e. side of Chesapeak Bay, Dorchester County, Maryland.]

SLAVE Lake and River, in the n. w. part of N. America. The lake is extensive, and gives rise to M'Kenzie's river, which empties into the Frozen Ocean, and receives the river of its name from the w. end of Athapescow Lake; besides many other rivers from various directions. Slave River runs a n. w. by n. course, and is a mile wide at its mouth. The latitude of Slave Lake is 61° 26' n. and the centre of the lake is in about long. 115' w. The n. bay is 40 leagues deep, and six fathoms water. The Dog-ribbed Indians inhabit the n. shore of this lake.]

[SLEARING Island, on the coast of Newfoundland.]

SLOKUMS, an island of the N. Sea; one of those lying at the entrance of the Bay of Buzzard, and which are called the Isabella Isles; in the district of the county of Barnstable, of the colony of Plymouth in New England. It is nearly circular, five miles in circumference, and n. of Tinker's Island, and 12 miles from the counties of Bristol and Barnstable.

SLONINGTON, a town of the United States. [SMALL Point, on the coast of Lincoln County, district of Maine, forms the e. limit of Casco Bay, and lies n. e. of Cape Elizabeth, the w. limit.]

SMALL, a settlement in the island of Barbadoes; of the district of the parish of San Juan, and at the extremity of the e. coast.

SMIENDS Bay, on the coast of the province and captainship of Rio Grande, in Brazil; between the shoal of San Roque and the point of Potetinga.

[SMITH, a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.]

[SMITHFIELD, a small post-town of Virginia, on Pagan Creek, which empties into James's River, in the Isle of Wight County. It is 57 miles s. e. of Richmond. The creek is navigable for vessels of 20 tons.]

[SMITHFIELD, a post-town, and the capital of Johnson County, N. Carolina, on the e. side of Neus River, on a beautiful plain, about 63 miles n. w. of Newbern, 18 from Raleigh.]

[SMITHFIELD, a township of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County.]

[SMITHFIELD, Upper and Lower, two townships in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.]

[SMITHFIELD, a township of Rhode Island, Providence County, having the State of Massachusetts on the n. and Cumberland on the n. e.

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Here are extensive orchards; and great quantities of stone-lime are made, and transported to Providence and other places. It contains 3171 inhabitants, including five slaves.]

[SMITH's Cape, the n. point of the entrance into a sea called the New Discovered Sea, and the s. w. point of the island formed by that sea or sound, which communicates with Hudson's Straits. It is on the e. side of Hudson's Bay. Lat. 61° 10' n. long. 79° 45'.]

[SMITH'S Island, on the coast of N. Carolina. See CAPE FEAR, and BALD HEAD.]

[SMITH'S Island, the southernmost of the range of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, along the coast of Northampton and Accomack Counties, Virginia. It is near the s. point of Cape Charles. Here ships frequently come to anchor to wait for pilots to conduct them into Chesapeak Bay.]

[SMITH'S Isles, the range of islands which line the above coast. They were so named in 1608, in honour of Captain John Smith, who landed on the peninsula, and was kindly received by Accomack, the prince of the peninsula, part of which still bears his name.]

[SMITH'S Island, a small island at the e. end of the island of Antigua, and in Exchange Bay.] [SMITH'S Point is the s. limit of the mouth of Patowmack River, on the w. side of Chesapeak Bay, opposite to the n. head land, called Point Lookout, and in about lat. 38° n.]

[SMITH'S, OF STAUNTON RIVER. See STAUNTON RIVER, in Virginia.]

[SMITH'S Sound, on the e. coast of Newfoundland Island, is bounded n. by Cape Bonaventure.] [SMITHTOWN, a plantation in Lincoln County, district of Maine, situate on the w. side of Kennebeck River, and contains 521 inhabitants.]

[SMITHTOWN, a small post-town of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, 41 miles e. of New York City. The township is bounded s. by Islip, w. by Huntington, n. by the Sound, and e. by the patent of Brookhaven, including Winnecommick. It contains 1022 inhabitants, of whom 167 are electors, and 166 slaves.]

