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Oct 20, 2018 kmr3934 Oct 10, 2018 kmr3934 Jun 19, 2018 Ben Brumfield	527 COT C O U 527 into tlie Banos, and which, after the great cas- cade, is known by the name of Pastaza. To the n. rises the Padregal, afterwards called Pita, as it passes through the llanura of Chillo ; and at the skirt of the mountain of Guangopolo, where the plain terminates, it unites itself with the Ama- g^uaiia, and then turning w. takes the names of Tumbaco and Huallabamba, to enter the Esmeral- das, which disembogues itself into the S. sea. At the skirt of this great mountain are the estates of Sinipu, Pongo, Pucaguaita, and Papaurca, It is distant from the settlement of Mula-halo half a league, and five leagues from its capital. In lat. 40° IPs. (The height of this volcano was dis- covered, in 1802, to be only 260 feet lower than the crater of Antisana, which is 19,130 feet above the level of the sea.) COTOPASSA, a river of the province of Ca- nela in the kingdom of Quito, towards the s. e. It runs s. e. and enters the n. side of the river Pastaza, which, from that point, begins to be navigable. COTOPAXI. See Cotopacsi. COTUA, a settlement of the province and government of Cumaná ; situate on the shore of a river near the coast of the gulf of Cariaco, be- tween the city of this name and thatof Cumanagoto. COTUE, a small island of the N. sea; siPiate near the n. coast of the island of Cuba. COTUI, a town of St. Domingo ; founded, in 1504, by Rodrigo Mexia deTruxillo, by the order of the cometidador mayor of Alca.ntara, Nicolas de Obando, 16 leagues to the n. of the capital, St. Domingo, on the skirt of some mountains which are 12 leagues in height, and at the distance of two leagues from the river Yauna. It is a small and poor town. Its commerce depends upon the salting of meats, and in preparing tallow and hides to carry to St. Domingo, and in the chase of wild goats, which are sold to the French. In its moun- tains is a copper mine, two leagues to the s. e. of the town. The Bucaniers, a French people of the island of Tortuga, commanded by Mr. Pouancy, their governor, took and sacked it in 1676. (In 1505, the gold mines were worked here. The copper mine above alluded to is in the mountain of Meymon, whence comes the river of the same name, and is so rich, that the metal, when refined, will produce eight per cent, of gold. Here are also found excellent lapis lazuli, a streaked chalk, that some painters prefer to bole for gilding, load- stone, emeralds, and iron. The iron is of the best quality, and might be conveyed from the chain of Sevico by means of the river Yuna. The soil here is excellent, and the plantains produced here are of such superior quality, that this manna of the Antilles is called, at St. Domingo, Sunday plan- tains. The people cultivate tobacco, but are chiefly employed in breeding swine. The inhabi- tants are called clownish, and of an unsociable character. The town is situated half a league from the s. w. bank of the Yuna, which becomes unnavigable near this place, about 13 leagues from its mouth, in the bay of Samana. It contains 160 scattered houses, in the middle of a little savana, and surrounded Avith woods, SO leagues n. of St. Domingo, and 15 s.e. of St. Yago.) COUCHSAGE, a settlement of Indians of the province and colony of New York ; situate on the shore of the river Hudson. (COUDRAS, a small island in St. Lawrence river, about 45 miles n. e. of Quebec.) COUECHI, a settlement of Indians of N. Ca- rolina, in the territory of the Cheroquees. COUICAN, a settlement of the head settlement of Guiméo, and alcald'ia mayor of Cirindaro, in Nueva Espafia. It contains 93 families of In- dians. COUL, Bay of, on the e. coast of the cape Breton, in Spanish bay, and at the entrance of the lake Labrador. COULEURE, a bay of the island of Marti- nique, one of the Antilles, on the n. w. coast, near Pearl island. Couleure, a small river of this island, which runs «. w. and enters the sea in the bay of its name. CORUCO. Sec Cabo. (COUNTRY Harbour, so called, is about 20 leagues to the e. of Halifax, in Nova Scotia.) COUPEE, a point of the coast and shore of the Mississippi in Canada, [it is also called Cut Point, and is a short turn in the river