 32° 31' n. Long. 82° 2'w.]

ELBUN, a settlement of Indians, of the district

and corregimiento of Rancagua in the kingdom of Chile; situate on the shore of the river Maule.

ELDIN, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district and parish of Santiago; situate on the w. coast.

ELE, a river of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, which flows down from the mountains of Bogotá into the llanos of Cazanare and Mcta. It abounds in excellent fish, and in its district live some Indians, Airicos, Achaguas, and Chitanos. It is not more abundant in the rainy season than in the fine weather, for then it is that a greater quantity of the snow being melted on the mountains by the heat of the sun, causes its waters to swell prodigiously it is always full of mud, which causes a very offensive odour, so much so that it has a sort of intoxicating effect upon many of the fish, who lying upon the shore with their heads out of water, to catch the fresh air, are often left ashore at the ebbtide; then it is that the Indians of the settlement of Macaguana enjoy themselves in the sport of catching these fish, making to themselves a sort of festival or holiday. This river runs directly into the Meta.

ELEATARIO, S. a settlement and garrison of the kingdom of New Mexico, built for the purpose of checking the incursions of the infidel Indians.

ELEN, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Riobamba in the kingdom of Quito, in the territory of the Purvayes Indians. It is one of the most delightful and pleasant of that jurisdiction; its climate healthy and desirable the whole year round, it produces all sorts of the most exquisite fruits in abundance, and the waters here, which are always fresh and pure, are extremely salutary. It is in lat. 1° 37' 30" s.

ELENA, S. Point of, a district of the province and government of Guayaquil in the kingdom of Quito. It is a long strip of land or point of the coast which runs into the sea for half a league, and is thus called from having been discovered by Francis Pizarro on the day of this saint, in 1525. It is of the most benign, mild, and healthy temperature of any district in the province, and is resorted to for the cure of infirmities; it abounds in flesh and fish, but it wants both fruits and vegetables, and the only water it has, is extracted from some very deep wells, save that which flows from a stream out of a rock; the one and the other are, however, well tasted and salutary; and it is to this that is attributed the very advanced period of life to which the natives arrive, the same being in general 80 years; indeed in 1735, no less than seven persons of quality were living at the great

age of 100 years, and one who had completed 150. They are for the most part robust, agile, and dexterous in hunting. This district produces much salt, neat cattle, and mules, wax and thread of caracol, from all which productions it carries on a great commerce; it likewise produces and trades largely in black sealing-wax, which is made of a resin called cascol. Here is also found bitumen of Copey, with which is mixed alquitrán or naptha, translucent or sparkling lime, used for giving a lustre to walls: the way of taking the wax is as follows: Some liquid honey is smeared upon the branches of trees in some dark mountain groves on some fine sun-shiny day, and the odour is sure to entice the bees, who come to sip it; thus the natives are enabled to watch and follow them back to their hives, whether they be in the ground, when they are called amonanas, or whether they be on the branches of trees, when they are called moquinganas; thus they take the wax, exposing it immediately to the sun and air, to purge it of all dross, though at the same time making turpentine of the useless matter. The thread caracol consists of cotton dyed with a white juice expressed by the hands from some snails or insects called caracolillos, which are found in the hollows of the rocks; it thus takes immediately a most beautiful purple colour, and which, however washed, will never fade, although it will in time get somewhat lighter; the said insect being replaced in the hollow of the rock, regains its former properties, but after frequent using, at last dies. There is a tradition that this district was inhabited by giants, and there are found some vast sepulchres, out of which have been taken some bones of an astonishing size, all of which bore evident symptoms of having belonged to the human frame; and in 1735, Don Juan del Castillo a serjeant-major of the batallion of militia of the city of Guayaquil, brought to Quito a perfect human tooth weighing five pounds, and which, according to the certificate which he made, was extracted from a jaw of three quarters of a yard in length; he brought also a piece of bone, which to all appearance was that which unites the arm to the wrist, the same being two-thirds of a yard in thickness. The capital of this district is the settlement of Chongon, and the other settlements are,

El Morro, Colonche,

Chandug.

