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On one side of it is a tolerably large island,close by which a small river enters. It is al-most SE. from Lake Winnipeg, and SW. fromthe Lake of the Woods . Lon. 95° 10' W.;lat. 47° 40' N.

RED LICK, salt spring in the state of Ken.32 in. K. from Stamford.

RED SHOAL, v. Stokes co. N. 0.

REDSTONE, t. Layette co. l J a.

RED RIVER, r. which rises in Kentucky ,and runs into the Cumberland in Tennessee , alittle below Clnrkcsville.

RED RIVER, r. Kentucky , which runs W.into the Kentucky , 0 miles above Boonsbo-roujrh.

RED RIVER, one of the most considerabletributaries of the .Mississippi , and the first fromits mouth of any importance, which it receiveson the W. about 4 l HJ miles above New Orleans .It t.ikcs its rise in a chain of hills near SantaFe , in New .Mexico, called, we kno.v not bywhat authority, the Caous .Mountains. In itsupper courses it receives Blue river, and FalseWashita. It winds throng]) a. region of prai-ries, on which Red droves of hutialoes, cattle,and wild horses. In these regions it receivesa great ninny considerable tributaries, the;names of which have not ye t been given.;Through tiic greater part of its course, Redriver winds through immense prairies of a redjsoil covered with grass, and vines that bear dr- :lieiou^ grapes. On its banks is the ihvorite:range >f the buffalo, and other game, peculiar;to me vast western ocean of prairies. About'thirty leagues above Natchitoches , commences (the Raft, which is nothing more than a broadswampv expansion of the alluvion of the riverto the width of 20 or 110 miles. The river,spreading hero into a vast number of channel-,frequently shallow, of course, has l>ccn for agesclogging with a compact mass of timber, andfallen trees, wafted from the upper regions.Between these masses the river has a channel,sometimes lost in a lake, and found by follow-ing tiic outlet of that lake back to the parentchannel. There is no stage of the water, inwhich a keel-boat, with an experienced pilot,may not make its wav through the raft. Wehave seen a considerable sleam-l>out, whichwas built above the rail, and floated through itm an unfinished state. The river is blockedup by this immense mass of timber for a length,by its meanders, of between 60 and 70 miles. :'There are places where the water can be seen 1m motion under the logs. In other places, the \whole width of the river may be crossed on!horseback, and boats only make their way, injpassing these places, by following the inlet of ia lake, and coasting it to its outlet, and tliusjfinding the channel again. Weeds, flowering;shrubs, and small willows, have taken roof;upon the surface of this timber, and flourish!above the waters. Rut in all these places thecourses of the river, its outline, and its bends,!are distinctly marked by a margin of forest!trees, which grow here on the banks in thesame manner as they do where the channel isopen. It is an impediment of incalculable in-jury to the navigation of this noble river, and

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the immense extent of fine coumtry above it.There is, probably, no part of the TUnited Stateswhere the unoccupied lands have h.igher claims,from soil, climate, intermixture of prairies andtimbered lands, position, and every inducementto population, than the country between theRaft and Kimichie. This country would besettled with greater rapidity, were it not forthe obstruction which this raft opposes to the1 navigation of the river. The state has made| an effort to have it removed. Accurate sur-I veys of it have been made, and the general, government has made an appropriation for this| purpose. The river above the raft becomesbroad, deep, and navigable for steam-boats inj moderate stages of the water, 1,U00 miles to-wards the mountains. Below the raft, as wehave remarked, the river divides itself into1 many channels, and fills such a number of: bayous and lakes, that lie parallel to the river,

. that the bare enumeration of their names wouldcarry us beyond our limits.

■ REEDSBOROUGII, t. Bennington co. Vt.15 m. SE. from Bennington.

REEDY CREEK, r. N. J. which runs intothe Atlantic, Ion. 74° 16' \V.; lat. 39° 55' N.

REEDY ISLAND, is!, in the river Dela-ware, 20 m. from Bombay Ilook, and 50 belowPhiladelphia ; 3 m. long, and \ broad.

REEL FOOT, r. Ten. which runs into theMississippi, about 35 m. S. of the Ohio .

REESVILLE, v. Montgomery co. Pa. 3 m.a little W. of S. and on the opposite side ofSchuylkill river from Norristown , and 16 NW.from Philadelphia .

REHOBOTH, t. Bristol co. Mass, on E.side of the Scckhonk, 15 m. WSW. from Taun-ton, 37 SW. from Boston . Pop. 2,468.

REHOBOTH BAY, of the Atlantic Ocean ,belonging to Sussex co. Del. It has the same.inlet with Indian river.

RLHRERSBfRG, or Rehrcrstown, v. intiic NW. part of Berks co. Pa. 46 in. a little N; of E. from Harrisburg, 15 NE. from Lebanon -! REIDSVILLE, v. Pendleton district, S.C.

; REISTERSTOWX, v. Baltimore co. Md15 ni. NW. from Baltimore .

REMBERTSTOX, t. Sumpter district, S.C

REMSEX, t. Oneida co. N. Y. 107 in- NWfrom Albany . Pop. 1,400.

RENSSELAER, co. N\ Y. bounded X. byWashington co. E. by Vermont and Massachu-setts , S. by Columbia co. and W. by the Hud-son. Pop. 40,472. Chief town, Trov.

RENSSELAER, v. in Berlin, N.Y. 12 m.E. from Albany . Here is an extensive manu-factory of glass.

REXSSELAERYILLE, t. Albany co. N.Y. 24 rn. SW. from Albany . Pop. 3,689.

REPUBLICYILLE, v. Clarke co. Al.

REYNOLDSBLRG, v. Humphrey co. Ten.

RHEA, co. Ten. hounded by M’Minn SE.the Cherokee lands and Hamilton co. SW.Bledsoe W. and NW. and Rowan NE. Length30 m, mean width 20. Pop. in 1820, 4,215;in 1830, 8,182. Chief town, Washington.

KHEATOWN, v. Greene co. Ten. E. fromNashville .

RHINEBEOK, t. Dutches? co. X Y. on E

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