SHOWTON. Some islands of the S. Sea; called by some the Islands of the Dogs, and by others the Islands of Pigs. They are 15 in number, and were discovered by William Showten in 1616, from whom they took their name: n. of New Zealand; 1200 leagues from the coast of Chile; between lat. 15° and 20° s.

[SHREWSBURY, a post-town of New Jersey, Monmouth County, on the sea-board, having Middletown on the n. Freehold w. and Dover s. w. North River divides it from Middletown, and is navigable a few miles. This town is 11 miles e. of Monmouth Court-house, 14 s. e. of Middletown Point, 36 e. of Trenton, 23 s. e. by e. of Brunswick, and 57 e. n. e. of Philadelphia. The compact part of the town is pleasant, and contains an Episcopal and a Presbyterian church, and a meeting-house for Friends. On the side of a branch of Navesink River, in this town, is a remarkable cave, in which are three rooms, arched with a soft porous rock, through which the moisture slowly exudes, and falls in drops on the sand below. The township contains 4673 inhabitants, including 212 slaves. Much genteel company from Philadelphia and New York resort here during the summer months, for health and pleasure.]

[SHREWSBURY, a township of Vermont, in Rutland County, between Clarendon on the w. and Saltash on the e. and contains 383 inhabitants.]

[SHREWSBURY, a township in York County, Pennsylvania.]

[SHREWSBURY, a township in Worcester County, Massachusetts; six miles e. of Worcester, and 31 w. by s. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1727, and contains 963 inhabitants.]

[SHUBENACADIE, a river of Nova Scotia, which rises within a mile of the town of Dartmouth, on the e. side of Halifax Harbour, and empties into Cobequid Bay, taking in its course the Slewiack and Gay Rivers. The great lake of the same name lies on the e. side of the road which leads from Halifax to Windsor, and about seven miles from it, and 21 from Halifax.]

SHUCKOSPAGA, a settlement of Indians of the province and colony of S. Carolina, at the source of the river Alabama.

[SHUTESBURY, a township of Massachusetts, Hampshire County, on the e. side of Connecticut River, about 16 miles n. e. of Northampton, and 69 w. by n. of Boston.]

SIACHOQUE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno

de Granada. It is of an extremely cold temperature, produces in abundance wheat, maize, papas, and other fruits of its climate; much sheep cattle, of the wools of which they make woven stuffs, these being the principal commerce of its inhabitants, who amount to 300, with as many Indians. Half a league n. e. of Tunja.

SIANCAS, a river of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru. It rises near the city of Salta, from various streams which unite, runs w. and enters the Vermejo.

SIANCAS, a valley of this province and government, in the district and jurisdiction of the city of Salta, where there was formerly a settlement, but which was destroyed by the barbarian Indians in 1736, when 500 persons who were in it were put to death, not even the innocent being spared. The town was also then entirely burnt. [SIARA. See SEARA.]

SIBARONA, a settlement of the province and government of Guayana, in the part possessed by the Dutch.

SIBAYO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Collahuas in Peru.

SIBIRIJOA, a settlement of the province of Cinaloa, and real of silver mines in former times, but these have ceased to be worked. The settlement is situate on the shore of the abundant river of Fuerte.

SIBUNDOI, a settlement of the province of Sucumbios in the kingdom of Quito; in a beautiful and extensive valley, on the shore of the river Putumayo, near its source. It is celebrated for a miraculous image of Christ, which is venerated in its church, which is a very good one. Five leagues s. of the lake of Mocoa, and three n. w. of the settlement of San Pedro, in lat. 1o 7′ 39′′ n.

[SICA-PUNTA, or DRY POINT, on the n. coast of S. America, on the Spanish main, is the n. w. limit of Trieste Bay, and s. of the island of Curaçoa.]

SICASICA. See CICASICA.

SICAYA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Xauja in Peru.

SICCHA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Yamparaes, in the same kingdom as the former. It belongs to the archbishopric of Charcas, and is annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Huanipaya.

