countries.  These  comprehend  woollen,  cotton,  and  silk  factories ;  furnaces,  forges,  and  rolling
mills  ;  paper  mills  ;  book-printing  houses  ;  hat,  cap,  and  bonnet  factories  ;  tanneries,  and  other
leather  manufactories ;  glass-houses,  potteries,  brick  and  lime  kilns,  granite  and  marble  yards ;
powder  mills,  chandleries,  machine  shops,  furniture,  carriage,  and  wagon  manufactories  ;  flour,
grist,  and  saw  mills ;  distilleries,  manufactories  of  hardware,  cutlery,  tinware,  clocks,  &c. ;
ropewalks,  ship  yards,  &c.,  the  whole  employing  many  thousands  of  operatives,  and  many
millions  of  capital.
Indians.  —  The  once  powerful  and  savage  lords  of  this  fair  territory  were  long  since  swept
away ;  and  if  their  descendants  exist  at  all,  it  must  be  only  among  the  dispersed  and  mixed
vestiges  of  former  tribes,  of  whose  organization  as  nations  or  communities  no  traces  now
remain.
Religion.  —  The  people  of  Connecticut,  from  the  earliest  settlement  of  its  territory,  have
been  distinguished  for  their  religious  character.  In  the  primitive  days  of  the  colony,  they
were  preeminently  renowned  for  their  strict  adherence  to,  and  enforcement  of,  the  doctrine  of
church  and  state  unity.  Their  statutes  were  based  upon  the  Levitical  code ;  but  the  char
acter  of  that  system,  and  of  the  sentiments,  feelings,  and  practices  of  those  who  administered
it,  has  become  materially  changed.  The  people  of  Connecticut  still  maintain  a  high  position
in  the  religious  world.  Religious  denominations,  of  almost  every  variety,  flourish  in  all  quar
ters.  Congregationalists,  Baptists,  Methodists,  and  Episcopalians,  are  the  most  numerous ;
Universalists,  Romanists,  and  Unitarians  follow  in  order ;  and  there  are  a  few  Shakers.
Curiosities.  —  Connecticut  abounds  less  in  natural  curiosities  than  in  interesting  antiquities.