Mississippi, about 35 miles above Mantchac fort, at the gut of Ibberville, and 259 from the mouth of the river. Charlevoix relates that the river formerly made a great turn here, and some Canadians, by deepen- ing the channel of a small brook, diverted the waters of the river into if, in the year 1722. The impetuosity of the stream was such, and the soil of so rich and loose a quality, that in a short time the point was entirely cut through, and the old channel left dry, except in inundations ; by which travellers save 14 feagues of their voyage. The new channel has been sounded Avith a line of SO fathoms, without finding bottom. The Spanish settlements of Point Coupee extend 20 miles on the w. side of the Mississippi, and there are some plan- tations back on the side of La Fause Riviere, through Avhich the Mississippi passed about 70 years ago. The fort at Point Coupee is a square Translation en el de Baños, y después de la gran Cascada se llama de Pastaza; al Norte nace el del Pedregal, llamado después de Pita quando pasa por la llanura de Chillo, el qual a la falda del monte de Guangopolo, donde termina el llano, se une con el de Amaguana, y torciendo al Poniente toma los nombres de Tumbaco y Hualiabamba para entrar en el de Esmeraldas, que desemboca en la mar del Sur: a la falda de este gran monte se hallan las haciendas de Sinipá, Pongo, Pucaguaita y Papaurca: dista del Pueblo de Mula-halo media legua y cinco de su Capital, en 45 min. y 11 seg. de lat. austr. COTOPASSA,Riodela Provincia de la Canela en el Reyno de Quito al S E: corre a este rumbo, y entra por la parte del N en el de Pastaza, que desde entonces empieza a ser navegable en 1 gr. 56 min. de lat. austr. COTUA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Cumaná, situado a orilla de un río cerca de la Costa del Golfo de Cariaco, entre la Ciudad de este nombre y la de Cumanagoto. COTUE, Isla pequeña de la mar del N, situada cerca de la Costa del N de la de Cuba. COTUI, Villa de la Isla Española o de Santo Domingo, fundada el año de 1504 por Rodrigo Mexía de Truxillo, de orden del Comendador mayor de Alcántara Nicolás de Obando, 1 6 leguas al N de la Capital Santo Domingo, a la falda de unas montañas que tienen 1 2 leguas de profundidad, y a dos del río Yauna: es población pequeña y pobre: su comercio se reduce a salar carnes, beneficiar sebo y cueros para llevar a Santo Domingo, y a la caza de cabras monteses, que venden a los Franceses: el terreno es árido y estéril, y solo recomendable por una mina de cobre que hay en sus montañas, dos leguas al SE de la Villa: los Bucaniers, Franceses de la Isla de la Tortuga, mandados por Mr. Pouancey su Gobernador, la tomaron y saquearon el año de 1676. COUCHSAGE, Pueblo de Indios de la Provincia y Colonia de Nueva Yorck, situado a orilla del río de Hudson. COUECHI, Pueblo de Indios de la Carolina Septentrional en el territorio de los Cheraquis. COUICAN, Pueblo de la Cabecera de Guiméo y Alcaldía mayor de Cirindaro en Nueva España: tiene 95 familias de Indios. COUL, Bahía de, en la Costa del E de la Isla Real o de Cabo Bretón, entre la Bahía de Españoles y la entrada del lago Labrador, COULEURE, Ensenada de la Isla de Martinica, una de las Antillas en la Costa del NO, cerca de la Isleta de la Perle. Tiene el mismo nombre un río pequeño de esta Isla: corre al NO, y sale al mar en la Ensenada de su nombre. COUUO. Véase Cabo. COUPEE, Punta de la Costa y orilla del río Missisipí en la Nueva Francia o Canadá.	527 COT C O U 527 into tlie Banos, and which, after the great cas- cade, is known by the name of Pastaza. To the n. rises the Padregal, afterwards called Pita, as it passes through the llanura of Chillo ; and at the skirt of the mountain of Guangopolo, where the plain terminates, it unites itself with the Ama- g^uaiia, and then turning w. takes the names of Tumbaco and Huallabamba, to enter the Esmeral- das, which disembogues itself into the S. sea. At the skirt of this great mountain are the estates of Sinipu, Pongo, Pucaguaita, and Papaurca, It is distant from the settlement of Mula-halo half a league, and five leagues from its capital. In lat. 40° IPs. (The height of this volcano was dis- covered, in 1802, to be only 260 feet lower than the crater of Antisana, which is 