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'- ' 111 111 1 ' f ' ' : Am ACCOUNT of LOUIS I A N ' " ii fitf trimfnit ttf.State atvl of the, sireaitry . v eljefttc Wlovv'mg u to twfvTtaatuhe info. maiinnMfling- ''; Hi 'frefent jlatt ef Loulfmna, . m'ff the lejtlnformeg upon ihoifityelll-i.- tTho. befl; and m'ofl itnprovetJ ire above ordinate fo iThe moiith"1of ;lhe fit ft of ithefe, creeki U about 49 leagues fro jti New.Orleari; and;that b t the latter tJtj 5 leagues higher up, They; run from ndrh-eait' to Jouth wefl' and their, head waters are north of the lift destreebf la-" f tkude.,4 their bariks'haye: tHebeftioj! ana tee greatelt number ot good cotton plantations of any part of Lpuifiana, & arc allowed to be the garden of it. a v . $X "r': nit Ctupccdaup Rwere, f ' of 5 Icajtics from , NewOrleans, and .' theoty;?and comprehend, what is there; ipn tttt weft fiieoftheMiffiOippi wPointe knotty; m: Paroifife ,de Chapuoulas, j Coupa populous and rich Icttlcmentj X'remicr c . uotc yes a ueruanus, -rha,'.oieV6r firrt Acadian fettlemenr, er- tenajnK eizht leasues on the river. Ad. hum: it and ftiil afcendinc is thefedond - ya jiajtettlement or parifij 'e-fjheitwf-j a uc iixufi,t)f ruvTviue men fpmroences,, and is:b6tded' pn the eafl fide-byftli? rivtr of the fame" nalnc, '' hich though ' ' dry at p:rt Jot the year, yet, when tlxc Mifllffippi w'raifcrf, itommuoiVateV ;' with ihelakes Maurerias ;Na'ud Ponchar :;t:and,t5rpughrf!rwith the fea, ancj hus forms what is called the iHand ot,$fe'iPr!ean3. juitbelovwrh'; IberVille, the country from Ntw-Orleaus is fettled the whole way a- Jong ttfe river, and prefents a fcene of urantei ruptf d plantations in fight of each -oifierhofe'.tr&ttts the fkiiflillippi ate all cleared; ; and occupy ' on that river fo that a: planiatioa Mv5 Acres' in front coatans.2c5ir?A'kw1ugi;r plantations but the' remainder i-V devoted to cotton andprov cel'ent foil jnc apab.cbt being exhaufted. TKe;planrations are but onvepon jhe iiland of HemOrleanii and on the opo-; fite.fideot the tiyer as fafas the inbuth-clkbh&i-fflgj 'which tr'ieagneii-: TTrNew-Pr'kajns; ' 11 ' About 2$ leagues .frbm'lihe laft 'mitiiU .one place on the wta fide of the Miffif fippi, tfie creek or Baycu of the Fovfche, catkd in old rr:aps La Riviere defChita .nuchesv ..flows'frrfmTtKi MiftilTjppi, and cornmunicates with the fca'ro the wed of the paiifo -1 hcehtrance of, the'Miffii;; typi-h navigable only at hif h water, but' will thenradtmf of traft of ifrcm 60 to" 70 tons burthen, " On both banks ot this' creek are fertlemints, ' 6neT' plaritatiori" if?: ncar-'5 and the? are dv,ded mto.two parim3.;.l he lettlers arenamerouthpush poor and the cul turf umverfally cotton. On aH creeks 7 JV " V"4 ivimiuippi, tnc toil isj rm inlnrW ATI i f Kjo-rlrtw T- to there debth morelhani fuiTices f6r one plantation-, before ybu'eome to the lot? ffnUHrtcapable of cultivation This: V affordto'ne of McommiifeiVamnW' v-p ;,w fwt'uiuua ana ncn letticmenr Vt 4facapas-?.iTd Opeloufasormd on & fr tMaU uvers; 1'echearid Vermil M h,ch flew into?the bay of Mudcoj r ut the principal and fwlfteft commun: cation is by the Bayou or creek of Pla queme whofe entrance into the Mif- ; i.te?fiv5a)jKjr3 higher ur on the rKW-'-ina yaevNew-Orleanar. ; V Jkgejfettje -fiorfesVhivea large qtiantlly of good land' w their, vicinity, and" may be made of great importance Apart p' their pro jaC4 is,lent ' fea Ncw-Orlearisv