Maryland, eight miles s. e. of Westminster, and nearly 15 n. w. of Baltimore.] REMEDIOS, NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS, a city, the capital of the province and government of the Rio del Hacha in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada: founded on the shores of this river by Nicholas Federman, with the title of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, which it afterwards changed to that which it now holds. It is of an hot temperature, and has been rich and commercial through its fisheries of pearl, which, although not large, were of very fine orient, and highly esteemed. But this lucrative trade has now entirely fallen off, or is practised only by a few Guajiros Indians; and the city is reduced to a miserable state, through the invasions it has experienced. It has a very good parish church, in which is venerated a miraculous image of Nuestra Señora; which image, whenever the city was invaded, used to turn its back upon it, and its face towards the mountain; the truth of which miracle is justly authenticated, through the precautions taken by the bishop of Santa Marta, to whose diocese it belonged. It has also convents of religious: the one of S. Francisco, the other of S. Domingo. This city is defended by a castle, of very regular construction, called San Jorge. It was taken and sacked by Francis Drake in 1596, who set fire to it, and retired with a considerable number of pearls which he found in it. [Seventy-three miles e. by n. from Santa Marta, and 104 n. w. of the city of Maracaybo, in lat. 11° 30′ n. and long. 72° 55′ 30′′ w.] REMEDIOS, another city, in the kingdom and government of Mariquita; founded in 1559 by Francisco Martinez de Hospina, in the valley called of Corpus Christi, and afterwards translated to where it now stands, near the river Miel. It is of a hot and sickly temperature, of a craggy territory, mountainous, and full of swamps, but abounding in washing-places of gold,in which the inhabitants are employed. It produces also much cacao, sugar-cane, and cotton, of which they make many woven stuffs; also abundance of swine, on the flesh of which the natives all subsist, and which they carry for sale to Mompox. Here are also found in profusion plantains, yucas, and other productions of a warm climate; also fish, which is a common food. Besides the great heat, it is afflicted with mosquitoes, snakes, and several other venomous reptiles. It is inhahited by 500 housekeepers, and is 89 miles n. w. of Santa Fé, and 35 n. by w. from Honda, in lat. 5° 42′ n. and long. 75° 10' w. REMEDIOS, a celebrated sanctuary of Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), situate in a dry mountain plain, in the alcaldía mayor of Coyoacan and kingdom of Nueva España. This image, which is about a third of a yard high, was carried to that kingdom by one of the captains who assisted the celebrated Hernan Cortes in its conquest; and who, in the night that he was retiring from Mexico, having left it wrapped up in a mat made of pita, was prevented, through his death, which took place the same night, from taking it up again; so that it was not discovered till some years after by a newly converted Indian. He took it to his house and shut it up in a case, putting with it, through his ignorance, some maize, and other food, for its nourishment; but returning to look at it, was astonished to find that both the food and the image had disappeared; and the latter was discovered, shortly after, in the exact place from whence it had been taken. This account of the Indian so astonished the city of Mexico, it determined to raise for it, in that spot, a sumptuous temple, to which it was made the patron; and now, by the order of the king, a solemn feast is observed yearly on the first of September, at which assist the tribunals and the nobility. The same solemnity takes place when the image is carried to the cathedral for supplication, whenever its protection may be thought necessary, in cases of necessity, sickness, drought, and war, and at the dispatch of the fleets. Fif teen miles w. by n. of Mexico, in lat. 19° 28′30′′ n. and long. 99° 13' w. REMEDIOS, a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits, in the province of Topia and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya. REMEDIOS, another, of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España; on the shore of a river, between the settlements of Dolores and Copospera. REMEDIOS, another, of the province and government of Honduras, called also Tasayal; situate on the e. coast of an island, formed by an inlet from the sea. REMEDIOS, another, of the province and government of Antioquia in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; at the source of a small river, which