19,130 feet above the level of the sea.) COTOPASSA, a river of the province of Ca- nela in the kingdom of Quito, towards the s. e. It runs s. e. and enters the n. side of the river Pastaza, which, from that point, begins to be navigable. COTOPAXI. See Cotopacsi. COTUA, a settlement of the province and government of Cumaná ; situate on the shore of a river near the coast of the gulf of Cariaco, be- tween the city of this name and thatof Cumanagoto. COTUE, a small island of the N. sea; siPiate near the n. coast of the island of Cuba. COTUI, a town of St. Domingo ; founded, in 1504, by Rodrigo Mexia deTruxillo, by the order of the cometidador mayor of Alca.ntara, Nicolas de Obando, 16 leagues to the n. of the capital, St. Domingo, on the skirt of some mountains which are 12 leagues in height, and at the distance of two leagues from the river Yauna. It is a small and poor town. Its commerce depends upon the salting of meats, and in preparing tallow and hides to carry to St. Domingo, and in the chase of wild goats, which are sold to the French. In its moun- tains is a copper mine, two leagues to the s. e. of the town. The Bucaniers, a French people of the island of Tortuga, commanded by Mr. Pouancy, their governor, took and sacked it in 1676. (In 1505, the gold mines were worked here. The copper mine above alluded to is in the mountain of Meymon, whence comes the river of the same name, and is so rich, that the metal, when refined, will produce eight per cent, of gold. Here are also found excellent lapis lazuli, a streaked chalk, that some painters prefer to bole for gilding, load- stone, emeralds, and iron. The iron is of the best quality, and might be conveyed from the chain of Sevico by means of the river Yuna. The soil here is excellent, and the plantains produced here are of such superior quality, that this manna of the Antilles is called, at St. Domingo, Sunday plan- tains. The people cultivate tobacco, but are chiefly employed in breeding swine. The inhabi- tants are called clownish, and of an unsociable character. The town is situated half a league from the s. w. bank of the Yuna, which becomes unnavigable near this place, about 13 leagues from its mouth, in the bay of Samana. It contains 160 scattered houses, in the middle of a little savana, and surrounded Avith woods, SO leagues n. of St. Domingo, and 15 s.e. of St. Yago.) COUCHSAGE, a settlement of Indians of the province and colony of New York ; situate on the shore of the river Hudson. (COUDRAS, a small island in St. Lawrence river, about 45 miles n. e. of Quebec.) COUECHI, a settlement of Indians of N. Ca- rolina, in the territory of the Cheroquees. COUICAN, a settlement of the head settlement of Guiméo, and alcald'ia mayor of Cirindaro, in Nueva Espafia. It contains 93 families of In- dians. COUL, Bay of, on the e. coast of the cape Breton, in Spanish bay, and at the entrance of the lake Labrador. COULEURE, a bay of the island of Marti- nique, one of the Antilles, on the n. w. coast, near Pearl island. Couleure, a small river of this island, which runs «. w. and enters the sea in the bay of its name. CORUCO. Sec Cabo. (COUNTRY Harbour, so called, is about 20 leagues to the e. of Halifax, in Nova Scotia.) COUPEE, a point of the coast and shore of the Mississippi in Canada, [it is also called Cut Point, and is a short turn in the river Mississippi, about 35 miles above Mantchac fort, at the gut of Ibberville, and 259 from the mouth of the river. Charlevoix relates that the river formerly made a great turn here, and some Canadians, by deepen- ing the channel of a small brook, diverted the waters of the river into if, in the year 1722. The impetuosity of the stream was such, and the soil of so rich and loose a quality, that in a short time the point was entirely cut through, and the old channel left dry, except in inundations ; by which travellers save 14 feagues of their voyage. The new channel has been sounded Avith a line of SO fathoms, without finding bottom. The Spanish settlements of Point Coupee extend 20 miles on the w. side of the Mississippi, and there are some plan- tations back on the side of La Fause Riviere, through Avhich the Mississippi passed about 70 years ago. The fort at Point Coupee is a square Translation

