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I*B Htond ioanwft agatnA’ the !re4, at l!io fool
of which the grass and "ild flowers showed
the print of a new made piessure, and the pos
tilltrm cracked his whip, and Attilio reminded
hi in cf the hour he was losing, in vain.
He remounted after a while; but the order
was to g<» back to the last post house.
Tbr*e or four months at a solitary albergo
5 n the neighborhood of this adventure, passed
by the Court in scouring the on horseback in
every direction, and by his servant in very par
ticular ennui, bring up the story nearly to
where the scene opens.
“ I have seen!” said the count.
!>■ j, Aftil.o only lifted up his eyebrows.
“ She is here, in the neighborhood of Vien
uh
“ Felice lei I” murmured Attilio.
“ She is the Prim> ss f , e .n hstenfels, and,
by the death of’.'nat old man, a widow.”
“ V eramenta ?” respe nded the valet, with a
rising inflexion; for he knew his master and
French morals too well not to foresee a dam
per in the possibility of matrimony.
“ Verernente !” gravely echoed the count. —
“ And now, listen. The princess lives in close
retirement. An old friend or two, and a tried
servant, are the only persons who sea her.
You are to contrive to see this servant te mor
row, corrupt him to leave her, and recommend
inc in his place, and then you are to take him '
as ynur courier to Paris; whence, if I calcu- j
la’e well, you will return to me before long,
with important despatches. Do you under
etand me ?”
“ Signor, si.”
Tn the small boudoir of a maison de plais
ance, belonging to the noble family of Leich
stenfels, sat the widowed mistress of one of
the oldest titles and finest estate* of Austria.
The light from a single tong window opening
down to the floor, and tending out upon a ter
race nf flowers, was subdued by a heavy cura
son curtain, looped partially away, a pastille
lamp was sending up from its porphyry pede
stal, a thin and just perceptible curl of smoke
through which the lady musingly passed back
ward and forward, one of her slender fingers,
and on a table near, lay a sheet of black-edged
daper, crossed by a small silver pen, and
scrawled over irregularly with devi< esand dis
connected words, the work evidently of a fit
of the most absolute and bsiltss idleness.
The door opened, and a servant in mourn
ing livery stood before he lady.
“ I have thought ovtr your request Wil
helm,” she said; “ 1 had become accustomed
to your services, and regret to lose you; but I
should regret mere to stand in the way of your
interest. You have my permission.”
Wilhelm cxpiessed his thunks with an effort
that showed he had not obeyed the call of ma
mon without regret, and requested leave to in
troduce the person hn had proposed as hi# suc
cessor.
“ Os what country is he ?”
“ Tyrolese, your excellency.”
“ And why does ho leave ihe gentleman
with whom he came to Yu nna
“ Ilcst amoureux d'une Vicnnaise. madams'
answered the ex-valet, resorting to French to
expicss what he c onsidercd a delicate circum
stance.
“ Pauvre enfant," said the Princess, with a
sigh that partook as much of envy as of pity;
“ let him come in !”
And Count Anatole, as the sweet accents
reached his ear, stepped over th* threshold
and in the coarse but gay dress of the Tyiol,
stood in the presence of her, whose dewy tem
pi** he had bathed in lhe forest, whose lips he
find almost “ pried into for breadi,” whose
snowy bands t e had chafed and kissed when
the sense hail deserted their celestial organs—
the angel <>f ins perpetual dream, the lady of
hts wild and uncontrollable, but respectful and
honorable love.
The pitncexs looked carelessly up as he
appt c ached, but her eyes seemed arrested tn
passing over his features. It was but tnomnn
tmy. She resumed her occupation of wind
ing her taper fingers in the smoko curls of the
incenee-lamp, and with half a sigh, as if she
had repelled a pleasing thought, she loaned
back in the silken fautenil. and asked (he new
coiner his name.
“ Anatole, your excellency.”
The voice again seemed io stir something in
hei memory She passed her hand over her
eyea and wm for a moment lost in thought.
“ Anatole,” she said, (oh. how the sound of
bis own n im-», murmured tn that voice of inn
rtic, thrilled through the fi< n veins of the dis
guised lover !) “ Anatole, I receive you into
tnv service, Wilhelm w II inform you of your
duties, and—l have a fincy for the dress of
the Tyrol—you may wear it instead of my
livery, if you will.”
