Excerpt from The Territory of Florida: Or Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural History, of the Country, the Climate, and the Indian Tribes, From the First Discovery to the Present Time, With a Map, Views, &C For a perusal of this manuscript I am indebted to the politeness of Mr. Tria one of the Aldermen of this city. And for its translation, I am um der equal obligations to my lamented friend, the late Thomas Murphy Esq. Mr. Alvarez, Keeper of the Archives, has also carefully' examined the protocols in his office, and thus enabled me to correct or establish many dates and facts of this history. Still Ihave to regret that the work is very imperfect. Not one half of the Territory has been yet surveyed. But a small portion is yet inhabited. The outline south of Tampa Bay and Indian River, I have been unable to fill up. The interior of this part of the Territory is wholly unexplored by white men, and the descriptions of the Indian inhabitants is at best imperfect. Such as it is, I have compared it with the statements of the elder Bartram and of Col. Gadsden, who crossed a corner of it near the head savannas of St. John's river. When I explored the coast, my force was not suflieient to ascend the large rivers that enter the Gulf of Mexico, and the great lakes that are believed to supply these rivers, are wholly unknown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.