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into tlie Banos, and which, after the great cas-
cade, is known by the name of Pastaza. To the
n. rises the Padregal, afterwards called Pita, as it
passes through the llanura of Chillo ; and at the
skirt of the mountain of Guangopolo, where the
plain terminates, it unites itself with the Ama-
g^uaiia, and then turning w. takes the names of
Tumbaco and Huallabamba, to enter the Esmeral-
das, which disembogues itself into the S. sea. At
the skirt of this great mountain are the estates of
Sinipu, Pongo, Pucaguaita, and Papaurca, It is
distant from the settlement of Mula-halo half a
league, and five leagues from its capital. In lat.
40° IPs. (The height of this volcano was dis-
covered, in 1802, to be only 260 feet lower than
the crater of Antisana, which is 19,130 feet above
the level of the sea.)

COTOPASSA, a river of the province of Ca-
nela in the kingdom of Quito, towards the s. e. It
runs s. e. and enters the n. side of the river Pastaza,
which, from that point, begins to be navigable.

COTOPAXI. See Cotopacsi.

COTUA, a settlement of the province and
government of Cumaná ; situate on the shore of
a river near the coast of the gulf of Cariaco, be-
tween the city of this name and thatof Cumanagoto.

COTUE, a small island of the N. sea; siPiate
near the n. coast of the island of Cuba.

COTUI, a town of St. Domingo ; founded, in
1504, by Rodrigo Mexia deTruxillo, by the order
of the cometidador mayor of Alca.ntara, Nicolas
de Obando, 16 leagues to the n. of the capital, St.
Domingo, on the skirt of some mountains which
are 12 leagues in height, and at the distance of
two leagues from the river Yauna. It is a small
and poor town. Its commerce depends upon the
salting of meats, and in preparing tallow and hides
to carry to St. Domingo, and in the chase of wild
goats, which are sold to the French. In its moun-
tains is a copper mine, two leagues to the s. e. of
the town. The Bucaniers, a French people of the
island of Tortuga, commanded by Mr. Pouancy,
their governor, took and sacked it in 1676. (In

1505, the gold mines were worked here. The
copper mine above alluded to is in the mountain of
Meymon, whence comes the river of the same
name, and is so rich, that the metal, when refined,
will produce eight per cent, of gold. Here are also
found excellent lapis lazuli, a streaked chalk, that
some painters prefer to bole for gilding, load-
stone, emeralds, and iron. The iron is of the best
quality, and might be conveyed from the chain of
Sevico by means of the river Yuna. The soil
here is excellent, and the plantains produced here
are of such superior quality, that this manna of the

Antilles is called, at St. Domingo, Sunday plan-
tains. The people cultivate tobacco, but are
chiefly employed in breeding swine. The inhabi-
tants are called clownish, and of an unsociable
character. The town is situated half a league
from the s. w. bank of the Yuna, which becomes
unnavigable near this place, about 13 leagues from
its mouth, in the bay of Samana. It contains 160
scattered houses, in the middle of a little savana,
and surrounded Avith woods, SO leagues n. of St.
Domingo, and 15 s.e. of St. Yago.)

COUCHSAGE, a settlement of Indians of the
province and colony of New York ; situate on the
shore of the river Hudson.

(COUDRAS, a small island in St. Lawrence
river, about 45 miles n. e. of Quebec.)

COUECHI, a settlement of Indians of N. Ca-
rolina, in the territory of the Cheroquees.

COUICAN, a settlement of the head settlement
of Guiméo, and alcald'ia mayor of Cirindaro, in
Nueva Espafia. It contains 93 families of In-
dians.

COUL, Bay of, on the e. coast of the cape
Breton, in Spanish bay, and at the entrance of the
lake Labrador.

COULEURE, a bay of the island of Marti-
nique, one of the Antilles, on the n. w. coast, near
Pearl island.