SICCHOS, MAYOR, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tacunga in the kingdom of Quito; in the district of which are some silver mines which, in former times, were worked

to tolerable profit, but are now abandoned. Eighteen leagues from the settlement of Sarapullo.

SICCHOS, another settlement, in the same province and kingdom, with the addition of Menor to distinguish it.

SICCIAN, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Conchucos in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Huary, its capital.

SICHA, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán, of the district and jurisdiction of Salta; annexed to the curacy of Chiquiana.

[SICHEM, formerly a settlement of the Moravians, on the e. line of New York State. Twenty-five miles e. s. e. of Kingston, on Hudson's River.]

SICOWI, a settlement of Indians of the province and colony of N. Carolina, on the shore

and at the source of the river Tennessee.

SICSID, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cuenca in the kingdom of Quito, on the shore of a river. In its district to the n. are two large estates, called Hacienda de la Virgen, and Castillo del Inca.

SICUANI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tinta in Peru.

- SICU-LEUVU, a river of the province and corregimiento of Maule in the kingdom of Chile. It rises from the volcano of Tucapel, runs directly s. and forms the lake of Huenchun.

[SIDELING Hill, a range of hills which lie in the n. w. part of Maryland, between Alleghany and Washington Counties, which are divided by the creek of the same name.]

[SIDNEY Island. See SYDNEY.] [SIDNEY, a township of New York State, on the n. line of Pennsylvania, opposite to the mouth of Chenengo River, having Susquehannah for its n. and e. boundary.]

SIERRA, SALADA, a river of the province and captainship of Seara in Brazil. It runs into the sea between the river Omoneses and the Bay of Inobú.

SIERRAS, Cape of the, on the coast of the same province and kingdom as the former, between the port of Mocoripe and the river Acuma.

[SIERRE MADRE. See ANDES.]

SIETE, a small river of the province and corregimiento of Cuenca in the kingdom of Quito. It rises w. of the capital, and runs, following the same rhumb, until it enters the sea in the Gulf of Guayaquil, opposite the island of Puná.

SIGUAS, a river of the province and government of Veragua in the kingdom of Tierra Firme. It rises in the mountains of the s. coast, and enters the sea near the Morro de Puercos.

SIGUAN-GUAYACU, a small river of the province and government of Mainas in the kingdom of Quito. It runs n. n. w. and enters the Yana.

SIGUATE, or SIGATEO, an island of the N. Sea, one of the Lucayas, which is close to that of San Salvador. The English call it also Alabastar.

SIGNAO, a settlement of the province of Culiacán in Nueva Espana.

SIGUENZA, PUNTA DE, a cape of the coast of the island of Santa Rosa, in the province and government of Florida; named by Admiral D. Andres de Pez, when he passed to reconnoitre it in 1693, by order of Charles Sigüenza, professor of mathematics at Mexico.

SIGUINAM, SANTA MARIA DE, a principal and head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Valladolid, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán; the district of which comprehends other three settlements. It is of a cold temperature, and contains 30 families of Indians, exercised alone in sowing maize, the sole fruit of the territory, inasmuch as the frosts are such as to destroy the other seeds. Eight leagues w. of its capital.

SIHUA, SAN JUAN DE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Quispicanchi in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Pomacanchi.

SIHUAS, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Conchucos, in the same kingdom as the former.

SIHUAS, another, in the province and corregimiento of Collaguas in the same kingdom. SIHUAS, a large and beautiful valley of the province and corregimiento of Arequipa.

SIHUAS, another, which belongs in part to the province of Camana, and in part to that of Collagues. It is 10 leagues long, and of a delightful climate, and very abundant in wheat, vines, and olive trees; as also in maize, and all sorts of delicate fruits.

SILAI, an abundant river of the province and government of Quito; which rises in the interior of the mountains of the province of Chachapoyas, and enters the Chupana or Cahuapana to run into the Marañon.

SILAN, a settlement of the province and government of Yucatán in N. America, on the coast,

between the river of Lagartos and that of Santa Clara.