[SMITHVILLE, the chief town of Brunswick County, N. Carolina, situate near the mouth of Cape Fear River, about 23 miles s. of Wilmington.]

[SMYRNA, New, a thriving town in E. Florida. It is situate on a shelly bluff on the w. bank of the s. branch of Mosquito River; about 10 miles above the capes of that river, about 30 miles n. of Cape Canaveral, and in lat. 28° n. It

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is inhabited by a colony of Greeks and Minorquies, established not long since, by Dr. Turnbull.1

[SNAKE Indians, a tribe who inhabit the s. w. side of Missouri River, in lat. about 47° n. and long. 107° w. The Shevetoon Indians inhabit on the opposite side of the river. Some meagre account of this tribe is to be seen in Gass's Travels, who went with Lewis and Clark from St. Lewis in the Mississippi to the mouth of the Columbia. See Vol. III. p. 273, of this work.] [SNOWHILL, a port of entry and post-town of Maryland, and the capital of Worcester County, situate on the s. e. side of Pokomoke River, which empties through the e. shore of Chesapeak Bay, about 12 miles to the s. w. Here are about 60 houses, a court-house, and gaol, and the inhabitants deal principally in lumber and corn. The exports for one year, ending the 30th of September, 1794, amounted to the value of 4040 dollars. It is 14 miles from Horntown in Virginia, and 59 s. of Dover in Delaware.]

[SNOWTOWN, a settlement in Lincoln County, district of Maine; situate between the West Ponds, seven or eight miles w. of Sidney, opposite to Vassalborough, and n. w. of Hallowell.]

SOANCA, SANTA MARIA DE, a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits in the province and government of Sonora in N. America.

SOAPARI, a settlement of the province and captainship of Rio Grande in Brazil; on the coast, between the Point of Piedras and the Bay of Simiends.

SOATA, a territory of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, in the antient province of Duytama. It is of an hot climate, but very fertile territory, especially in the herb coca, which they here call hayo, and which is one of the chief articles of its

commerce.

SOBER, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district and parish of Todos Santos. SÓCAIBAMBA, a lake of the province and corregimiento of Canta in Peru, from whence rises the river Carabaillo; n. of the capital, and close to another lake called Lorococha.

SOCAIRE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Atacama and archbishopric of Charcas in Peru; annexed to the curacy of its capital.

[SOCANDAGA, or SAGENDAGA, the w. branch of Hudson's River, runs a s. and s. e. course, and about 15 miles from its mouth, takes

a n. e. direction, and joins that river about 13 or 14 miles w. by n. of Fort Edward.]

SOCAY, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Moquehua in Peru, annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Posci.

SOCCHA, a small river of S. Carolina, which runs s. and enters the Ampola.

SOCHA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a moderately cold temperature, produces good wheat, maize, papas, and other fruits of a cold climate; contains 100 housekeepers and 70 Indians, and is 12 leagues n. e. of Tunja.

SOCHILA, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, contains 121 families of Indians, and is seven leagues s. of its capital.

SOCHINA, a principal and head settlement of the district of the same alcaldía mayor and kingdom as the former. It contains a population of 70 families of Indians, and is eight leagues from its capital.

SOCHIQUALT, a settlement of the province and alcaldía mayor of Guadalaxara in Ñ. America; near the town of Cadreita.

[SOCIETY Islands, a cluster of islands in the S. Pacific Ocean. To these islands Captain Cook was directed by Tupia, in 1769; and he gave them this name in honour of the Royal Society. They are situate between the latitudes of 16° and 18° 10′s. and between the longitudes of 148° and 152° 10′ w. They are seven in number.

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The soil, the productions, the people, their language, religion, customs, and manners, in all those islands, are so nearly the same as at Otaheite, that little need be added to the account which has already been given. Nature has been equally bountiful in uncultivated plenty, and the inhabitants are as luxurious and as indolent. plantain branch is the emblem of peace, and changing names the greatest token of friendship. Their morals are differently constructed, though serving the same purposes. It is customary to give their daughters to strangers who arrive amongst them; but the pairs must be five nights lying near each other, without presuming to take any other liberty. On the sixth evening, the father of the young woman treats his guest with food, and informs his daughter, that she must that night receive him as her husband. The stranger must not express the least dislike, should the partner allotted to him be ever so dis

agreeable; for this is considered as an unpardonable affront, and is punished with instant death.] SOCO, a sea-port on the coast and of the province and government of Venezuela, within the Gulf of Triste.

