Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws

by Bartram, William

• ISBN13: 9781108032667
• ISBN10: 1108032664
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-08
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

The son of a naturalist, William Bartram (1739-1823) was commissioned to undertake a tour of south-eastern North America in 1773. Collecting seeds, taking specimens and making meticulous drawings and observations of previously unknown flora and fauna, his four-year expedition took him from the foothills of the Appalachians, through Florida and on to the Mississippi. First published in 1791, within ten years this account had been translated into German, French and Dutch. A unique historical record now, and of particular interest at the time, his accounts of the Seminole, Creek and Cherokee Indians were seen by contemporaries as being sympathetic towards peoples commonly regarded as little better than savages, but his writings persuaded others of the need for a more humane approach to the indigenous people. This work influenced not only scientists, but writers such as Wordsworth and Coleridge, and it remains a classic of American science, history and literature.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The author embarks at Philadelphia

Embarks again for Georgia and arrives at Savanna

Crosses the river at Fort Barrington and arrives at St. Ille

Sets off from Savanna to Augusta, one hundred sixty-five miles North-West from the sea coast

The author leaves Broughton island and ascends the Alatamaha

Sets off from Savanna to East Florida, proceeding by land to the Alatamaha

Leaves Frederica for the lower trading-house on St. Juan's

Leaves Amerlia Island and arrives at the Cowford, on the river St. Juan's

Proceeds farther up the river

Provides for continuing his voyage higher up the river, engages an Indian to assist in navigating his bark, and sets sail, the Indian becomes tired and requests to be set on shore

Proceeds on a journey to Cuscowilla

Sets out again on a journey to Talahsochte

The author makes an excursion again up St. Juan's to Lake George

Indian warriors, their frolic

Farther account of the rattle snake

Visits an Indian village on the river

The author sets out for the Cherokee territories

Proceeds for Fort James, Dartmouth

Oncone vale

Sets off from Whatogao to the Overhills towns

Sets off from Dartmouth to the Upper Creeks and Chactaws country

Proceeds, and after three days journey arrives at Tallase, on the Tallapoose river

Leaves Mobile for Manchac on the Mississippi

Leaves Mobile on his return

Short excursion in the South of Georgia

Proceeds for Charleston

Persons, character, and qualifications of the Aborigines

Government and civil society

Dress, feasts, and divertisements

Concerning property, agriculture, arts, and manufactures

Marriages and funeral rites

Language and monuments

Index

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