ELENA, S. another settlement, of the province and corregimiento of Pilaya and Paspaya in

Peru.

ELENA, S. an island of the coast of S. Caro

lina; situate between Port Royal and St. Helena sound.

ELENA, S. another island, of the lake Michigan, in New France or Canada; situate in the strait of Michilimakinac, which communicates with lake Huron.

ELENA, S. a cape or point of land on the coast which lies between the river La Plata and the straits of Magellan, and which is one of those which form the entrance of the bay of Camasones. It is in lat. 44° 30' s. and long. 65° 23' w.

ELENISA, PARAMO DE, a very lofty mountain desert of the cordillera in the kingdom of Quito, covered with eternal snow. Its top is divided into two parts, and in it many streams take their rise, of the which those that issue forth from the n. peak take a n. course, and those which issue from the s. a s. course; all of these last pursue their course towards the N. sea, by the river Marañon, and the former empty themselves into the Pacific or S. sea, by the river Esmeraldas. It is five leagues to the w. of the desert of Cotopaxi.

[ELEUTHERA, one of the largest of the Bahaina islands, of very irregular shape. It is situated on the most e. point of the Great Bahama bank, and two high pieces of rock, known by the name of the Cow and the Bull, and usually the first land seen by vessels in their voyage to New Providence from Europe. The island is extremely narrow at this place, having the unfathomable Atlantic ocean on the one side, and a shallow, smooth, and white sea on the other. The scenery near this part of the island is of a most magnifi cent description. The storms of the Atlantic have forced their way through a large arch in the rock, and have carried towards the opposite side of the island, fragments of rock of a great magnitude. The view of the Atlantic ocean through this tremendous opening, and the whole of the wild scenery about it, is of a description seldom to be met with. There is no approaching it on the e. side, and from its difficult access and remote situation, it is seldom visited. Upon the w. side of Eleuthera is the settlement of Wreck Sound, containing, 1803, about 400 inhabitants, including Negroes; to the n. of this, (and on the same side of the island), there is another small settlement at Governor's harbour; and at the n. w. extremity of the island is the settlement of Spanish Wells, which contained at the same period about 120 inhabitants, including blacks.

But the largest settlement belonging to Eleu thera, and where the parish church is situated,

is at Harbour island, at the n. extremity: this island has been long settled by a race of people of a description and manners considerably distinct from those of the inhabitants who removed to the Bahamas about the close of the American war; they live chiefly upon fish; their village, containing in 1803 about 560 whites and 330 blacks, is beautifully situated upon the s. side of the island, in front of the harbour, to which there is an entrance at each end, but only for vessels of small draft of water.

The mainland of Eleuthera is upon the opposite side of the harbour, and the inhabitants repair to that side for the purpose of cultivating fruit, and other vegetable productions, the soil there being better adapted for it than upon Harbour island this latter island is considered to be the most healthy of all the Bahamas, and a small barrack was on that account erected there in 1803, for the convalescents of the garrison from New Providence.

The number of acres granted by the crown for the purpose of cultivation, previous to May 1803, amounted to 12,785. It is contained between lat. 24° 39' and 25° 31' n. and between long. 76° 22′ and 76° 56' w.]

ELEHUAICO, a small river of the kingdom of Chile, which runs w. and enters, united with the Lonteihe, the Mataquino.

ELIAS, S. a town of the Portuguese, in the county of Las Amazonas; situate on the shore of the Rio Negro.

[ELIAS, Mount ST. a mountain near the shore of the n. w. coast of N. America, n. w. of Admiralty bay, and s. e. of Prince William's sound.]