enters the Magdalena. REMEDIOS, another, of the province and corregimiento of Chichas and Tarija in Peru, of the division and district of the former, annexed to the curacy of Tupisa. REMEDIOS, another, called Pueblo Nuevo, in the province and government of Veragua and kingdom of Tierra Firme; which was, in former times, one of the best settlements in that pro vince; also the residence of the governors from the great profits derived from the gold mines, called De Lobaina. These mines became ruined, and their mouth has not since been discovered. It has owed no little to the facilities of building vessels, as it abounds in excellent timber, and is situate on the shore of the S. Sea. Eighty-five miles w. from its capital, Santiago. REMEDIOS, another, of the province and alcaldia mayor of San Miguel in the kingdom of Guatemala; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of San Juan Chinameca. REMEDIOS, a lake of the province and government of the Rio del Hacha, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; between the lake of San Juan and the cape of La Vela, on the sea-shore. REMEDIOS, a river of the kingdom of Brazil, which rises n. n. w. of the town of Goyáz, runs s. and enters, united with that of La Concepcion, into the Preto or La Palma. REMEDIOS, a large bay on the n. coast of the Straits of Magellan; between the Bay of Possession and that of Santiago. REMEDIOS, a point of land or cape, on the coast of the S. Sea, of the province and alcaldía mayor of Suchitepec in the kingdom of Guatemala. It is one of those which form the port of REMI, a river of the province and government of Louisiana. It runs n. e. and enters the San Pedro. REMIRE, PAR DE, a settlement and parish of the French in the island of Cayenne, in the e. part, and two leagues s. e. of the capital. REMIRE. Some islands of the N. Sea, [called by the English Malingre, father, mother, and daughters]; 14 league distance from the coast of Cayenne. They are five, and called by the French Malingre, Le Pere, La Mere, and Les Deux Filles, these being barren and dry rocks; called also by some The Breasts. They are nearly joined, and lie at a quarter of a league to e. s. e. of that of La Mere. The greater of them is Le Pere, which is situate e. n. e. of Mont Joly, at the distance of 14 league, and is about an eighth of a league long. La Malingre is very small, and lies one league e. n. e. of the mountain of Remontabo, and 1 league from that of Le Pere. All these isles are of a very healthy climate, and vessels may pass very near to them without the least danger; since at the lowest tides there is five or six fathoms depth, save on the n. side of the island of Le Pere, where there is a sand-bank extending a quarter of a league. The launches and barks may pass between the continent and these islands, where, at low water, there remain 15 feet of water. But this pass is dangerous for large vessels, on account of a chain of rocks, some above, and others below the sea, in the middle of the channel, between the coast of Cayenne and the islands of Pere and Malingre. This shoal is found n. n. w. of Mont Joly, at the distance of three-fourths of a league, and 5° to the s. e. of the mountain of Remontabo, at somewhat more than a league's distance, and was discovered by a skilful French pilot in 1701. The island of Malingre is elevated a little above the water, and on the w. side of it is another rock, which extends nearly 300 toises to n. n. w. and the which at ebb tide stands more than half out of water; it being necessary always strictly to avoid the same. Round this island, at the distance of 100 toises, are 15 to 16 feet of water in ebb tide; which, joined to eight or nine when the tide is up, make 24 or 25 feet. The isle of l'Enfant is to the n. e. one quarter to the e. of that of Malingre, at three-fourths of a league's distance, and 24 to the n. one quarter to n. w. of Cayenne. In coming to this island it is usual to anchor between La Malingre and l'Enfant, to wait for the proper tides. The anchorage here is very good, in 25 feet of water at ebb tide, with a muddy bottom. Vessels also come to anchor to e. n. e. and n. e. of l'Enfant, at one half or three-quarters of a league's distance, in 25 feet water, with the same bottom as above. But to the e. and s. e. of this island there are only from 10 to 16 feet of water. To the w. of the same island, and at three-quarters of a league's distance, are found from 10 to 29 feet of water, but, approaching two or three cables length into shore, there are not more than eight, although at the foot of the land and all round the island there are 25 feet water, as was proved by the soundings made by the French frigate of war, La Charente, by order of the court, in 1736, with a view of