%• The first Edition of V/illiamson's Pamphlet, above described (" Albany, printed by Loring Andrews & Co., 1798,") has since been obtained for the State Lib. It has however, but one Map -- that of Ontario and Steuben Co's. It lacks the second iMap and Plate. Eb.

INDIAN NAME OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

Governor Pownall states, in his Administration of the Colonies, (ed. 1768 and 1774, p. 267,) that the Indian name of the above Lake is

Caniaderi-guarunte, i. e. The lake that is the gate of the country.

" Kanyatare" is the Mohawk word for Lake.

. MODEL OF FITCH'S STEAMBOAT.

The model of the first steamboat (built by John Fitch) was discovered, a few days ago, in the garret of the late residence of Col. Kilbourne, a brother-in-law of John Fitch, near the town of Columbus, in Ohio. It has been in the possession of Col. K. more than thirty years. It is thus described in a letter to the Cincinnati Commercial :

" It is about two feet long, and set upon wheels. The boiler is about a foot long, and eight inches in diameter, with a flue through it, not quite in the center, into which tlie fire appears to have been placed. Tlie cylinder stands perpendicular, and the framework that supports it is not unlike that now used by some of the low pressure boats on Lake Erie. There is a paddle wheel on each side, and, in tact, everything appears to be complete with the exception of a condenser and force pump. The boiler is even supphed with a safety valve, though part of it has been broken off."