ELICURA, a spot of ground in the kingdom of Chile, to the s. of the fort Paicavi, celebrated for the renowned death which the fathers of the extinguished company, Martin de Aranda, native of Chile, Aracio Vechi, of Sena, and Diego Montalvan, of Mexico, met at the bands of the Indians, on the 14th December in the year 1612.

[ELIZABETH CITY County, in Virginia, lies between York and James rivers, having Warwick and York counties on the w. and Chesapeak bay on the e. and n. There are several small islands on its sea-coast, the chief of which are Long and Egg islands. Point Comfort is the s. e. extremity of the county. It contains 3450 inhabitants, of whom 1876 are slaves.]

[ELIZABETH, Some islands of the N. sea, near the coast of the province of Massachusetts, and at the entrance of Buzard's bay. They extend s. w. from the extremity of Barnstable county in Massa

chusetts, and bearing n. w. from Martha's Vineyard; situated between lat. 41° 24′ and 41° 32′ n. and between long. 70° 38′ and 70° 56′ w. They are about 16 in number; the chief of which are Nashawn, Pasqui, Nashawenna, Pinequese, and Chatahunk islands. All these belong to Duke's county.]

ELIZABETH, an island of the straits of Magellan, where the pirate Juan Cliperton sent his people a-shore in a barge; where they found a river which was frozen, but maintained themselves for some time in the island, which is dry and barren, and producing nothing more than an herb fit for sallad; of which there is a great abundance, and which proved of great service to these mariners, in as much as they were much afflicted with the scurvy. This island produces also many birds, which live on the mountains, and on its plazas are found great quantities of shell-fish.

[ELIZABETH, a short s. arm of James river in Virginia. It affords an excellent harbour, and large enough for 300 ships. The channel is from 150 to 200 fathoms wide; and at common flood tide it has 18 feet water to Norfolk, which stands near the mouth of its e. branch. The s. branch rises in the Dismal swamp. Craney island, at the mouth of Elizabeth, lies five miles s. w. of point Comfort, at the mouth of James river.]

ELIZABETH, a river in N. Carolina, which empties itself into the sea, about eight miles w. from cape Fear.

ELIZABETH'S Island, QUEEN, in the straits of Magellan, in S. America. Here fresh water, herbs fit for sallad, and wild fowl, may be had in great plenty. The shores also abound with shell-fish.]

[ELIZABETH, a township in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, containing about 30 houses, and a Dutch church; 18 miles n. w. by w. of Lancaster, and 84 w. by n. of Philadelphia.]

ELIZABETH, a cape or point of land on the coast of the province of Connecticut, one of those of New England; situate at the entrance of Buzard's bay.

ELIZABETH, another cape on the coast of the province of Connecticut. See Cape ELIZABETH, and CASCO Bay.

ELIZABETH Town, a post-town and borough of the county of Essex, New Jersey. The English first established themselves here, and the place has since increased rapidly. It contains 250 families and many plantations; the proprietors of which have established here a factory. This town is pleasantly situate on a small creek, which empties into Arthur Kull. Its soil is equal to any in the state.

In the compact part of the town, there are about 150 houses, two brick churches, one for Presbyterians, very handsome, the other for Episcopalians, and an academy. This is one of the oldest towns in the state, having been purchased of the Indians as early as 1664, and settled soon after. It lies six miles s. of Newark, and 12 s. w. by w. of New York.]

ELIZABETH Town, in Pennsylvania; situate a little to the e. of Susquehanna river, 13 miles n. w. of Lancaster, and 17 s. e. of Harrisburg.

[ELIZABETH Town, a village of Alleghany county, Pennsylvania; situate on the s. e. side of Monongahela river, between Redstone Old Fort, and Pittsburg, about 18 miles from each, and six above the mouth of the Youghagany. Many boats are built here for the trade and emigration to Kentucky, and in the environs are several saw-mills. Lat. 40° 13' n. Long. 79° 22' w.]

