INDEX
Agave vivipara, xix;
Alabama, 427;
Alachua savanna, 185;
Alatamaha, voyage up the, 47;
—— account of the, 51;
Alligator Hole, 236
——battle with an, 248;
Alligators, battle between two, 116;
——author attacked by, 117, 123;
——brood of, numerous, 124;
——nests of, 125;
——old, feed on the young, 126;
——described, ib.;
Amelia island, 63;
Amite river, 423;
Ampelis garrulus, 296;
Angelica lucida, 325;
Animals and vegetables compared, xiv;
Animals, general observation on, xvi;
——affections of, xvii;
——mental faculties of, xviii;
——remarkable fragility of parts of, 194, 276;
——influence of country on, 214;
Annona, new species of, 18, 169;
Apalachucla, 387;
Arum esculentum cultivated for food in Georgia and Florida, 467;
Arundo gigantea, 408;
Asilus, various species of, 383;
Augusta, journey to, 28;
——described, 32, 314;
Author attacked by a fever, 409;
——violent disorder in the eyes, 416, 418;
Banks of the river St. Juan higher than the adjacent plains, 163;
Battle between cray-fish and gold-fish, 43;
——two alligators, 116;
Bears, 278;
Bees, none in West Florida, though plenty in East, 411;
Birds, observations on, xxi;
——on the migration of, 280, 295;
——of passage, American, 285;
——change their colour, 296;
——wild, sing only at the time of incubation, xxii, 299;
Boat, portable, 457;
Bream, golden, 151;
——great black or blue, 174;
——great yellow, or particoloured, ib.;
Bridge, Indian, 443;
Brunswick, town of, 471;
Buffalo, not now to be found where once numerous, 44;
Bull snake, 272;
Butterflies, xix;
Cacalia heterophylla, 162;
Cactus opuntia, 161;
Cambelton, 476;
Cancer macrourus, war of the gold-fish on the, 43;
Cane meadows, 424;
Carica papaya, 129;
Cat bird, 297;
Cattle, dreadful disease of, 205;
Cedar bird, 296;
Chactaws, 515;
Chameleon, 276;
Charleston, voyage from Philadelphia to, 1;
Charlotta, 91;
Chat, yellow breasted, 300;
Chicken snake, 271;
Clarendon river, 476;
Clay, fort of, eaten greedily by cattle, 39;
Cleome lupinifolia, 423;
Cliffs, description of the, 433;
Coachwhip snake, 217;
Cochineal insect, 161;
Collinsonia, species of, febrifuge, 409;
Colymbus cauda elongata, 130;
Convolvulus diffectus, 102;
Coolome town, 394;
Cornus florida, 399;
Cowe, 350, 364;
Coweta, 387;
Cow-pen, account of a, 308;
Crane, flight of the, 144;
——nests and eggs of the, 199;
——savanna, 218;
Creeks, Upper, alliance of, with the English, 53;
——account of the 208, 463;
——Lower, or Siminoles, 209
Cross-Creeks, 475;
Crown bird, 296;
Crying bird, 145;
Cucurbita lagenaria, 477;
Cupressus disticha, 88;
——new species of, 409;
Curlews, Spanish, 146;
Cuscowilla, journey to, 168;
——description of, 189;
Cyprinus coronarius, 151;
Deer, herd of, 198;
Dionæa muscipula, xiii, 470;
Dog brought up to tend horses, 120;
Dove, ground, 8;
Dyeing, bark of the gordonia lasianthus ufeful in 160;
Eagles, various, 2;
Earth, on the produce of the different zones of , ix;
——remarks on certain strata of, 433;
Elks only to be found in the Apalachian mountains, 45;
Emberiza oryzivora, 294;
Ephemeræ, 78—81;
Erythryna corallodendrum, 160;
Falco piscatorius, 8;
Falling Creek, 339;
Fascinating power of the rattlesnake, 263;
Febrifuge, virtues of a species of Collinsonia, 409;
Felis cauda truncata, 278;
Fern, curious species of, 476;
Fish, red-belly, 12;
——vast quantity of, in the river St. Juan’s, 121;
——of prey and others living peaceably together in pellucid
water, 164, 166, 227;
Fishing, mode of, 106;
Flat-rock, 374;
Flies, various species of, 383;
Florida, journey to, 55;
——East, very good Indigo made in, 75;
——West, journey to, 373;
Fort Moore, 313;
——James, 321;
Fort Prince George, Keowe, 328;
Fox, 278;
——squirrels, 279;
Fragility, extraordinary in animals, 194, 276;
Franklinia Alatamaha, 465;
Frederica, town and fort of, 60;
——voyage to, 303;