discovering a passage for vessels under the necessity of proceeding when the wind might be to n. e. one quarter to e., it being impossible for them to make any way with a n. e. wind. It did not however succeed in finding sufficient depth, for, although there was as much water as a ship might draw within a stone's throw of the land, yet it is thought too hazardous an attempt where the currents are so rapid as they are here. REMOLINO, a settlement of the province and government of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; on the shore of the grand river Magdalena. [REMOLINOS, a parish of the province and government of Poroznoy, in lat. 26° 10' 0" s. and long. 58° 3' 48" w.] REMONTABO, a mountain of the island of Cayenne; on the skirt of which the French had an establishment. RENAICO, a settlement of Indians, of the island of Laxa in the kingdom of Chile; on the shore of the river Tolpán. RENAICO, a river of the district of Repocura in the same kingdom; formed by a junction of those of Ngelol and Pibinco, to enter the Llico. RENARD, a small river of the province and colony of Nova Scotia in N. America. It runs n. and enters the mouth of the St. Lawrence, opposite the island of Anticosti. RENARD, another, also small, in Canada. RENARD, an island, near the e. coast of Lake Ontario; at the entrance of the Bay of Nioure. RENARDS, Islands of the N. Sea, near the coast of the province of Sagadahock in N. America. They are many, all small, and lie at the entrance of the Bay of Penobscot. RENCA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Santiago in the kingdom of Chile. In its church is venerated a miraculous image of Santo Christo del Espino; which was found by an Indian in a thicket of espinos, or thorns. It was growing naturally amongst the other thorns, and, although green, was a perfect crucifix, with the figure of a man stretched upon it. The district, in which it was found, was of the curacy of San Pedro de Limachi in the province of Quillota; but it was brought to this of Renca, where particular devotion was paid it until 1729, when the chapel was burnt, together with part of the effigy, but which damage was afterwards repaired. RENCA, another settlement, in the province and corregimiento of Cuyo in the same kingdom; thus called as having in its church another image of Christ, made in imitation of that mentioned in the former article. It has four vice-parishes, and is n. of the city of San Luis de Loyola. RENCO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Santiago, in the same kingdom as the former; near the shore of the river Mapocho. [RENOWE'S Harbour, on the e. coast of Newfoundland Island, is about 21 miles from Cape Race. Its entrance is rather dangerous, but it is a good harbour to fish in; and is much frequented by boats and shallops in the fishing season. Half a league from the s. point is a high rock, called Renowe's Point; which may be seen, in a clear day, three leagues off.] [RENSSELAER, a county of the State of New York; bounded n. by Washington County, s. by Columbia, e. by part of the States of Massachusetts and Vermont, and w. by Hudson's River. It contains eight townships, viz. Troy, Greenbush, Schodack, Stephentown, Petersburg, Hosick, Pittstown, and Schactecoke. In 1796, there were 3500 of the inhabitants qualified electors.] [RENSSELAERVILLE, or RENSELAERWICK, a township of Albany County, New York; bounded s. by Columbia County, and w. by Hudson's River. In 1790, it contained 2771 inhabitants; in 1796 it had 548 inhabitants who were electors. In this town, nearly opposite to the city of Albany, is a medicinal spring, which combines most of the valuable properties of the celebrated waters of Saratoga.] REPENTIGNI, a settlement of the French, in Canada; on the shore of the river St. Lawrence; near the mouth of the river of La Asuncion. REPOCURA, a small district of the kingdom of Chile in the ancient division; now confounded in the actual division of the provinces. REPULSE. See WALES, North. REQUAI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Sana, in the same kingdom as the former. REQUEN, a settlement in the island of Laxa, in the kingdom of Chile; on the shore of the river Huequen. RERE, or REDE, a province and corregimiento of the kingdom of Chile; bounded w. by the province of Puchacay, n. by that of Itata, and s. e. by the district of the island of Laxa. It is very fertile and of rich soil, but has scarcely any settlements, all its population residing in country estates, in which the masters of the same reside. The principal of these estates are, Talcamo, Tomeco, Joyague, Pachagua, Chancál, Perigallos, Lucas, Palinco, and Gomero. To this province is given also the name of Estancia del Rey. [The existence of this province is very