WorkLouis Hennepin

A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America; originally published as Nouvelle Découverte d'un très grand pays

Louis Hennepin (1626–c. 1704) · London: M. Bentley et al., 1698

InferredFuller names Father Hennepin explicitly and quotes him at length. The passage matches the 1698 English-language edition of A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, which reads (with early modern spelling): 'Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie, there is a vast and prodigious Cadence of Water which falls down after a surprizing and astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe does not afford it's parallel.

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Named among the books Fuller consulted for her western journey, and discussed in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843.

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Summer on the Lakes, in 1843

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“With what gusto does Father Hennepin describe "this great downfall of water," "this vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel.”

Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.

Inferred Fuller names Father Hennepin explicitly and quotes him at length. The passage matches the 1698 English-language edition of A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, which reads (with early modern spelling): 'Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie, there is a vast and prodigious Cadence of Water which falls down after a surprizing and astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe does not afford it's parallel.