but je,grciter partiscariied,in baiteaux'ty'" ie creeksabove mentioned". ' -v? :: Batcri.fioitge and itt dfptnitencitf, , f both -fides of he.Muliffippi lies' the , 1'.';? u' utnaci -wniCM cxicnus iuui laguc3on,iheriverf andi! well cultivat cd. . "Aboire it Cbmmgnces thefettle'ment' of Baton Roe, efiendifig about nine -i' It tremirkabte as beihW the ; kit plac,:; wherejteLhih land h cohti v Sjons tQthc rivr," and fief e it fornis a Vmn from 36 to 4o jfeet. above the gieit tA rf ot the river; ' I iere the fetflement s 5M:a coiiftderablc waf Qck dn tbe ; au fidej;. and-this parilh has that exteruliCR"8.' leaaueyklonct the! river Its produce is'cdttoni ' Behind it, on an old bed of the river, how a iake; whole outlet! are c!o!ed up, is the ft:ttfenient ct rauiie'iviere, which is well culnvat- ed.; : ; v;; v. ' ' liathe fpace noTfdefcribed'ffom" the fea as high as and including '.he laft men tidned Settlement , is contained three fourths of the. population, and ieven eighths of the riches of Ixjuifiana. x" From the fsttlenient of Pointe Coupes en ine Mimuippi to Vape Oirardeau-ar vr Wfrh vi) t;Kr LDore ine moutn or tr.e unio, mere is no land on the weft fide, that is net over. ffowed ih the Iprinc to the diRance of 8 or 10 leagued from the fiver with from, 2 to i 1 feet of water, c'Scept a fuiaJl fct near.Ncw-Madrid ; fo thaun the'whple extent there is no pofTibility of formina a confidcrablc fettlement contiguous to, the river on that fide. The call em bank has in this re'pet a decided advantage over the Weftens as there ar cn irmany fitu atipns which efieftually ' confmand tho river. -: ':y: S.. jVr Rfd. River and tit Sitttmentt' : On ihe weft fide of the Pdifliffipi, 70 lesgues from New-Orleans, is the mouth of the Red river, on whole banks and vicinity are tfe lettleroeiits of Hapide, Avoveilcs andNachitoches.-all of them thiivjnsLand populous. The latter is fh f .left the Tfth;e'jandeci(led. tuate 7? leagues' up the Red river. On the north fide i of the Red river a few leagues fronvits junction with the IVIiflif fippi is the Black river, on one of whofe branches, a cnfiderable way up, is the infant ...Settlement of Ouachita, which from the rjchnefs o the fcil may bs made a place of importance. Cotton is the chief produce of thele fcttJementi, but lhey have -likewife a confiJewble Indian trade. IheJR.iye.j Reuge.or Red River, isuied to ccnrnunicate.whh thcfrohtieiv ot New-Mexicoj Cencord- 4?- ;t General 'defcripiieritf Upper Lwiia yijti compared 'with the. Indian tH rubfyhefaee c! the country in Upiper Lcuifilna is rather; more broken tno the f bi I rs equally fertile It is ahftjiot river poueues fomc advantages, S nerally incident to thole reuions eleva:ted and healthy, andivell watered with aVyariety.of large: rapid ftrcani?, calculated for mills & other water works. From Cape Gif ardtauf above the mouth of the Ohio, to the Miflburi, the land dii the eaft fide of the 'Mifliffinoi is hw and ' flat, anrfbecafionaily expoled to inunda tions jhat on thcXuifiana fide, con. tigurui to the rivers-is generally., much higher, tand m piany plates vefy rocky on the fhore. Some of the heights exhi bit a icne tuily, pictuielque. 