. Le croquis-livre pictural de la Pennsylvanie, or, son paysage, les améliorations internes, les ressources, et l'agriculture, décrit popularisy . f Wyoming était longtemps censé signifier, étant inter-preted, loin de sang; Mais M. Ileckewelder, parfaitement verni la langue inindienne, dit qu'il s'agit d'une corruption de Maughwauwama, qui a été désignée par les Indiens du Delaware, étant un composé de Mamfiacau, signifiant grand, et imme, signifiant des plaines, de sorte que l'itmai être traduit les grandes plaines. Toute la région du pays entourant le Wyoming a été longtemps revendiquée par les Indiens des six nations, tandis que les Shawnees, de

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. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . f Wyoming was long supposed to mean, being inter-preted, afield of Blood; but Mr. Ileckewelder, perfectly versed inIndian language, says it is a corruption of Maughwauwama, by whichit was designated by the Delaware Indians, being a compound ofMamfiacau, meaning large, and imme, signifying plains, so that itmay be translated the large plains. The entire region of country surrounding Wyoming was longclaimed by the Indians of the Six Nations, while the Shawnees, Dela-wares, Nanticokes, and other tribes, were the occcasional possessorsof the valley, which seems, at all times, to have been a favorite abodewith these children of the forest. The women cultivated corn uponthe plains, the men travelled the surrounding mountains, coveredwith lofty forests, in pursuit of game, and the river supplied anabundance of fish. The Delawares were settled on the eastern sideof the valley, nearly opposite to the village of the Shawnees, calledMaugh-waii-wauma, or Wyoming. The Nanticokes occupied the lower. end of the valley, near the falls bearing their name. This is a rapidon the Susquehanna, almost precipitous at one place, where the riverforces its passage through a narrow gorge of the mountains, and es-21* 24G OFF-HAND SKETCHES. capes through the beautiful valley where it had been lingering forupwards of twenty miles, into a region wild with rock and glen.The tribes thus situated, and each but tenants of the Six Nations, maintained a peaceable intercourse for a season, and enjoyed theirwild scenes unmolested. It was during this period that the soil of Wyoming was first trod-den by the feet of a missionary of the Christian religion. - The Mora-vians, or United Brethren, had commenced their missions in thenew world several years before—in Georgia as early as 1734. Theirbenevolent labors were extended to Pennsylvania and New York sixyears afterward. In

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