doubtful.] RERITIVA, a village and settlement of the province and captainship of Espíritu Santo in Brazil. Fourteen leagues from the capital; where the Jesuits had a small college or house of resi dence, in which died the Father P. Josef de An cheta, an old inhabitant of the place, and a man of great apostolic virtues. [RESOLUTION Bay, or MADRE DE DIOS, is under the highest land on the w. side of St. Christina; one of the Marquesas Islands. Lat. 9° 52's. Long. 139° 9' w.] [RESOLUTION, Cape, near the e. entrance of Hudson's Straits. Lat. 61° 29′ n. Long. 65° 16' w.] [RESOLUTION Island, at the e. end of Hudson's Straits. Lat. 62° n. Long. 65° w.] [RESOLUTION Island, a small island, one of the Society Isles; so called from the ship Resolution. Lat. 17° 24' s. Long. 141° 15' w.] RESTINGA, DE LA COSTA, a shoal of sand and rocks of the river Plata, near the n. shore, and w. of the real of S. Carlos. RETARULENT, S. ANTONIO DE, a settlement of the province and alcaldía mayor of Suchitepeque in the kingdom of Guatemala. It is a head settlement of the district, and contains 560 Indians. RETARULENT, another settlement, in the same province and kingdom, with the dedicatory title of Santa Catalina, to distinguish it from the former. It contains 180 Indians of various nations, who speak the Kichel, Mam, Lacandon, and Mexican idioms; and was formerly a curacy of the religious of the order of Nuestra Señora de la Merced. RETARULENT, another, also of the same province and kingdom, with the dedicatory title of Santo Domingo; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Zamaya. It contains 900 Indians. RETE, a small river of the province of Maryland in N. America. RETIRO, a settlement of the government of Neiba, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, on the shore of the grand river Magdalena. It is very small, its inhabitants not exceeding 40 Indians and 20 whites, whose traffic is in collecting the gold from the lavaderos, which are in abundance in its district. Ten leagues from its capital. RETIRO, another, of the province and government of Cartagena; near the river Cauca, and two leagues from the town of Mompox. [REVELS, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, close to the e. coast of Northampton County, Virginia.] REVERS, a small port on the s. coast of Newfoundland, in the extremity which looks to the w. REXBURY, a city of the province of Mary land. [REY, Cape, or Point, on the n. coast of S. VOL. IV. America, is 40 leagues w. by n. of Cape Tres REYES, a city of the province and government of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada: founded in the valley of Upar to the n. and on the shore of the river Guatopori, by Captain Miguel de Santa Ana in 1550, by order of the president Miguel Diez de Armendariz, To the s. is the river S. Sebastian, which is afterwards called Cesar; and this, with many other streams of its district, renders it fertile, and abounding in vegetable productions and pastures, in which there are large breeds of cattle. It abounds equally in mines of silver, copper, and lead, and has a good parish-church, and a convent of religious of St. Domingo; but is very much reduced and poor, although not without some families of distinction. In the mountains of its vicinity, to the n. and to the e. dwell some barbarian and ferocious Indian nations. It is of a very hot and sickly climate; and is 72 miles s. from Santa Marta, and 108 from the Ciudad del Hacha, in lat. 10° 6' n. and long. 73° 50′ w. REYES, another city, with the dedicatory title of S. Sebastian, in the province and government of Venezuela, and in the same kingdom as the former: founded by Sebastian Diaz in 1584. It is of an hot temperature, and its territory yields much cacao, which, under the name of orituco, passes for the best of that kingdom, and is in singular estimation; some tobacco and zarzaparilla; from which productions, and from an infinite breed of neat cattle, the inhabitants carry on a lucrative trade. It has a convent of the religious of S. Francisco; and whilst it is greatly infested with venomous snakes, it has a mineral, which, dissolved in water, is a perfect antidote against their poison. [Forty miles s. s. w. from Caracas, in lat. 9° 57′ n. and long. 67° 19′ w.] REYES, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tlapacoya and alcaldia mayor of Quatro Villas in Nueva España. It contains 123 families of Indians, who cultivate some cochineal, seeds, and fruits, and cut certain woods, in which they trade. Á little more than two A leagues n. w. of its head settlement. REYES, another, of the province and government of Moxos in the kingdom of Quito; on the shore of the river Beni, between this river and the cordillera, which runs following its