SOCOCHA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Chichas and Tarija in Peru, belonging to the district of the former, and annexed to the curacy of Talina; on the shore of a small river, to the w. of the town of Tarija, and near the settlement of Yavi.

SOCOLOMO, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru, near the river Salado. It was destroyed by the Infidel Indians, and nothing but its ruins now remain. SOCONE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Larecaxa in Peru, annexed to the curacy of Ambaná.

SOCONEY, a small river of S. Carolina, which runs w. and enters the source of the river Chunakansti.

SOCONUSCO, a province and alcaldía mayor of the kingdom of Guatemala in N. America, and the most western of its provinces; bounded n. by the province of Chiapa, s. by the Pacific Sea, w. by the province of Oaxaca in Nueva España, and s. e. by that of Guatemala. It is 35 leagues long from n. to s. and as many more wide from e. to w. It is very fertile in vegetable productions, and especially in cacao, which is most excellent, and of the best quality of any in America. It is, on this account, that the crops of this article are eagerly bought up by the richest families in these parts, and that very little of it finds its way to Europe.

This province, of which the conqueror was Pedro de Alvarado, is watered by several rivers, all of which run into the S. Sea; along which coast it extends for 30 leagues. It is nearly uninhabited, having in it only one or two settlements besides the capital, which is called Gueguetlán. It was formerly dependent on the audience of Mexico; until the year 1569, when it was added to that of Guatemala.

[SOCORA, an island on the coast of S. Ame

rica.]

SOCORINES, a barbarous nation of Indians of Peru, who dwell in the vicinities of the river Plata. Although now reduced to a very limited number, they are exceeding fierce, cruel, and treacherous.

SOCOROMA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Arica in Peru, annexed to the curacy of Copta.

SOCORRO, NUESTRA SENNORA DEL, a large

settlement of the jurisdiction of the town of San Gil, in the corregimiento and province of Tunja and Nuevo Reyno de Granada: of an hot but healthy temperature; and, although suffering from drought, producing much sugar-cane, maize, plantains, yucas, cotton, and fruits, it maintains a great commerce in articles of the country: such as linens, rugs, cloths, quilts, and other effects. It has two chapels of ease, very close to each other; the one called El Paramo, the other San Joseph, in the valley of this name, which is very pleasant, fertile, and salubrious. Its population is composed of more than 3500 inhabitants; and in 1711 the President of Santa Fé granted it the title of City, though the same was never confirmed by the king.

[There was a revolution in this province in 1781, joined by all the Indians of the viceroyalty of Santa Fé. One hundred and twenty-three miles n. n. e. of the capital, Santa Fé, and 76 n. of Tunja.]

SOCORRO, another settlement, called also Del Destierro, in the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil; in the island of Santa Catalina, of which it is the capital.

SOCORRO, another, of the province of Taraumara and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya in N. America, e. of the garrison of the Paso del Norte. SOCORRO, another, of the missions held by the religious of San Francisco in Nuevo Mexico and N. America.

SOCORRO, another, of the province and government of Cumaná; in the strand of that coast, at the distance of a cannon-shot from the capital. Its natives enjoy the privilege of exemption from tributes and contributions.

SOCORRO, another, in the province and country of Las Amazonas, and that part possessed by the Portuguese. It is a reduccion of the missions established there by the Carmelites of that nation, and is situate on the shore of the river Matari, in the mouth where it is entered by the Marucuvaca.

SOCOS, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Guanta in Peru, annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Ticllas.

SOCOTA, NUESTRA SENNORA DE LA CONCEPCION DE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It has the singularity of enjoying in its district all the different degrees of temperature, of cold and heat, within a very small distance of each other; and it consequently abounds in every kind of vegetable production. It has very good breeds of horses, mules, and other

cattle, and the inhabitants make good leather and exquisite cheeses, in which it carries on a flourishing commerce; but they are afflicted with the disease of the cotos, or swellings in the throat, though not to the same degree as are the inhabitants of the other settlements. The population amounts to about 200 housekeepers, and 40 Indians. Sixteen leagues n. e. of Tunja.