SILANCHI, a river of the province and government of Esmeraldas in the kingdom of Quito. It runs n. w. as far as the new road which leads to this capital; from thence turns to w. and thence to s. w. to join the Caoni; with the which it enters the river Blanco by the n. part, in lat. 9° s.

SILAO, a large settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Guanajuato, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán. It contains 1000 families of Indians, Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes; is of a dry and hot temperature, and seven leagues from its capital.

SILCO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Aimaraez in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Mollebamba.

SILINGATE, a settlement of the province and government of Jaen de Bracamoros, in the kingdom of Quito.

SILIPICA, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru; of the district and jurisdiction of the city of Santiago del Estero, on the shore of the river Dulce.

SÍLLA. See PACAMOROS.

SILLAPATA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Guamalies in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Pachas.

SİLLERY, a settlement and colony_established by the French in Canada, on the n. shore of the river St. Lawrence, nearly a mile from the city of Quebec, thus called from an appellation of a French gentleman, its founder. It had a fort, which belonged to the Jesuits, before its capture by the English.

SILOS, a settlement of the government and jurisdiction of Pamplona in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a very cold temperature, produces the vegetable productions of the same, although with scarcity, and has a population of 100 Indians with about as many poor Spaniards. Seven leagues's. e. of Pamplona.

SILQUE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Calca and Lares in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Ollantay.

[SILVER Bluff, a considerable height upon the Carolina shore of Savannah River, perhaps 30 feet higher than the low lands on the opposite shore, which are subject to inundations in the spring and fall. This steep bank rises perpendicularly out of the river, discovering various strata of earth. The surface of the ground upon this bluff, which extends nearly two miles

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on the river, and from half a mile to a mile in breadth, is nearly level, and a good fertile soil, as appears by the vast oaks, hickory, mulberry, black walnut, and other trees and shrubs left standing in the old fields, which are spread abroad to a great distance. Here are various vestiges of the ancients, as Indian conical mounts, terraces, areas, &c. as well as traces of fortresses of regular formation, as if constructed after the modes of European military architects; which some suppose to be the ancient camps of the Spaniards, who formerly fixed themselves here in hopes of finding silver.]

SILVER-SPRING, a city of the county of Barnstable in Plymouth County.

SILVESTER, S. Point of, on the s. coast of the Straits of Magellan; between the grand bay of San Bartolome and that of Santa Catalina.

SILVESTER, S. another. See PAPAGAYOS. SIMACO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Larecaxa in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Challana.

SIMAÑA, a small river of the province and government of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, which enters the Grande de la Magdalena between the port of Ocaña and the town of Tamalameque.

SIMANCHI, a settlement of the province and government of Jaen de Bracamoros in the kingdom of Quito, on the shore of the river of its name, and s. of the city of St. Lawrence. SIMANCHI, the aforesaid river, unites itself with the Palanda to enter the Marañon.

SIMARA, a small river of the province and government of La Guayana. It rises between the table land of Guanipa and the river Guarapiche, runs e. and enters the channel of Manano Grande, one of the arms by which the Orinoco

runs into the sea.

SIMATLAN, a river of the province and alcaldía mayor of Tecoantepec in Nueva España. It runs e. and enters the S. Sea between the river Capolita and the port of Salinas.

SIMATO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada.

SIMBAL, SAN JUAN BAPTISTA DE, a settlement of Indians of the province and corregimiento of Truxillo in Peru, founded in the valley of Chimo. It is very small and poor, producing only some pulse, which the natives carry for sale to the other provinces. These natives have the advantage of a foundation for the relief of seven settlements of Indians from a tribute (which) they would otherwise be obliged to pay) through

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the charity of Doña Florenca de Mora, the wife of Don Juan de Sandoval, who died without heir. Six leagues n. e. of the capital.

SIMBOLAR, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru, on the confines of the kingdom of Chile.