French settlement, 431;
——broken up by the Indians, 432;
Frogs, various fpecies of, 272;
Garr, great brown spotted, 173;
Georgia, voyage to, 4;
——islands on the coast of 5, 65;
——why thinly inhabited, 64;
Gerardea flammea, 410;
Glass-snake, 193;
Gold fish, war of, on the cray-fish, 43;
——described, 44;
Gopher, 18, 180;
Gordonia lasianthus, 159;
Gourd, ufeful species of, 477;
Grape vines, 84, 398;
Grapes, Indian mode of preserving, 398;
Grass, peculiar species of, 128;
Graves, Indian, 137;
Green snake, 271;
Grus pratensis, flight of the, 144;
——nests and eggs of the, 199;
——described, 218;
Halesia diptera, variety of, 408;
Half-way pond, 172;
Hawk, fishing, 8;
——engaged with a snake, 216;
Hibiscus, species of 19, 102, 103;
——coccineus, 102;
Hippobosca, 383;
Honesty, advantages of, 351;
Horn snake, 272;
Horses, Siminole, of the Spanish breed, 213;
——kept by a dog, 222;
Horses, large stud of, 353;
——fondnes of, for salt, 354;
——singular mode of taming, 375;
——flies extremely troublesome to, 384;
Hurricane, 139, 384;
Hydrangia quercifolia, 380;
Indian pot, curious, 6;
——interview with an, 21;
——remarks on the moral principle of an, 22;
——people, a peculiar race of, 25;
——towns, remains of 37, 196, 343, 388;
——sagacity, 39;
——mode of killing trout, 44;
——village, 90;
——wife of a white man, misconduct of an, 109;
——deserts the author, 113;
——cemetery, 137;
——chiefs, 183, 235, 350
——soup, 189;
——towns 189, 327, 348, 384, 394;
——punishment for adultery, 211, 446, 513;
——public buildings, 302, 365, 448, 452;
——antiquities, 322, 365, 370, 455, 519;
——festivals, 233, 367, 449, 507;
——towns and villages, lists of, 371, 461;
——languages, 386, 461, 463, 517;
——wedding, 444, 512;
——chief’s revenge on a trader caught in adultery with his
wife, 446;
——standard, 453;
——painting and sculpture, 454;
——canoes, 225;
——jelly, 339;
——music, 243, 503;
——drinking bout, 253;
——women, artifice of, 254;
——games, 506;
Indians, remarks on the, xxiii, 184, 208;
Indians, treaties with the, 33, 235;
——food of, 38;
——plunder the stores, 61;
——matters accommodated with the, 76;
——virtues of 22, 110, 208, 488;
——veneration of, for the rattlesnake, 258;
——form of salutation amongst, 182;
——visit to the, ib.;
——manners and customs of the 182, 184, 189, 207, 349, 367, 448;
——habitations of the 189, 365, 386, 395, 444;
——vices of the, 210;
——wars of the, 211, 390;
——migration of the, 378;
——massacre of the whites by, 388
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——roving disposition of the, 389;
——carry off a party of emigrants, 444;
——murder some white travellers, 235;
——hunting party of, 242;
——party of, in purfuit of an adulterer, 243;
——fondness of, for spirits, 253;
——conference with, 255;
——persons and qualifications of the, 481;
——government and civil society of the, 492;
——dress, feasts, and diversions of, 499;
——property, agriculture, arts, and manufactures of the, 509;
——marriage ceremonies of the, 512;
——funeral ceremonies of the, 513;
Indigo, very good, made in East Florida, 75
Ipomea, species of, 374;
Iron ore, 221, 376, 401;
Islands on the coast of Georgia, 5, 65
——why thinly inhabited, 64;
——floating, 86;
——in Lake George, 100;
Ilse of Palms, 155;
Jelly, Indian, 239;
Jore mountains, 360;
Journey to Cuscowilla, 168;
——to Talahasochte, 213;
——from Charleston to the Cherokee country, 306;
——over the Jore mountain, 357;
——from Fort Charlotte to West Florida, 373;
——from Apalachucla to Mobile, 394;
——from Savanna to Philadelphia, 467;
Juglans, manner in which the Indians use the fruit of a species of, 38;
Kalmia, new species of, 18;
Keowe, 328;
Lacerta, species of, 170, 276;
Lake Ouaquaphenogaw, 24;
George, 99;
Lantana camerara, 101;
Laurel magnolia, 83;
Lettuce, Indian, 42;
Liberty, observations on, 184;