course. REYES, another, of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España; in the country of the Solaipuris Indians, on the shore of a TT river, and near the settlement of S. Felipe de Guevavi. REYES, another, of the kingdom of New Mexico; in the country of the Quiquimas Indians, at the mouth of the grand river Colorado, or of the North, by the side of California. REYES, another, of the head settlement of the district of Acazinco, and alcaldía mayor of Tepeaca in Nueva España. It contains 258 families of Indians, who maintain themselves by the fruits and herbs which they cultivate in 28 agricultural estates of the district. It has a magnificent temple, dedicated to Nuestra Señora de los Dolores; the painting of which, above 130 years old, is venerated with particular devotion. Two leagues from its head settlement. REYES, another, of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Cholula in the same kingdom. It contains 46 families of Indians, and is a little more than a league s. of its capital. REYES, another, of the head settlement of Xonotla, and alcaldía mayor of Tetela in the same kingdom. Two leagues s. w. of its head settlement. REYES, another, with the dedicatory title of San Andres, in the head settlement of Copala, and alcaldía mayor of Tepozcolula in the same kingdom. It is of a cold temperature, contains 66 families of Indians, and is 13 leagues s. of its capital. REYES, another, of the head settlement, and alcaldía mayor of Periban in the same kingdom. It contains 53 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and 22 Indians. One league from its capital. REYES, another, of the head settlement of the district of Papalotipac, and alcaldía mayor of Cuicatlán in the same kingdom. Two leagues s. of its head settlement. REYES, another, a small settlement or ward, united to that of Tequiszitlan, in the alcaldía mayor of Theotihuacan of the same kingdom. REYES, another, of the province and corregi miento of Tarma in Peru. REYES, a small island near the coast, which lies between the river Plata and the Straits of Magellan; in lat. 48° s. between Cape Lookout, and Port Deseado. REYES, a river of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru, of the district and jurisdiction of the city of Xuxuy, which runs e. for many leagues. REZON Cape, or point of land, of the e. head of the island St. Domingo; one of those forming the great Bay of Samaná. [RHINEBECK. See RHYNBECK.] RHODE ISLAND, is one of the smallest of the United States; its greatest length being 43 miles, and its greatest breadth 39; or about 1300 square miles. It is bounded n. and e. by the commonwealth of Massachusetts, s. by the Atlantic Ocean, and w. by Connecticut. These limits comprehend what is called Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; divided into five counties, viz. Newport, Providence, Washington, Bristol, and Kent, which are subdivided into 30 townships; the number of inhabitants of which, viz. in Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, was in the year 1730,-15,352 whites, 2633 blacks. do. 1774,-54,435 do. 5243 do. 1783,-48,538 do. 3361 do. 1790,-67,877 do. 948 do. And by the census of 1810, the total population of this state amounted to 76,931 souls. Narraganset Bay makes up from s. tọ n. between the main land on the e. and w. and embosoms many fertile islands, the principal of which are Rhode Island, Canonnicut, Prudence, Patience, Hope, Dyer's, and Hog Islands. Block Island is the southernmost land belonging to the state. The harbours are, Newport, Providence, Wickford, Patuxet, Warren, and Bristol. Rhode Island, from which the state takes half its name, lies between lat. 41° 22′, and 41° 35′ n. and between long. 71° 8' and 71° 20′ w. from Greenwich; being about 13 miles long from n. e. to s. w., and about 34 broad, on an average. It is divided into three townships, Newport, Portsmouth, and Middletown. Perhaps no island in the world exceeds this in point of soil, climate, and situation. In its most flourishing state it was called by travellers, the Eden of America. But the change which the ravages of war, and a decrease of business, have effected, is great. Between 30,000 and 40,000 sheep are fed on this island, besides neat cattle and horses. The state is intersected in all directions by rivers; the chief of which are Providence and Taunton rivers, which fall into Narraganset Bay; the former on the w. the latter on the e. side of Rhode Island. Rhode Island is as healthy a country as any in America. The winters in the maritime parts of the state are milder than in the inland country; the air being softened by a sea-vapour, which also enriches the soil. The summers are delightful, especially on Rhode Island, where the extreme heats which prevail in other parts of America, |