SIMBOLAR, a settlement of the same province and government, on the shore of the river Dulce. SIMENA, a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits, in the province and government of San Juan de los Llanos and Nuevo Reyno de Granada; now under the charge of the Barefooted Franciscans.

SIMIGAYES. See SEMIGAES. SIMIJACA, a settlement of the corregimiento of Ubaté in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. Of a cold and healthy temperature, abounding in all the productions of a cold climate; close to the settlement of Chiquinquirá, and 16 leagues s. w. of Santa Fé.

SIMILAES, a settlement of the province and government of Mainas in the kingdom of Quito.

SIMITI, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It was formerly rich, populous, and had an abundant gold-mine which afterwards failed, from that time its riches and consequence having been on the decline.

SIMOCHOQUI, SANTIAGO DE, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tepic in Nueva España. It contains 25 families of Indians, and is 18 leagues n. of its capital.

SIMON, S. a settlement of the head settlement of the district, and alcaldía mayor of Marinalco in Nueva España. Its natives maintain themselves by trading in fuel, coal, and some maize. At a league's distance it has the large engine of Xalmolonga, which belonged to the Jesuits, and at which upwards of 200 slaves were employed. This settlement is so extensive as to reach as far as the jurisdiction of Tasco, and in it is a beautiful church. At three-quarters of a league to the w. is the estate of Pastla, which belongs to the religious of St. Augustin. Two leagues and a half from its capital.

SIMON, S. another settlement, of the head settlement of Amatepec, and alcaldía mayor of Zultepec in the same kingdom. It contains 12 families of Indians, and is close to its head settlement,

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SIMON, S. another, of the head settlement of Tepuxilco, and of the same alcaldía and kingdom as the former. It contains 30 families of Indians, who exercise themselves in the labour of the

mines. Close to the settlement of Arismendi by the n.

SIMON, S. another, of the head settlement of Tlacotepec, and alcaldía mayor of Tepeaca in the same kingdom. It contains 95 families of Indians, and is three leagues from its head settlement. In its district are 13 cultivated estates, in which most of the population are employed, as the territory is scanty in productions.

SIMON, S. another, of the same alcaldía mayor as the former, and of the head settlement of the capital, from whence it lies five leagues.

SIMON, S. another, of the head settlement of Quechula, in the same alcaldía mayor and kingdom as the former. It contains 20 families of Indians, and is very close to its head settlement.

SIMON, S. another, of the head settlement of Ahuacatlán and alcaldía mayor of Zacatlán in the same kingdom. Two leagues distant from its head settlement.

SIMON, S. another, of the province and government of Moxos in the kingdom of Quito, on the shore of the river Itenes. It is now nearly abandoned, and has in it only a few Indians.

SIMON, S. another, of the same province and kingdom as the former, on the shore of the river Baures, near a lake formed by an arm of this river.

SIMON, S. an island, near the n. mouth of the river Alatamaha, in the province of Georgia in N. America; 11 miles long and four wide. It is of a fertile and rich territory, full of oaks, meadows, and fields, cultivated after the Indian manner. In the centre is situate the city of Frederick, and it has a good fort and battery built by the English in 1742, for the defence of the Strait of Jekyl, in the which may lie from 10 to 12 ships in perfect security.

[SIMON, S. a fort at the s. end of the above island. It is nine or 10 miles from St. Simon's Bar, and is remarkable for its white appearance.]

SIMON, S. a small island of the Gulf of California, or Mar Roxo de Cortés, near the coast, between the islands San Joseph and Espiritu Santo.

SIMON, S. another island, with the surname of Grande, near the coast of Florida, one of the Georgean Isles.

SIMON, S. another, with the surname of Chico or Little, on the same coast, and one of the Georgean.

SIMON, S. a river of the province and government of Moxos in the kingdom of Quito. It rises between those of Baures and Itenes, runs

n. n. w. and enters the second of these, close to the settlement of its name.

SIMON, S. a bay on the s. coast of the Straits of Magellan, one of the Snowy Islands, and close to the Bay of Chartier.