And with stolen and warm gaze from under
h-s drwopmc «yi»!ulc, ai»<l )toa«i nod lips on hie
ns ho thanked her for tier condescension, tbe
new retainer look his leave.
Month alter month passed nn—to Count
Ana ole in a bewildering dre «in of ever duep
cnins passion. It was u’non a soft amorous
inor.iing of April that a das’tirig equip *ge st ood
at the door ofihe proud palace o. 4 Le'chsien
f-Is. The arms of Esterhazv bhzv. 4 <”» th”
pannels, and the insouciant* rha-jeurs I '<nod
against the marble columns of the portic<V,
waiting for their ma*tet. ami specnlatirg on tae
gaie'.v likely io issue from the suit he was pro
secuting within. How could a nrinco of Es
t«ih>r.y be supnused to sue m vain !
The disguised fbotm m hid shown the gay
I andsome nobleman to tn« miatieas’ presence.
Alter re-arranging a family of very well arran
ged flowei pots, shutting the window to open
>; ng mi, changing lhe told* .»f the curtains no
nt alb I r the better, and looking a stolen and
tierce look at the unconsoious vi*t*.'»r. he could
lin.! ii - longer an apolugv for remaining m the
r< * . He shut the dour after him in a tem
pt st . I*jealousy.
•" H u your excellency ring?” said he, open
ing t a door agatD, afier a tew minutes of in
tule-ft ».e torture.
A • » r-rnee oo hrs knees nt her feci ’.
Na, Ar.Qto’e; but you may Lring me a
glass ot uat- r.”
As he entered with the silver tray trembling
in his hand, the prince was rising to go. His
face expressed delight, hope, triumph—every
thing that could madden the soul of the irrita
ted lover. After waiting on his rival to his
carriage, he returned to his mistress, and re
ceiving the glass upon the tray, was aoout leav
ing the room in silence, wh.vn the princess
called to him.
c f |j rne pj o nQt to J,,., su p.
posed i , a t count Anatole played merely his
I ‘ o’oian’s part. His respectful and elegant
j demeanour, the propriety of his language, and I
that deep devuiedness of his manner w hich ■
wins a woman more than all things else, soon
gained upon the confidence of the princess ; |
and before a week had passed she found she >
was happier when he stood behind her chair,
and give him, with some self demal, those fre-!
qnen* permissions of absence from tho palace
which she supposed he asked to prosecute lhe I
ainotir disclosed to her on his introduction to
her service. As nine flew on, she attributed
his earnestness and occasional warmth of;
manner, to gratitude; and. without reasoning [
much on her own feelings, gave herself up to
the indulgence of a degree of interest in him
which would have alarmed a woman morel
skilled in the knowledge of the heart. Married
from a convent, however, to an old man who.
had secluded her from the world, the voice of
the passionate count in the forest of Friuli,was
the first sound of love that had ever entered
her ears. She knew not why it was that the'
tones of her new t Hitman, and nowand then a '
look of his eyes, as he leaned over to assist ;
her at table, troubled her memory like a trace !
of a long lost dream.
But. oh ’ what moments had been hi* ini
these fleeting months ! Admitted to her pre- j
sencein her most unguarded hours, seeing her l
at morning, ooon and night, in all hr-r unstud
ied and surpa-sing loveliness—forever near
her, and with the world shut out—her rich hair
blowing with the slightest breeze across his
fingers in his assiduous service—her dark full
eyes, unconscious of an observer, filling with j
unrepressed tears or glowing with pleasure!
over some tale of love—her exquisite form
flung upon a couch, or bending over flowers,'
or moving about the room in all ns native and
untramme led grace—and her voice, lender,;
and most (eider to him. though she knew it '
not, and her eyes, her.-tdf unaware, ever fol
lowing him in his loitering aliendance and he I
the while, losing never a glance or a motion, 1
but treasuring all up in his heart with the ava
rice of a niisei what in common life, though
it were the life at fortune’s most favored child,
could compare with it for bliss ?
Pale and agitated, the count turned back at .
the call of his imstiess, and stood waiting her
pleasure.
“ Anatole?”
“ Madame !”
The answer was so low and deep it startled
even himself.