SOCUIGA, a river of the province and government of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises in the Snowy Sierra, and enters the Cesaré. It is also known by the name of Badillo, given it by the governor of this title.

SODOMS, a settlement of Indians of the province and country of the Iroquees; where the English have a fort and establishment, between the lake Ontario and the river Seneca.

[SODUS, Great, a gulf connected with the s. side of Lake Ontario, by a short and narrow entrance. It is about nine miles long, and four broad, and has an island in the e. part. The town called Sodus, stands on the w. side, near the s. w. part of the bay, or gulf; about 20 miles n. of Geneva, 26 s. w. of Oswego Fort, and 90 e. of Niagara.]

SOGAMOSO, an antient province of the kingdom of Bogota; bounded w. by the province of Tunja, from which capital it was two leagues distant, and was then subject to a prince, who was the high priest of the nation of the Moscas Indians. It was conquered by Gonzalo Ximenez de Quesada, is of limited extent, and is watered by a river from whence it took its name, and afterwards called Iracá. It is of a benign and healthy temperature, and now a corregimiento of Indians, dependent on the province of Tunja.

SOGAMOS, a settlement and capital of the corregimiento of the former province and kingdom. In the time of the Indian gentilism it was the capital and residence of the prince and high priest, called Sogamuxi, which has been corrupted to Sogamoso. Here it was that the Indians had their temples, extremely sumptuous, and the inner parts adorned with gold and precious stones; the same being the deposits of their idols. These temples were one night accidentally set fire to by two Spanish soldiers, who had entered to rob them; and, according to all the historians, the fire lasted in this settlement for the space of five years.

It is situate on a fertile and extensive plain, of a cold temperature, but healthy, and abounding in wheat of the best quality, as well as in barley, maize, tartuffles, and other productions of a cold climate. Here they make many woven stuffs of

wool; such as quilts, baizes, hats, &c. by which the natives carry on a great trade; especially on Fridays, which is a market-day, at which assemble the people from the neighbouring parts. Its population is composed of more than 500 housekeepers, and 200 Indians. In the parish, which has the title of San Sebastian, is venerated an effigy of this saint, sent by the Emperor Charles V.

In this valley is the mouth of a path made by hand through the mountains; and which beginning in the Llanos of San Juan, extends for upwards of 100 leagues. It is asserted that by this road came the Bochicá, which, in their idiom, means apostle, to preach to them the faith; and this matter is largely treated of by the authors Zamora, Oviedo, Castellanos, and Piedrahita. [Twenty-eight miles n. e. of Tunja.]

SOGAMOSO, another, a small settlement of the district and government of S. Juan Giron, in the same kingdom; which should have about 40 housekeepers. Eight leagues from its capital.

SOGAMOSO, a river of the same province. See CHICA MOCHA.

SOGOCHI, a settlement and head settlement of the district of the same alcaldía mayor and kingdom as the former. It is of a cold temperature; contains 211 families of Indians, and is 5 leagues s. of its capital.

[SOIL Cove, a settlement on Desert Island in the district of Maine.]

SOL Bay, on the coast of the river Amazonas, and the arm which forms the island of Marajo, between the river Tama and the settlement of Cutiguba.

SOLA, a small island of the N. Sea; between those of Margarita and Los Testigos; and closest to the former, on the e.

SOLAGA, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, contains 172 families of Indians, and is 4 leagues s. w. of its capital.

[SOLANGO, an island on the coast of Peru; 21 miles n. by w. from Colanche River, and 12 s. of Port Callo.]

SOLANO, S. FRANCISCO, a bay of the coast of the S. Sea, in the province and government of Chocó and Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It keeps this name from a settlement which it had in it, and of which nothing but the vestiges remain.

SOLANO, a river of the province and government of Costarica, in the kingdom of Guatemala. It runs w. and enters the S. Sea, two leagues from the settlement of Esparza.

