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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- MAP of the NORTH-EASTERN Parts of the UNITED STATES
- 1 PORTRAIT of Mr. Bartlett, to Face the Vignette, Ascent to the Capitol, Washington
- 2 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
- 3 View from West Point
- 4 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
- 5 View from Mount Holyoke
- 6 The Outlet of Niagara River
- 7 The Palisades, Hudson River
- 8 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
- 9 Saratoga Lake
- 10 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
- 11 Albany
- 12 Crow's Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
- 13 View below Table Rock
- 14 Lake Winipiseogee
- 15 The Tomb of Kosciusko
- 16 The Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, with the Tower
- 17 The Narrows, at Staten Island
- 18 View of the Capitol at Washington
- 19 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
- 20 View from Fort Putnam
- 21 View of State Street, Boston
- 22 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
- 23 View from Hyde Park
- 24 Village of Sing-Sing
- 25 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh
- 26 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
- 27 Boston, from Dorchester Heights
- 28 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
- 29 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
- 30 Peekskill Landing
- 31 Light House, near Caldwell Landing
- 32 Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side
- 33 Caldwell, Lake George
- 34 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
- 35 Yale College, at New Haven
- 36 Willey House
- 37 Battle Monument, Baltimore
- 38 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
- 39 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
- 40 The Indian Falls near Coldspring
- 41 Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna
- 42 The Genessee Falls, Rochester
- 43 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
- 44 Rail-road Scene, Little Falls
- 45 Utica
- 46 The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
- 47 View From Mount Washington
- 48 Mount Washington, and the White Hills
- 49 The Park and City Hall, New York
- 50 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
- 51 Trenton High Falls
- 52 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock
- 53 Lockport, Erie Canal
- 54 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
- 55 Black Mountain, Lake George
- 56 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
- 57 View on the Erie Canal, near little Falls
- 58 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
- 59 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
- 60 View of Meredith, New Hampshire
- 61 Ballston Springs
- 62 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
- 63 The Notch House, White Mountains
- 64 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
- 65 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
- 66 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
- Plate section
40 - The Indian Falls near Coldspring
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- MAP of the NORTH-EASTERN Parts of the UNITED STATES
- 1 PORTRAIT of Mr. Bartlett, to Face the Vignette, Ascent to the Capitol, Washington
- 2 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
- 3 View from West Point
- 4 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
- 5 View from Mount Holyoke
- 6 The Outlet of Niagara River
- 7 The Palisades, Hudson River
- 8 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
- 9 Saratoga Lake
- 10 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
- 11 Albany
- 12 Crow's Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
- 13 View below Table Rock
- 14 Lake Winipiseogee
- 15 The Tomb of Kosciusko
- 16 The Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, with the Tower
- 17 The Narrows, at Staten Island
- 18 View of the Capitol at Washington
- 19 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
- 20 View from Fort Putnam
- 21 View of State Street, Boston
- 22 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
- 23 View from Hyde Park
- 24 Village of Sing-Sing
- 25 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh
- 26 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
- 27 Boston, from Dorchester Heights
- 28 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
- 29 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
- 30 Peekskill Landing
- 31 Light House, near Caldwell Landing
- 32 Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side
- 33 Caldwell, Lake George
- 34 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
- 35 Yale College, at New Haven
- 36 Willey House
- 37 Battle Monument, Baltimore
- 38 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
- 39 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
- 40 The Indian Falls near Coldspring
- 41 Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna
- 42 The Genessee Falls, Rochester
- 43 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
- 44 Rail-road Scene, Little Falls
- 45 Utica
- 46 The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
- 47 View From Mount Washington
- 48 Mount Washington, and the White Hills
- 49 The Park and City Hall, New York
- 50 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
- 51 Trenton High Falls
- 52 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock
- 53 Lockport, Erie Canal
- 54 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
- 55 Black Mountain, Lake George
- 56 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
- 57 View on the Erie Canal, near little Falls
- 58 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
- 59 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
- 60 View of Meredith, New Hampshire
- 61 Ballston Springs
- 62 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
- 63 The Notch House, White Mountains
- 64 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
- 65 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
- 66 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
- Plate section
Summary
This is a secluded and delicious bit of nature, hidden amid rocks and woods, on the shore of the Hudson, but possessing a refinement and an elegance in its wildness which would almost give one the idea that it was an object of beauty in some royal park. One of the most secret streams that feed this finest of our rivers, finds its way down through a winding and almost trackless channel; and after fretting over rocks, and loitering in dark and limpid pools for several miles, suddenly bursts out over a precipice of fifty feet, and fills with its clear waters the sheltered basin seen in the drawing. Immense trees overhang it on every side, and follow the stream still on in its course; and, in the depth of summer, the foaming current scarcely catches a ray of the sun from its source to its outlet. The floor of the basin below the Fall is pebbly, the water is clear and cool, the spot secluded, and, in all respects, Nature has formed it for a bath. A fair and famous lady, residing a summer or two since at West Point, was its first known Musidora, and the limpid and bright basin is already called after her name.
A large party visiting at a hospitable house, where the artist and his travelling companion were entertained during the heat of the last summer, proposed to accompany him on his visit to the Indian Fall.
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- American SceneryOr, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature, pp. 85 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1840