'I hey rife to a hdiht cf at lealt 300 feet, faced with' perpermculaf; W into -various fnape and figures by the; hand bf nature, ' and afford the appear ance eta multitude ot antique toWers fbme diftance btlow the falls of St..An , - : rhoriyi' ':r It ;is alfo lardi that the traders kr: , ?, communicate "with 'thcMiflifuppi. aboye theic lalfs, through Lake Supefir-bui ;f t heir .t fade in that quarter )i in ucti Ids ' v ccnfidcrable. j;-'-r-u".t," -'trr-C: h . ' ages, ? not ge- t Z&Mfitf- c'",,,' f CfJPy---' :gions. C: It i$ r'f.BehirxdKcOrietn$ I i- imies long, .nien c,ommunicaies4 with la creek' called the Bayou JSf leinl: flowing into JLake Pbhcharf ralri. At tho I mbutjj of ir,abbut ia a leaguej frorrV the city is: a fijtall Ib'rt.. called Steia'' which commands the entrance tf6rt tbe, take, " By thi$ creek the commuoicauon , is, kepvvp thrbtigh -the lakeand the;RK gblet$tb Mrtbile'and the :lettlements in ? ( JWelt.Florida. Craft .drawing from 6" , to" teet water can navigate t6 the mouth-ifo; cif fhe creek; i bur except ; in particular; (wellof the' lateicatlnbb pafs.thc' bari: jth'puftetpgliBi&tcneJ 'M-H, ;J?-: Ci' ; - On the Eail Cde of theIiflippv boutfivc leagues below New-"irteana ... . i 1 1 1 . ft 1 .1.. ' 1 r . . ' From-the tons of thefe elevations, thfe land gradually Hopes back from the ri-Lat the; heart ot thcvlg!imr;cnd,.is a jet ver, ' without gravel or rock;, and is co- tlement known, by the name of vile Yob'-f If mi v feid with truth that, for fertility of foil, no parjflhf he woild exceeds the borders of the Mifliflippi ; tbeJand vie Ids an a- bundance cf ail thenccifiar-'esof iife;'& ,aIvoit Ipontaneouily ; very little labour being -required in the cultivation ot the earth t hat part of Upper Louifiana, whidh .borders on.'tbe North Mexico, is one imRierjle'frfrfr ; it produce jioihing but grars : it h fi'led wit! buffalo, deer, an$ ether kirrds-of- game ; " thjr lai d is rpfefented as fob rich for the growth' of fbtc,ttee :; t V' :;- .' v It; fjrei ended, IhatUpper. I puifiana, contains-, in its btla;fnany filver and copper mifieirirafious.lpecimens of boih arc exhibite)! Several trials have been' maa(MtfaTertm the fa; btiit the warit of fkill irttjr6 artilts has hitherto r The fait wbrksare alfo pretty numer ous ;.forne belong- to individuals others to the public. . I hey already yield an a- lacionde St.Bmiardoor the JVtrc a us Bceufft, extdrtUing oh both,; fides" ot "a1'-, creek or ctain, whcfe tead is coittigucus ?1 to the itlillippi,' ' and whIflbwrnget ;'. ward,' after a ccuife of ,if Jcaues and. dividing itfeifinto'two f rancht-s fall.s'ih-f to the fttt .'and 'ake lbrgt'e- ;vl hh- 'iettle , merit confltTs-nf two atime$;:';aVrpbtt.-3llt":f. theinhabitaius of which are Sp"?niatds ' from the Canaries, vho content thifrn lelves with , t;ifh:g frwjs, corn and gar-M dcri.fi ufl for tl:e market at Kew-OrleanS. t The lands cannot be cultivated to any treat difthce frrm the banks" of thi creek, on account of the vicinity of the marin Dfnmd t"em, cut ne place isiui- ceDtible of Ktest imbrcvement and of af fording anfrtber conrrnnnicatien fo fmalt craft of frrni 8 to 10 feet draughtf be twesrn'thefea and'theJ1i(fiffpbi.;2' Arthff iliffanci? of 16 : leatties belok . , - . ; w . . , , J ! 4l M nrt tA Aft , KrifH C 7 -;i Arianfat- St. Co.tr 'v'.-ri.heFciS no other fettlenvent . cn , the "MifEflippi except the fmaH one called ConcordV oppofiteto the Natchez;-till you come to the .ArkanXas' river whofe mouth is 253 leagucabovc 'New-Orleans.- ' - " Here there are but:it ftVfrnliieri who are more attached .to the Ttriian trade iby which chiefly lhey live) than tacul tivationThere is no fettlemcnt rom this place to New-Madrid&whichis it!elf mconiiaeraoiie. - Aicena;rg. ujc -cr you come to Cane Girardeau- St Gene- vieveanu "st.