NOTES.
| [1] | This is not an unusual sight in Florida, where there is no twilight, and the eastern portion of the horizon becomes dark immediately after sunset. I remember once at Boca-Sornsota seeing the sun and moon’s light both distinctly marked on the crest of the huge palm which all who served at that post will recall. |
| [2] | Tampa Bay was called by the Spanish discoverers La Bahia del Espiritu Santo. |
| [3] | Halcyons—loons (?) |
| [4] | I may for aught I know violate in this Indian song all the regulations of metre and rhythm. I have however adopted the octosyllabic line with consonance, because it seemed to me not unlike the wild motive of the Indian chaunt. |
| [5] | San Juan, the great outlet of Lake George, is pronounced San Wan. |
| [6] | The Seminole were of the Muscogee race, and sometimes called themselves by the latter name. |
| [7] | Albati is the Muscogee name of the alligator. |
| [8] | Alachica, a great prairie north of the Suwannee, and pronounced Alachawa. |
MR. MERRITT AND HIS FAMILY;
OR LENDING A NAME.
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BY FRANK SUMMERS.
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