Mexico to Acapulco. Lat. 17° 40' N.; Ion. 22* 20' W. from W.
CHIMALAPA, small river of Mexico , inOajaca , which flows S. into the Gulf of Tehu-antejH’C.
CHINA , t Kennebcck co. Me. 25 m. NE.from Ilallowell. Pop. 2,234. It contains anacademy, a social library, and 2 houses of pub-lic worship, 1 for Baptists , and 1 for Friends.It was taken from Harlem, Fairfax , and Wins-low, in 1818.
CHINA, t. Genesee co. N. Y. Top. 2,387.
CHINA GROVE, t. Georgetown district,S. C. 461 m. from W.
CHINCHANCHI, v. Mexico, 10 m. N. fromMerida .
CHINE, La , v. L. C. on the island of Mon-treal , 7 m. above the city. It is the centre ofnil the commerce between Upper and LowerCanada. Here the boats of the N. W. companycommence their voyage for the interior coun-try of America . It is intended to cut a canalfrom La Chine to Montreal , by which a directcommunication with the city will be opened,and the difficult passage of the rapid of St.Louis avoided.
CIIINGOTEAGUE, small isl. in the Atlan-tic, near the coast of Virginia . Lon. 75° 20'W.; lat. 37° 46' N.
CIIINGOTEAGUE INLET’, narrow chan-nel between two islands, near the coast of Vir-ginia . Lon. 75° 42' W.; lat. 27° 52' N.
CHINNOOK, r. N. America , which flowsinto the Columbia , near its mouth.
CHINNOOK INDIANS, N. A. on the Chin-nook and Columbia . No. 400.
Cl IIPOOK CREEK, r. Virginia , which runsinto James river.
CTTIPPEWAN, mountains of N. America .This great chain is the principal spine of thatcontinent, and by various names, extends fromthe isthmus of Darien to the Frozen ocean,through 60° of latitude, or 4,150 m. In Mex-ico , it is known by the general term Anahuac.Farther N. the Spaniards designate it as themountains of New [Mexico. In the U. S. it isknown as the Rocky mountains . In Cabotia,or British America, by its true native nameChippewan, or Chippewyan. In Mexico andGuatimala, it rises into volcanic summits, ele-vated far above the regions of perpetual snow.Popocatepetl, Citlaltepetl, or Peak d’Orizaba,Pico Frailes, andCoffrcde Perote, all rise above13,500 feet. In the U. S. the elevation of thischain remains undetermined, but must be con-siderable, from tlie length and rapidity of thestreams flowing from its opjiosite sides.
CHIPPEWAY , small r. or creek, Lincolnco. U. C. falls into Niagara river , at the villageof Chippcway.
CHIPPEWAY, v, Lincoln co. U. C. on Ni-agara r. 10 m. above Queenston, 2 above Ni-agara falls . Chippcway creek runs into theNiagara at this place. “The battle of Chippe-way, July 5, 1814, was fought in the plain, onthe S. side of this creek,
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the Mississippi at lake Pepin, in Ion. 93° 54W.; lat. 43° 45' N. There is a short portagebetween tins river and the Montreal , a waterof Lake Superior .
CHIPPEWAY, t. Wayne co. Ohio , 12 m.NE. from Wooster .
CHIPPEWAYS , or Sauteurs y Indians, oneof the most numerous and powerful tribes inN. America . About 5,700 of them dwell onSaganaw bay, in Michigan Territory ; the re-mainder are scattered in petty bands along theN. border of the U. S. They maintain a per-petual war with the Sioux .
CHIPPEWYAN, Fort , N. America , at theSW. end of Athapescow lake. Lon. 111° W.;lat. 58° 40' N.
CHISHOLM’S STORE, t. [Montgomeryco. N. C. 130 m. SW. from Raleigh .
CHISWELL, isles off the NW. coast of N.America , group lying near the mainland, be-tween cape Elizabeth and Montague island.Lon. from W. 71° 4' W.; lat. 59° 33' N.
CHITTENANGO, t. Madison co. N. Y. 35m. W. from Utica .
CHITTENDEN, co. W. side of Vt bound-ed N. by Franklin co. E. by Washington, S. byAddison, W. by lake Champlain . Pop. 21,775.Chief town, Burlington.
CHITTENDEN, t. Rutland co. Vt. 30 m.NW. from Windsor. Pop. CIO.
CHITTENIIAM, t. Montgomery co. Pa .
CIIITTENINGO, r. N. Y. which rises inCazenovia and runs into Oneida lake; 25 in.long.
CHOCOLATE, r. NW. Territory, runs in-to lake Superior , 21 m. W. from La Train r.
CHOCONUT, creek, Susquehannah co. Pa. flows north-easterly into N. York, and fallsinto the Susquehannah river, a short distancebelow Chenango Point.
CHOCTAW, r. which rises in Alabama , andpasses through West Florida, running intoSt Rosa bay.
CHOCTAW, or Ckoctahatchee , r. Florida ,which rises in Alabama and discharges itswaters into St Rosa Sound, at the NE. ex-tremity.
CHOICE’S STORE, t. Gwinnet co. Geo.;146 m. NW. from Milledgeville.
CHOLULA, city, of Mexico, in Puebla ; 60m. SE. by E. from Mexico . Pop. 16,000. Lat19° 15' N.
CHOLULA, ancient republic of Mexico ,corresponding nearly to the district appertain-ing to the present city of Cholula.
CHOMONCHOUAN, lake, Canoda; 219m. NW. from Quebec . Lon. 75° 40' W. lat39° 20' N.
CHONA, ancient pyramid of Mexico , inPuebla . It is 177 feet high. Lon. 21° 20' W.from W. lat. 19° 2' N.
CHOPTANK, r. which rises in Delaware ,and runs through Md. into Chesapeake Bay ,S. of Tilghman’s Island.
CHOPUNNISH, r. Missouri Territory, abranch of the Kooskooshee, in the RockyMountains . Lon. 113° W. lat. 46° 30' N.
CIIOTA, v. Blount co. Ten.