She motioned to him to come nearer. She
had sunk upon the sofa, and as he atood at her
feet she leaned forward, buried her hands and
aims tn the long curls which, in her retirement
she allowed to float luxuriantly over her shoul
ders, and sobbed aloud. Overcome and for
g. itul of all but the disttpsses of the lovely
creature before him, the count dropped noon
the cushion on which rested the small foot in
its mourning slipper, and taking her hand,
pressed it suddenly and fervently to his lips.
The reality broke upon her! She was be
loved—but by whom? \ menial ! and the ap
palling answer drove all the blood of her proud
race in a torrem upon her heart, sweeping
away all affection as if her naiuro had never
known its name. She sprang to her feet, and
laid her hand upon the tied.
“ Madam* - 1" said Anatole, iu a cold proud
tone.
She staid her arm to listen.
“ I leave you forever.”
And again with the quick revulsion of youth !
and passion, her woman’s heart rose within her |
and she buried her face in her hands, and drop
ped her head in utter abandonment on his bo
som.
It was lhe birth day of the Emperor, and
the courtly nobles of \ustria were rolling out
Irom the capital to offer their congratulations
at the royal palace ofSchoenbrunn. In addi
tion to the usual attractions of the scene, the
drawing room was to be gr iced by ihe first
public appe irance of a new French ambassa
dor, whose reputed personal beauty, and ihe
talents he displayed in a late secret negotia
tion, had set the whole comt, from the Q reen
of Hungary to the youngest dame d’honneur.
in a dime of curiosity.
Io 'he prince Esierhazy thwe was another
retson for wnung the day m red letters. The
princess of Loichstenlel*, by an express mes
sage from the empress, was to throw aside her
widow’s weeds, and appear once more <o the
admiring world. S' e had yielded to the sum
mons, but it was io be her la*t day of splendor.
Iler heart and hand were plighted 'O ner Ty
rolese menial, and the brightest ar d loveliest
ornament of ihe court of Austria, when the
ceremimes of tb“ day were over, •■<s to la*
the cosily bauble fr<>m her shoulder, and
the gliftning tiara liom her brow, and forget
rank and fu’ione a* the wife of his bosom ’
The dazzbit? hours fl-w on. The plain and
kind old empern*’. welcomed and sm ied on all.
The wil* Meiiernick, he prime of hi* suc
cessful manhood, cool, p - lnd. handsome and
winning, gathering golden opinions by eve«y
word a- d look; the young duke ot R.”ichaiadl,
tit* mild and genie sun ol the struck ea*Je of
”t. Helena, surrounded and caressed by a con
tinual cordan ot admiring women, seemed for
getful that Oitpo-tuniiy and Expectation await
ed him. like two ageis with lheir wings out
spread; and haughty nobles and (heir haughtier
;ames, statesmen, scholars, soldiers, and
priests, crowded upon each other’s heels, and
rtied tagether in that doubtfu: uodria, which
j£OGs tty the name of pleasure. I could mor
a'lt Ze had I time ?
, Tfie princess of Liechstenfels had gone
through the ceremony of presentation, and had
j heard the murmur of admiration, drawn by
■ beautv from all lips, and dizzy with tiie scene,
; and with a bosom full of painful and conflict
j ing emotions, she had excepted the proffered
I arm of prince l.s'erhazy to breathe a fresh-r
i air upon the terrace. They stood near a win
j dow, and he wa« pointing out to bis fair but
; inattentive companion ibe various characters
as they passed w.'htii.
“ i must contrive,” said the prince, “ to
j show you the new envoy. Oh! you have
: heard of him. Beautiful as Narcissus, modest
jas P isfor Corydon, clever as the prime minis ,
iter himself, this paragon of diplomatists, has
I been here in disguise these three months, ne
gotialing about— Met'ermbh and the deuce
know what—hut rewarded at last with an am
hass-tdor’s star, and—but here he is; Princess
I Leichstent’els, permit me to present—”
She heard no more A glance from the dia
mond star on his breast to the Hephaestion
mou h and keen dark eye of Count Anatole,
reveded to her the mvster ofmonths. And
as she leaned agatiist the window for support,
the hand that sustained her in the forest of Fru
lili. and the same thrilling voice, in almost the
same never forgotten cadence, offered hts im
passioned sympathy and aid, and she recogniz
ed and remembered all.
