A district in Florida, partly covered by water.
1827. Extensive Inundated Region … generally called the Everglades.—Tanner, ‘Map of Florida.’ (N.E.D.)
1837. From the eastern coast to the everglades, the distance is short.—Preface to John L. Williams’s ‘The Territory of Florida,’ iv. They are described, pp. 150–1.
1840. [Senators] say there is no good land to be had—nothing but pine barrens, alligator swamps, palmetto jungles, and watery everglades. That is an error.—Mr. Benton in the U.S. Senate, Jan. 12: Cong. Globe, p. 96, App.
1840. The hammocks and everglades form a covering and hiding places for the savages, which render them impervious to the keenest eye and the most vigilant search.—Mr. Duncan of Ohio in the House of Repr., March 26: id., p. 278, App.
1841. Still the Seminole was there; still did he cling to the everglades and the graves of his ancestors.—Mr. Vanderpoel of N.Y., the same, Feb. 1: id., p. 337, App.
