Fields of Vision: Essays on the Travels of William Bartram

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 96 acorns: live oak, 43 Adair, James, 137, 159, 160 Adams, John, 98 agriculture, Indian techniques, 41 Ahaye, 6, 11, 37, 221 air potato, 38 Aiton, William, 194 Alachua savanna (Florida), 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 45, 47n9, 139, 222, 225, 231, 232 Alarka valley (North Carolina), 9 Alecto Historical Editions, 105 Alibama Village, 62 alligators, 95, 121, 224, 232; as symbol of America, 3; Bartram’s alligator fight, 34–35, 138 “An American,” 19 American lotus. See lotus, American American Philosophical Society, 57, 60, 62, 64, 96 American Revolution, 8, 10, 97, 189, 190, 226 Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (book), 121, 170, 172 Antonico, 122 Apalachicola (Creek town), 39, 140, 144, 145 apples, 38 architecture. See Creek Indian architecture artificial lake, 120 arum, 218 Atala (book), 231 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (web site), 215 Attakullakulla, 5, 9 Audubon, John James, 100 Augusta Conference, 23 Augusta, Georgia, 16, 18, 19, 97 Bahamas, 97 Bailey, L. H., 205 Baldwin County, Alabama, 184 ball game, 157, 166n37 Banks, Sir Joseph, 104, 193 Barclay, Robert, 104, 193 bark: as building material, 152, 155; hut 95; in burials or mounds, 126–27, 138, 147 barley, 62 Barnard, Edward, 5–6, 23 Barnett. See Barnard, Edward Barton-Delafield Collection, 191, 201n20 Barton, Benjamin Smith, 44, 104, 171, 195, 226 Barton, William Paul Crillon, 195 Bartram, John, 4, 15, 17, 18, 35, 55, 74, 94, 121, 189, 204, 214, 215, 218 Bartram, William, artwork: 93, 99–100, 102, 177, 191, 193, 200n7; engravings, 191, 192; influenced by Catesby, 93; location of, 103–4; reproductions, 105; training in art, 93 Bartram, William, botanical discoveries: 76–77, 183, 187, 200n7; attempts to pubIndex 266 Index licize botanical discoveries, 190–91, 193, 194–95; botanical specimens, 186–87, 188, 226 Bartram, William: early life, 4; East Florida plantation, 224; health problems , 186, 192; and American Revolution , 10–11, 189; Quaker influence, 229; views about God and nature, 81, 84, 85–86, 87 Bartram, William, journeys: xi, 34–35; in East Florida, xiii, 5–7, 34–35, 36, 38–39, 41–43, 45, 119–20, 122, 204; first expedition to Georgia and Florida, xiii, 4, 15, 17, 41, 94, 117, 214–15; in Georgia, 4–6, 10–11, 22–26, 33–34, 37, 40, 41, 72, 75, 97; in North Carolina, 60, in West Florida, xiii, 35, 39, 54, 58–63, 184–86; journey to Cherokee towns, 8–9, 37, 44, 97; journey to Creek towns, 39, 138–39 Bartram, William and natural history: bird catalogue, 106; conservation ethic, 232; nomenclature, 225–26, 227; process of discovery, 72–73, 84; taxonomic contribution , 106 Bartram, William, observations: of animals : 85, 88; on birds, 106, 107, on hunting , 227, 232; on Indians, 88–89, 96, 107, 227; on nature, 11, 84, 87, 222; on slavery, 63 Bartram, William, writings : classical in- fluences, 228, forms of natural history writing, 71, 74, 78; writing style, 54, 221– 22; goals in writing, 75; mode of expression , 225, 226; motivation for writing, 11–12 Bartram Canoe Trail, 185, 198 The Bartrams’ Florida (web site), 214 Bartram’s Garden (Pennsylvania), 15, 187, 189, 198, 228 Bartram’s Mound. See Little Orange Mound Bartram’s plover, 106 Bartram’s sandpiper, 229 Bartram Trail Conference, xii, 198; Heritage Report, 99, 100 bass, 40 basswood, 63 Baton Rouge. See New Richmond, West Florida bears, 35, 45; bear meat, 37; bear oil, 34, 40, 51n74; bear ribs, 42, 46; killing of, 88, 227; skins of, 145 beef, 37; dried beef tongue, 35; tripe soup, 41. See also cattle bees, 85 bees: hives, 49n25; in trees, 36. See also honey Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland, 94 beverages, 36–37, 39, 42, 46. See also black drink; honeyed water Biebel, Paul, 198, 199n2 Biodiversity Heritage Library (web site), 218 birds, 40, 51n62, 106, 107, 224–25, 247; drawings of by William Bartram, 93, 99, 104; drawings of by Mark Catesby, 100, 103, migratory habits, 107; dried specimens, 99. See individual species biscuits, hard, 35 black drink, 45, 46, 52n83, 125, 157, 225 Blue Cypress Lake (Florida), 204 Boatswain, 144, 159 Botanical Magazine,The (periodical), 193 Boufford, David, 213 bowfin, 40 Brame, J. Y., 155 British Museum, 104 Broad River, 72 Brown, Thomas, 25 Browne, Montfort, 62 Brutelle, Charles Louis L’Hériteir de, 194 buckwheat, 62 Buffalo Lick, 24 buffalo, 17, 24, 103, 108 bullfrog. See frog burials, 147, 159, 163n8; burial goods, 148 Burke, Edmund, 92 Busk...