I must go back so far as to inform you, that
Count Anatole, on the morning of this memo
rable dav, had sacrificed a silky, but prurient
mocsiacheand a pairoft.be very souciest black
whiskers out ot Coventry. Whether rhe prince
Esterhazy recognized in the new envoy, the
the lady’s gentleman who so inopportunely
broke in upon his tender avowal, I am not pre
pared to say. 5 only know (for I was there)
that the princess Leichstenfels wis wedded to
the new amb fS’nd • in lhe “ leafy mouth of
June,’’and tin - Prince Esterl-azy, unfortunate
ly prevented by illness from attending the nup
tials, lost a very handsome opportunity of sing
ing with effect,
“If she be not fair for me,”
supposing it translated ink* German.
Whether the enamoured ambassadress pre
fers her husband m hi* new character, I atn
equally uncertain; though from much knowl
edge of German courts and a little of human
nature, I ibmk die will be happy if at some
future day 'he would not willingly ox- hange
herpiomj envov, for the devoted Tvn»lese,
and does not sigh that she can no more bring
film to her lee< wnh a pull ot a si'kcn siring.
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Oct 29 35—3 t
I*ol<Tll U T'PA IXTIX Ii~. ~
J.iMES TOOLEY,
Respectfully otter? his services totheciti
ze s «>f Lum km count* in the above an, and
s iciti 'heir pair*nace. H.? room is nest door to
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Oct. 29—34—ts.
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. Oct 29—3-1-5
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Early History of Georgia and suggestions on
some local and incidental appearances.
PART 1, CH.vP. 11.
[Read before iho “Citizens’ Polemic Society.]
Continued from our last.
From a summary view of this digression we
collect these points. First, that as no other
Spanish expedition penetrated this far into the
interior, and there being n<> authenticated ac
count of any oilier civilized people having in
vaded at any lime, we must inevitably con
elude that u was the expedition under Soto
In fmtherance of this pomi it may be added
that the appearance ofihe country as regards
>he size of the growth on the spot, gives addi
tional acumen to the suggestion.
Secondly, that the time is sufficiently de
termined, and that the customs of the Indians
in some particulars have undeigone but a
sLght change since that period. A sugges
tion ihat ought not to be omiited on this occa
sion will probably present sufficient testimony !
to close the confirmation. If those traces of
civilized manufacture, such asmuskeis, spears .
and the like, are attributable to any oiher peo
pie, ihe invasion that left them, must have
been made about ten years subsequent to that
of De Leoti. The inquiry would be natural,
why do we place n after that date? Because
portable firearms were a German invention and
fiist us» d H lhe senje of Parma tn 1521.
(Robin's Comp. i. 373.) It cannot therefore
be supposed, that an enemy who had penetra !
led thus fa into a country, and left such signs
of their invasion w’ouid have at the same time
left nu traces oi a traditionary nature upon
the memory of lhe natives; many would have
been alive even fifty years subsequent, who
could have given some narrative of the matter.
From these facts we are justified in believing,
that it there weie any civilized people who
cid entei lhe country, H was several « «ntuncs
antecedent to that dale. One or iwo facts
which would par'ially countenance (his idea,
and which have been used as arguments, may
be introduced, though a confutation at length
will not be expected. De INarveaz having
proceeded up ihe country, on Ins landing dis
covered lour wooden boxes containing .todies
i wrapped up in painted skins, and upon ihecu
lav some pieces ofslufl'both woolen and linen.
(Univ. Hist. vol. XXXVI. p. 3.) If iiiese were
not obtained from Ponce de Leon ui Valas
quez, ihe supposition of the French writers is
probably correct that the Canadians tiaded
wilt, lhe natives at that nine. To canvass
Uns point W'ould be useless prolixity m this
communication, so likewise on the stone w-iile
(which were erroneously supposed Basaltic)
below ihe surface oi lhe earth in Rowan coun
ty, iNoitl. Carolina, or iho wall or p.irapei on
the Wate oe iu Camden, Soutii Carolina, near
>hr«» miles in length, which was ai one lime
attributed to the expedition of Soto by the Sa
vants of mat stale. Though they are indt-m
of unquestionable interest, yet they cannot be
nitioduved legitimately into the history of
Georgia, farther than for the exeinphfic.ui n
of some particular cu-toms. Hawing saiisfac
turiiy identified Talomeco, with the town dis
covered by Daniiuscu, and winch ha« no title
given ton in lhe Universal History, and hav
ing ihe date ol its subjugation on the 12ih oi
Apul 1540, no partial index has been acquired
to determine lhe necessary point. There is
considerable difficulty in the matter even when
we reier to ihe original writers, fur tho march
es are sometimes estimated by days, at others
by leagues, and no uufiequemly no inuicea
whatever as to lhe lime or distance are incor
porated in lheir works.