SIMON, S. a port on the s. e. coast of the island of Martinique, close to the Cul de Sac François, behind Point Vauclain.

SIMON, S. a point of land or cape of the coast of Brazil, in the province and captainship of Rey. SIMON, S. a fort in the province and government of Tucumán and kingdom of Peru, in the llanos of Manso and on the shore of the river Vermejo, to restrain the Abipones and infidel Indians.

[SIMON, S. a channel in the Orinoco, for an account of which, see Vol. iii. p. 490, of this Dictionary.]

SIMON, S. a narrow passage in the Straits of Magellan, the second to enter the S. Sea.

SIMOQUIPA, a settlement of the province and government of Señora in N. America, on the shore of a river, and w. of the town and garrison of San Felipe de Guevabi.

[SIMSBURY, a township of Connecticut in Hartford County, 14 miles n. w. of Hartford. Copper ore has been found here.]

SINA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Carabaya in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of San Juan del Oro.

SINAMARI, a large river of equinoctial France, which empties itself into the Atlantic, between the river Marowine and the island of Cayenne. At its entrance is a great sand-bank, which impedes the passage to vessels; and on the n. shore, near its mouth, is a fort built by the French for its defence. Some geographers confound it with another river, called Manamari, which enters the sea near Cayenne, and has its mouth farther e. than is the mouth of the Sinamari, which is in lat. 5° 39' n.

SINANGUEI, a large settlement of the province and government of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, in a fertile and delightful spot, although of a hot temperature. It belongs to the nation of the Tacrinas Indians, and is governed by a cazique.

SINAPECU, a settlement of the province and alcaldía mayor of Valladolid in the kingdom of Nueva España, near its capital.

SINARUCO, or SINARUCA, a large and abundant river of the llanos of San Juan, and kingdom of Grenada. It rises at the foot of the snowy paramo of Chisgas in the mountains of Bogotá, to s. e. of Pamplona. Whilst running through

those woods it has the name of Canaguata; it then turns to the llanos of San Juan, and changes its title to Ravanál. It is afterwards called Masibuli, and runs through the llano of Arauca. It is then joined by the Canaguatá, and takes the name of the Sinaruco, and enters the Orinoco, 38 miles below the Meta. On its shores the Je suits founded various settlements, being reduccions of Indians of the Salivas nations, in 1682; but the same were destroyed two years afterwards by the Caribes.

SINCHE, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of San Miguel el Grande, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán.

SINCHOLAGUA, a paramo, or mountain, covered with perpetual snow, in the province and kingdom of Quito. It is opposite the paramo of Pichincha, the valleys of Turubamba and Chillo intervening. From it rises the river Alangasi, and in 1660, at the irruption of the volcano of Pichinche, the aforesaid mountain split in twain, so that one side of it perverted the course of the river; and the consequence was that immense mischief was done to the neighbouring plains, by a prodigious influx of mud.

SINCOMAI, a mountain of the province and colony of Surinam, in the part of Guayana possessed by the Dutch, close to the sierra of Rinocote, and at its beginning.

[SINEMAHONING, a n. westernmost branch of Susquehannah River.]

[SINEPUXENT, a very long bay on the s.e. coast of Maryland; a number of long and narrow islands separating it from the Atlantic Ocean. Sinepuxent Inlet is in about lat. 38° 11'30" n. and nearly 12 miles e. of the town of Snowhill.1

SINGES, Islands of the, near the coast of the province of Guayana, in the part of the French, at the entrance or mouth of the river Ovia.

SINGLA, a natural wall of stone, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, which traverses the whole province of Guane from n. to s.

[SING-SING, an inconsiderable village on the e. side of Haverstraw Bay, in W. Chester County. Thirty-five miles n. of New York City.]

ŠINGUIO, a small settlement of the head settlement of the district of Xacona and alcaldía mayor of Zamora in Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, and contains 95 families of Mustees and Mulattoes. Three leagues w. of the settlement of Santiago.

[SINICA, a considerable Cherokee town, on the banks of Keowee River. The houses on the