[ELIZABETH TOwn, a post-town of Maryland, and capital of Washington county, formerly called Hagarstown, seated in the fertile valley of Conegocheague. It has several streets regularly laid out, The houses are principally built of brick and stone, in number about 300. Episcopalians, Presby terians, and German Lutherans have each a church. The court-house and market-house are handsome buildings, and the goal is of stone, and substantial, The trade with the w. country is considerable ; and there are a number of mills in the neighbourhood, on Antietam creek. See HAGARSTOWN.]

[ELIZABETH Town, a post-town and the chief in Balden county, N. Carolina, is situated on the n. w. branch of Cape Fear. It contains a courthouse, goal, and about 30 houses; 36 miles s. of Fayetteville, and 47 n. w. of Wilmington.]

[ELK, a creek in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, which uniting with Penn's creek, falls into the Susquehannah, five miles below Sunbury.]

[ELK, a navigable river of the e. shore of Maryland, which rises in Chester county, Pennsylvania, by two branches, Big and Little Elk creeks. At their confluence stands Elkton. The canals in contemplation from Elk river to Delaware bay, are noticed under DELAWARE Bay.]

[ELK, a short navigable river, in the state of Tennessee. It rises on the n. w. side of Cumberland mountain, runs s. w. and falls into the Tennessee a little above the Muscle shoals; about 40 miles w. n. w. of the Creeks' crossing place.]

ELK, a small river of the province and colony of Maryland, in the county of Kent. It runs s. and enters the sea in the bay of Chesapeak.

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ELKHORN, a small water of Kentucky river. The Elkhorn lands are much esteemed, being situated in a bend of Kentucky river, in Fayette county, in which this small river or creck rises.]

[ELKRIDGE, a small town in Ann Arundel county, Maryland; situate on the s. bank of Patapsco river, and on the w. side of Deep run. This place is famous for the bright tobacco called kite's foot. It is eight miles s. w. of Baltimore, and 19 n. w. of Annapolis. Lat. 39° 12′ 30′′ n.]

[ELKTON, a post-town of considerable trade, at the head of Chesapeak bay, in Maryland, and the capital of Cecil County. It is situated at the confluence of the head branches of Elk river, 13 miles from its mouth at Turkey point, and a mile above French town. The tide flows up to the town, and it enjoys great advantages from the carrying trade between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Upwards of 250,000 bushels of wheat are collected here annually, for supplying those markets, or the neighbouring mills. Elkton consists of one street, in which are about 90 houses, a courthouse, and goal. On the w. side of the town is an academy. It is 12 miles s. w. of Christiana bridge, 37 s. w. of Philadelphia, and 44 n. e. of Baltimore. Lat. 39° 40' n. Long. 75° 55' w.]

[ELLINGTON, a township of about 200 families, in Tolland county, Connecticut. It lies about 12 miles n. e. of Hartford city, and six w. of Tolland.]

[ELLIS River, in the district of Maine, is a branch of Saco river.]

[ELMORE, the southernmost township in Orleans county, in Vermont; and contained, by the census, only 12 inhabitants.]

ELÓTA, a river of the province and alcaldía mayor of Culiacan in Nueva España. It runs into the sea at the entrance of the gulf of California, or Red sea of Cortes.

ELOTEPEC, SAN JUAN DE, a settlement of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Ixquintepéc in Nueva España. It contains 284 families of Indians, including those who inhabit the wards of its district. It is 14 leagues to the e. of its capital.

ELOTEPEC, another settlement, with the same dedicatory title, in the head settlement of Tlacolula, and alcaldía mayor of Huamelula, in that kingdom; situate between two mountains. It contains 29 families of Indians, who trade in cochineal, and in some degree in silk. It is three leagues to the n. of its head settlement.

ELOXUCHITLAN, SAN MIGUEL DE, a settlement and head settlement of the alcaldía mayor

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of Thehuacán in Nueva España. It contains 246 families of Indians, and is 16 leagues to the s. e. of its capital.

ELQUE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Coquimbo in the kingdom of Chile; to the which are annexed two other small settlements of Indians.