Aller taking ire last mentioned town by
perfidy and stratagem combined, Solo ai resl
ed the princess, of a neighboring tribe [called
lhe Calapachiqui,] who was the head of an ex
tensive league or govei nmeut. She w<is com
pelled io accompany him on bis inarch to
waios the mountains, but after seven days,
escaped and carried oil'some pearls, plate and :
oiher valuables. This seven days would have '
brought inernnoi tar from the boundary of the
ChaLiqui as designated in ibe first i liapter. —
Hts invasion had at that stage assumed tnoie
the ch.iracter of forced marches, than any tune
p evious, but -s he was without provisions ex
cept what was obtain- d by burning at-d tribute
from the conquered Indians, we cun assume
it as a probability hai he did uoi arrive at
Choualla until the last of May. It is staled
\(Uuiv. Hist. vol. xxxvi p. 9.) that he remain
;eu ihiity days at ichiaha me Spanish pionun
! ciatiwu ot winch varies Ou sligh ly tiom Etuh
\wah. There is such a contusion in ihis par
even by the authors of the Universal History
;ihal the writer with gieal daierence to diem,
‘supposes them io have exe-' iscd but a small
■ hare of patience or trouble on this invesiigu-
I non, or have been seduced by ns minor im
| portynce to iht in into a misconception and
‘ transposition of part* li om lhe oi igmal. I hie
I town of i< htaha near the lost which «Solo
’ subjugaieo, and we ieei authorized m believing
tiid C/toualla was inleoded and really was Urn
town wueie lie remained tor liiiity days.—
1 ins length oi time would furnish a good iea
sun foi die t.ibms on Dukes creek b> mg lound
in an unfinished stale. i ney are such as
I could easily have been erected m a tew uays,
una o’*mg to the small qu ntuy oi gold winch
h d been deposi ed al tuai tune, were conse
quendy abandoned From Ghouada they
, tended to the purl ol Hchusi uow Mobile in
the form of a bow, and in thineen d-y *, after
liav.og p-is* d through me town G-uxoue or
Quazue an saqua and h.Ci<iaha on Hie 12ih
*o July, arrived ai Acosta winch was the last
town in the pieseut limns ui ibe slate ol Geor
gia that they visited. From thence into the
province of Coosa winch from a description
g ven is idwniitied with that, not many years
i since occupied by lhe Coosa Indians. The
: principal town of this tribe was noj visited
! though they represent the town as being in that
part of the province in which Coosa old town
is now situated, io the slate of Alabama. He
passed his second winter at Chieaza a town
occupied no doubt by the Chtckasaivs Froja
a summary view of these dates, we are war
ranted in believing that they were seven month*
in die present limits of our state and about
thiriv davs in the mining country. Tho
names of the tribes and towns have so much
altered since that time, that the result of a ]
minute or certain calculation is not offered by
the writer. It will not however be temerity
to venture on a location for the town called
Ichiah or Chiaha. This as was stated before,
varies but slightly from Etahwah, a river in
this state, down the course of which they de
scended until it became as “ Gaudelquiver at
Sevillee.” As the simiiianfy is too remark a
ble te pass unoticed, so likewise are some Iq.