Lime, wild, 112;
Lizard, species of, 170, 276;
Lupin, species of, 19;
Lynx, 278;
Magnolia, laurel, 83;
——peculiar species of, 159, 338;
——grandiflora, 169;
——auriculata, 337;
Malva, various species of, 325;
Manate spring, 228;
Meleagris occidentalis, 14, 81;
Mice, white, 277;
Milk, hiccory, 38;
Mimofa sensitiva, new species of, 24;
——virgata, 419;
——pudica, 428;
Mississippi river, 425;
Mobile, journey from Apalachucla to, 394;
——town of, 402;
Moccasin snake, 268, 269;
Moral principle of an Indian, remarks on the, 22;
Motacilla trochilus, 300;
Mount Royal, 96;
Mudfish, 174;
Muscicapa vertice nigro, 297;
Muscle, horned, 431;
Myrica inodora, 403;
Natural productions, observations on, x;
New-Smyrna, 142;
Nymphæa nelumbo, 407;
Nyssa coccinea, 17;
Oak, black, 37;
live, 82;
Ocean appears to have gained on the land of America, 66;
Oenothera grandiflora, 404;
Oil, sweet, obtained from the fruit of the live oak, 83;
Olive, Indian, 41;
Palm tree, 113;
Palmetto royal, 69;
Panicum hirtellum, 428;
Parakeet, 299;
Pearl Island, 419;
Pelican described, 68;
——wood, 149;
Pensacola, account of, 413;
Petrifactions, 473, 475;
Physic-nut, 41;
Pica glandaria cerulea non cristata, 170;
Picolata, fort, 78;
Pigeons, mode of catching, 467;
Pine snake, 272;
Pistia stratiotes, 86;
Pitch, how made from tar, 417;
Plains, barren, 240;
Plants various, obfervations on, x;
——new 16, 31, 393, 415, 434, 465, 466;
Plum, new species of, 421;
Pot, Indian, curious, 6;
Prinos, curious species of, 477;
Psittacus Caroliniensis, 299;
Pteris scandens, 476;
Ranæ, various species of, 272;
Rat, large ground, 7;
——wood, 122;
Rattlesnake, veneration of the Indians for the, 258;
——account of the, 262;
——fascinates its prey, 263;
——does no injury unless attacked, 262,
264;
——bastard, or ground, 270;
Rhododendron, species of, 334;
Ribband snake, 271;
Rice, culture of, 11;
Rice bird, 294;
River, remarkably clear, 222;
Robinia, species of, 333;
Rocky point, 166;
Ruins, Indian, 37, 53;
——of a French or Spanish fort, 52;
Sage, tall blue, 410;
Saint John’s, voyage to, 68;
——Juan, Little, river, 221;
——Simon, account of the island of, 56;
Salt, fondness of horses for, 354;
Sarracenia flava, xii;
lacunosa, 415;
Savanna, journey from, to Augusta, 28;
Sea cow, 230;
Sensitive plant, new species of, 24;
Shells, fossile, hill of, 316;
Silphium, species of, 396;
Siminoles, account of the, 209, 436;
Sinica, town of, 327;
Sink, great, 201;
Slavery, observations on, 184;
Slaves, on the treatment of, 309;
Simiiax pfeudo-china used as food, 239;
Snake, conflift of a, with a hawk, 216;
Snake bird, 130;
Snakes, various kinds of, 193, 217, 262—72;
Soils, observations on, 23, 29,
168, 397, 420, 429;
Standard, Creek, 149;
Stores plundered by the Indians, 61;
Storm, thunder, 13, 139, 341, 384;
advantages of a, 75;
Sun fish, 151;
Taensa, 403;
Taensapao river, 422;
Talahasochte, 224;
Tallow nut, 112;
Tanase, river; 337;
Tantalus pictus, 145;
——albut, 146;
——versicolor, ib.;
——loculator, 147;
Testudo plyphemus, 18, 180;
——naso cylindraceoelongato, 175;
——various species of, 277;
Thunder storm, 13, 341;
Tillandsia lingulata, 59;
usneoides, 85;
Tortoise, great land, 18, 180;
——soft shelled, 175;
——various species of, 277;
Travelling, mode of, 438;
Trout, American mode of catching, 106;
——described, 107;
Turkey, American, 14, 82;
Uche town, 386;
Verbena, species of, 434;
Vultur sacra, 442;
——aurea, 150;
Wampum snake, 269;
Wars of the Indians, 211, 390;
Water, hot mineral, 143;
——pellucid, curious bason of, 157, 163;
——subterranean channels for, 204, 223, 244, 343;
——great eruption of, 236;
Wax tree, 403;
Whatoga, town of, 348;
White plains, 429;
Wolf, narrow escape from a, 156;
American, 197, 278;
Wrightsborough, 35;
Xanthoxylum clava Herculis, 2;
Yucca gloriosa, 69;
Zamia pumila, 160.