[SOLAR, MORRO, or CAPE SOLA, on the coast of Peru, is 10 miles s. of Lima.]

SOLDADO, Island of, a small island, in the interior of the Bay of Chaguaramas, formed by two channels of the river Orinoco: discovered by Admiral Christoval Colon, in his fourth voyage, and who named it Escollo del Gallo. It is at the entrance of the channel-mouth of Sierpe.

SOLDADO, SAN MIGUEL DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tlacolula and alcaldía mayor of Xalapa in Nueva España : founded 40 years since in the sierra of the same name, and which is in the high road to Mexico. It contains 45 families of Indians, dedicated to the cultivation of the soil, and breeding of swinecattle. One league n. of its head settlement.

[SOLDIER's Gut, on the n. e. coast of the island of St. Christopher's, in the W. Indies, e. of Half Moon Bay, and also e. of Christ Church.] SOLDINA, or MERCADILLO, a river of the province and corregimiento of Panches in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises in the Páramo of Rueiz, and enters the grand river Magdalena.

SOLDOS, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru, belonging to the district and jurisdiction of the city of Santiago del Estero; n. of this, and on the shore of the river Dulce.

[SOLEBURY, a township in Buck's County, Pennsylvania.]

SOLEDAD, DE LAS CANOAS, a settlement of Indians of the Mecos nations, in the head settlement of the district of Tamazunchale and alcaldia mayor of Valles in Nueva España. It has 12 Spanish families, with whom dwell upon very sociable terms about 30 families of Indians. The temperature is benign, and the soil yields abundant crops of vegetable productions, particularly maize, which they sell in the neighbouring jurisdictions with sufficient profit. This settlement is formed from a reduccion of Indians, when the Count Fuenclara was viceroy. Thirty leagues n. of its capital.

SOLEDAD, another, in the head settlement of the district of Tlapacoya and alcaldía mayor of Quatro Villas. It contains 49 families of Indians, who cultivate some cochineal, maize, seeds, and fruits, and cut wood, in which they trade. Three leagues n. w. of its head settlement.

SOLEDAD, another, of the province and government of Cartagena in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; on the shore of the grand river Mag

dalena, and at the extremity of the island, on which is the capital.

SOLEDAD, another, of the missions which were held by the Jesuits, in the province and government of Mainas and kingdom of Quito; on the shore of the river Napo.

SOLEDAD, another, of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España; s. of the settlement of Santa Maria Magdalena.

SOLEDAD, another, of the Nuevo Reyno de Leon, in N. America.

SOLEDAD, another, with the surname of the Rio del Norte; of the missions which were held by the religious of San Francisco, in New Mexico.

SOLEDAD, another, which is an asciento of silver-mines, in the province and corregimiento of Caxamarquilla in the kingdom of Peru, annexed to the curacy of Chilia.

SOLEDAD, a bay of the coast of the S. Sea, in the province and government of Veragua and kingdom of Tierra Firme. It is a very large semicircle, and in its centre are three islands, called Sebaco, La Gobernadora, and Los Leones, besides two others, smaller.

SOLEDAD, a desert place, or monastery of the barefooted Carmelites, in the province and kingdom of Nueva España; situate on the top of a mountain, three leagues n. w. of Mexico; the same spot being surrounded by a high stonewall, seven leagues in circumference, and there being in this wall certain caves formed out of the stone, which serve as so many chapels; after the same manner as the chapels of Montserrat in Cataluña. In this convent the provincial chapter is celebrated; and here are gardens of more than two miles in extent, in which grow the most delicate European fruits.

SOLENTINAZ, a settlement of the province and government of Nicaragua in the kingdom of Guatemala; in a small island in the lake of Nicaragua.

[SOLIMOES. See MADERA RIVER; also the article MARANNON.]

SOLIS, a settlement of the province and alcaldia mayor of Los Zoques in the kingdom of Guatemala.

SOLIS, another, with the addition of Grande, a river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres in Peru; which runs from n. to s. and empties itself in the Plata at its entrance between the islands of Flores and Maldonado.

SOLIS, another river of the same province and kingdom as the former, with the surname of