cal appearances on its banks. Fhev are the
usual tumuli and remainsof a large town on the
banks perhaps thirty miles from its confluence
with Coosa. A particular description of this
spot, owing to its recent occupancy by (her
whites, has not been obtained. The Indians
uniformly and with very few exceptions builf
their towns on some water course, and as this
town is the only one of notoriety on the Etah
wah, it is presumable that if is the s mu with
Ichiaha. As the Gazeieers and Histories of
out state become more complete, persons whe
live fifty years after us may ascertain these par
ticulars with more correctness than we can
now. Before this communication is conclud
ed as it may be the last, compiisiug any event
in the expedition of Soto, it wll not be impro
per to notice every fact, that can have any -
cenneclion with it either directly or construc
tively. In pursuance with that impression tho
writer hopes it will be no tax on the patience
to weigh his surmises on another matter which
has excited some interest. This is the tracks
of men and beasts on the ‘ Enchanted moun
tain.” These have given a shape and exist
ence io as many vague and inconclusive spe
culeiuuis. as any other matter wjlL wluwm
iraro is n<»>- •««kex» to examiue into it. That
they were intended tc convey a traditionary
or Hieroglyphtcai legend of the Deluge, bv
the Indians, is in the estimation of the writer
an untenable theory. ]f there is any such tra
dition, instead of its having an origin among
them, it can claim white pitrentage and nurse
ry. Their ideas of the flood are such as are
common to most nations. These ate derived
from an observation of extraneous formations
or the ex ern il appearances of the Globe.—
What people are so ignorant as not to know
that shells were the production of the eca, and
finding them in elevated sputa thus conclude •
that the water was once to such a height?—
V\ e question whether there is any tradition a
mmig ihe Indians, that their first parents land
ed trom their ark or canoe on the Enchaoiod
mountain! If these tracks were stated to
hrtVe some connection wiib the expedition of<
Soto, no doubt the supposition would appear
ridiculous and absurd. Yet lhe writer be
lieves something can be said which will at
least create seme doubt as io the plausibiiity'of
the tradition ibe ly. It certainly has that con
nection, but still it is such engraving or sculp
ture as tho Indians frequently make, and tneie
tracks are readily accorded to them. Among,
ibe number of tlieee (racks are some ot horses,
some ol them shod others bare, if the substance
of a comm-juicutiun which was made to tho J
“Southern Banner,” is correctly stated here-
The horse was an animal unknown to the In
dians of Mexico when Cortez subdued the
country; so much so, that they were struck..
with horror and fled at the sight. Both into
Mexico and this part of the continent, the
horse was imported by the Spaniards. (Hlu~
menbach 62. Huffon, vol. i. 220 ) Evetv
admit what no one will contend for, (hat they
were here coeval with (he Indians. Yet it is
not presumable that they were shoden. The
edged instruments ofihe Indians were mostly
ol copper or flint, and the earliest account of
any non article is from the account of Armidas
and Barlow who, when ti»ey lauded in 1584 on
the coast t>| North C >rultna, found them in
possession of some which they had made from
the iron ot a wreck which had been cast on
shore about iweniy years before their arrival.
(Hackluyt vol m. 248.) From this it appears
that these tracks were made subsequent to tho
iinpoitation ol horses me (fits country, and
was no doubt intended to perpetuate ihe ac
count oi ihe only animal* of the kind which
ney had ever seen. The first sight made 'J
ihe siioiigesi impiessiuii and me most remak
uofe epoch in their annals - How near Sou*
a preached tins mountain cannut now be told,
but oe went fur enough uuiih o discover Ten
nessee*. (Kanfidisque Hist. Kent. vol. i. p.
35 ) Sculptured mid painted locks with
tracks, figures, signs and emblems, are not
uncommon m >li< Umted States, and no one
questions the agency us lhe Indians in matters
oi mat kind. No one will misiake them for
the labors ol Fhiduis or Michael Angelo.—
1 here are some, however, that indicate gieat
ei skill iliau mheis. ibe letters or signs on
ibe nisrriueu atone ol'Rutland, Alassactiuseits,
has been supposed Phoenecian, Coptic and
| Eenapean. Another matter which has a more
evi.-eui hearing, is ti e Portuguese die or stamp
lor coming money, which is now in the Cabi
net oi Fiankliti College. This w<n found
lately tn ihe county of Dglethorpe near the
Lherokee corm r, auout ten or twelve miles
trom Alliens. It lias the Poiiuguees arms
quaneied on one part and ihe <*ord Brazil, ex
cept the letter 1, winch has been erased en
tirely by oxouiza.ion. Brazil was accidental
ly discovered in 1500 by Alvares de Cabial*
a Poiiuguea admiral, and gi anting ten years
lor its settlement, this die to have been brought
by De Solo, w.mid have had thirty years lima.
to reach tins siute. He came lot gold and it
is probably that lie bi ought iinpienieu s bath
lor rehnmg and coining. A cedar post of an
octagon iuim was fuuud standing tn a srn *ll
j fort at the CherukQQ corner, « ifti a cross c*;t