EMBALUBA, or BETUBA, a bay of the coast of Brazil, and province and captainship of Rey, between the bay of Biraguera and the new town of La Laguna.

EMBALSADO, a small river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres, which runs e. and enters the river La Plata, between the rivers Caimán and Del Rey.

EMBOSCADA, a settlement of the province and government of Paraguay; situate on the shore of this river, and at the mouth of the Tobati-guaza; at which spot also there is a fort built. [Its population consists of Mulattoes. Lat. 25 7' 42" s. Long. 57° 24' 5" w.]

EMBUDO, RANCHO DEL, a small settlement of the missions which are held by the religious order of St. Francis, in Nuevo Mexico.

EMCHIE, a small river of the province and colony of Nova Scotia, which runs n. and enters the sea in the strait formed by the coast with St. John's island.

EMENGUARO, SAN MIGUEL DE, a settlement and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Zelaya, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán. It contains 97 families of Indians.

[EMERY, a small river in Tennessee, which runs s. e. into the Tennessee, seven miles n. by e. of the mouth of Clinch river.]

EMICOVEN, a river of the province and colony of Virginia in N. America. It runs w. and enters the Illinois.

EMIGDIO, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena, in the district of Sinú; one of those which were founded by the Governor Don Juan Pimienta in 1776.

[EMMAUS, a Moravian settlement, eight miles from Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania.]

[EMMITSBURG, or EMMTSBURGH, a flourish ing village in Frederic county, Maryland; situated between Flat run and Tom's creek, w. head waters of the Monococy, and about a mile s. of the Pennsylvania line. It is 24 miles n. e. by e. of Frederic, and 50 n. w. of Baltimore. Lat. 39° 42' n.]

EMONDISBURY, a settlement of the province and colony of Georgia; situate on the shore of the river Ashepou.

EMPALADO, a small river of the province and government of Paraguay, which runs e. and enters the Menday.

EMPEDRADO, a small river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres. It runs w. and enters the river La Plata, to the s. of the city of Corientes.

EMPIRA, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán, in the district and jurisdiction of the city of Córdova, between the rivers Segundo and Tercero.

ENCABELLADOS, a barbarous nation of Indians of the kingdom of Quito, to the n. of the river Napo. This name was given to them by the Spaniards, (who under the Captain Juan Palacios discovered them in 1635), in as much as all of them, both men and women, are accustomed to carry their hair extremely long, and flowing loose and unconfined down their backs. They are a deceitful and treacherous race: their weapons are bows and arrows, and their dwellings consist of straw huts curiously built. They subsist by fishing and hunting, and are at continual warfare with their neighbours, the Seños, Beeavas, Tamas, Chusias, and Ramos. The holy missionaries of St. Francis de Sucumbios, and the regulars of the company of Jesuits of the province of Mainas, succeeded in reducing some of these Indians to the Catholic faith.

ENCABELLADOS, with the dedicatory title of San Juan Baptista, a settlement of the province and government of Mainas, a reduccion of the Indians of this nation, made by the regulars of the extinguished company of Jesuits.

ENCABELLADOS, a river of the same province and kingdom, taking its name from the above nation. It enters the Marañon, 20 leagues below the river Aguarico. Forty Portuguese established themselves at its entrance in the year 1636, and lived in peace and alliance with the Indians until that these rose up against the former. They were afterwards much harassed by the Spaniards, but at one time succeeded in taking 700 prisoners, most of whom lingered out their days in confinement.

ENCARAMADA, a settlement of the province of Guayana, and government of Cumaná; one of those belonging to the missions of the Orinoco, which were held by the regulars of the company of the province of Santa Fé; situate on the shore of that river, and being to-day under the charge of the holy Capuchin order.

ENCARNACION, a settlement of the missions that were held by the regulars of the company, in the province of Guairá, and government of Paraguay; situate on the shore of the river Tubagi,