Couleure, a small river of this island, which
runs «. w. and enters the sea in the bay of its
name.

CORUCO. Sec Cabo.

(COUNTRY Harbour, so called, is about 20
leagues to the e. of Halifax, in Nova Scotia.)

COUPEE, a point of the coast and shore of the
Mississippi in Canada, [it is also called Cut
Point, and is a short turn in the river Mississippi,
about 35 miles above Mantchac fort, at the gut of
Ibberville, and 259 from the mouth of the river.
Charlevoix relates that the river formerly made a
great turn here, and some Canadians, by deepen-
ing the channel of a small brook, diverted the
waters of the river into if, in the year 1722. The
impetuosity of the stream was such, and the soil
of so rich and loose a quality, that in a short time
the point was entirely cut through, and the old
channel left dry, except in inundations ; by which
travellers save 14 feagues of their voyage. The
new channel has been sounded Avith a line of SO
fathoms, without finding bottom. The Spanish
settlements of Point Coupee extend 20 miles on the
w. side of the Mississippi, and there are some plan-
tations back on the side of La Fause Riviere,
through Avhich the Mississippi passed about 70
years ago. The fort at Point Coupee is a square

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en el de Baños, y después de la gran Cascada se llama de Pastaza; al Norte nace el del Pedregal, llamado después de Pita quando pasa por la llanura de Chillo, el qual a la falda del monte de Guangopolo, donde termina el llano, se une con el de Amaguana, y torciendo al Poniente toma los nombres de Tumbaco y Hualiabamba para entrar en el de Esmeraldas, que desemboca en la mar del Sur: a la falda de este gran monte se hallan las haciendas de Sinipá, Pongo, Pucaguaita y Papaurca: dista del Pueblo de Mula-halo media legua y cinco de su Capital, en 45 min. y 11 seg. de lat. austr.

COTOPASSA,Riodela Provincia de la Canela en el Reyno de Quito al S E: corre a este rumbo, y entra por la parte del N en el de Pastaza, que desde entonces empieza a ser navegable en 1 gr. 56 min. de lat. austr.

COTUA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Cumaná, situado a orilla de un río cerca de la Costa del Golfo de Cariaco, entre la Ciudad de este nombre y la de Cumanagoto.

COTUE, Isla pequeña de la mar del N, situada cerca de la Costa del N de la de Cuba.

COTUI, Villa de la Isla Española o de Santo Domingo, fundada el año de 1504 por Rodrigo Mexía de Truxillo, de orden del Comendador mayor de Alcántara Nicolás de Obando, 1 6 leguas al N de la Capital Santo Domingo, a la falda de unas montañas que tienen 1 2 leguas de profundidad, y a dos del río Yauna: es población pequeña y pobre: su comercio se reduce a salar carnes, beneficiar sebo y cueros para llevar a Santo Domingo, y a la caza de cabras monteses, que venden a los Franceses: el terreno es árido y estéril, y solo recomendable por una mina de cobre que hay en sus montañas, dos leguas al SE de la Villa: los Bucaniers, Franceses de la Isla de la Tortuga, mandados por Mr. Pouancey su Gobernador, la tomaron y saquearon el año de 1676.

COUCHSAGE, Pueblo de Indios de la Provincia y Colonia de Nueva Yorck, situado a orilla del río de Hudson.

COUECHI, Pueblo de Indios de la Carolina Septentrional en el territorio de los Cheraquis.

COUICAN, Pueblo de la Cabecera de Guiméo y Alcaldía mayor de Cirindaro en Nueva España: tiene 95 familias de Indios.

COUL, Bahía de, en la Costa del E de la Isla Real o de Cabo Bretón, entre la Bahía de Españoles y la entrada del lago Labrador,

COULEURE, Ensenada de la Isla de Martinica, una de las Antillas en la Costa del NO, cerca de la Isleta de la Perle.

Tiene el mismo nombre un río pequeño de esta Isla: corre al NO, y sale al mar en la Ensenada de su nombre.

COUUO. Véase Cabo. COUPEE, Punta de la Costa y orilla del río Missisipí en la Nueva Francia o Canadá.