-i.ouis, wnere,- inouR.'i. xmr inhabitants are numerMjJ,they raife lit- tie tor, exportation, ana content inem felvcs witfiok.wtth't&eTndaiis and woratnga-'rew ieaa mmes. i ins ,vvu,i. try u very fertile, efp'ecially on ihc banks of the Mirouri, where there have been Charles arfd St. Andrew, molt ly by emi- grants from Kentucky. J he peltry pro cned in' the Illinois u the 'beft lent, to the Atlantic markt s and the quantity trvcry confiderable? ; ; tead U to berhad witf ,eaie, ana m iuehvquantitKs as to mpply all t urqpe; it thepopu janon were iutcjent to work the nurnf rou . mines. to be fond wuhm 'two br three feet from' the tflirfaecHn various parts of th country., I he lett fements about the i Ui riois were firft made by the Canadians. ih their averfion tb labort and love of a wanaerinw uie... ' uey comam put ICW hegroes, compareji to the number ol the whites i and itiraay be taken for a -gene ral rule, that Jn propofdbn i to thedil tance frdui the capital, - the number of blacks dimihifh below that of the whites, the former abodhding moft otvthe tich NewOrlpjir.s' the bundant luDDlv for the confumntion of i 'R);,..t-.' thfc- dml'th . fort nf the country ;.,and fh properly managed, ( Plaauemines. the country is bverflb wed. , might become an article of -more-general i ;n ,he fbrinn and in many places i$inca h ' pante or cultivation at any wnti ueiug ij . morafs alnioft impaflable by man oirbealt. -This Imall toguer)f land extendsrenfi-, deraMv into the fea. ' which is vifihle oii. both fides ot the Miffiifippi from a fhip.Vi , mail. .:--:;;:1''';'-v ..v''-4''':'v?:?!':- . Country rem; Pfajtierninei to t'e Sehj'Qfid effect) . of tie Htnt iianM,' ': ' Ffbm Plaqueininos to the k ii t2of' i llsa&u'.': t hs country is low, fwampy; . . ; ch'eny covered witfi reed3, having httle. :V. ; or iu) tiirtber aridnc'fertlcment whatever" eirterprififig traders, who have vihd it, ' It may be ncctUary to mention hre, t hat. , rnd who live exhib; ted fev&ral fcufhela i.the whofe 6 wet part of the country frna . of the fait to the cunofity of the people the . vftli(h 1 urn downward is lu! jeb of Sr. Louis,' where foma ot itTtill re- "to ovFrftowir;;; in-Hurricancscitht by! mains. A fnecimcn of the lame fait, has ; the recoi linger trae;Tiveror rctlux -trom- been lent to Marietta.' 1 hi mountainthe lea on eacn nue ;-a;iu on more man. is laid to be i8o - milos long, : nd.Trf"one occafion it has beerl:ovTed fioirt width, compiled otJohdrqck fait, w ne;-aeptn.Qr,ifMp. icbr acconnnK tor outTtny trees,; or even fhrubs on it. ? the deleft pi ine river, '.vinereoy many. Salt lprinsare; very numerous beneath exportation. T heufual price per bufnel ' .i . . i. i . i is i C3 cents m dff at tne woiks. rnis price willfre fHllmwet as foonas the ma nuiafture of the. lalris sfliimed by go .vernmenr, or patfonil'ed by men who have large capitals to employ in the bu Tmefs'.' 1. One extrlord.nary faft relative to fa It m ii ft n ot he o m it: cd . h" '1 here cx- ifis .about loco mileJ up the-Mificuri, and ifof fat from. -that river, a'Zalt Mouft tarn i The exiitence of Tuch a mountain might ;we!l be qutftioned, were it not tor the telumcny ot lercvr.! rcKpf aafcle S the furlace of this nicuntain, and they fow thrpugh the fifl'ures and cavities ojt .it. Caves ot lalt-pctre are found m v p .... ft'n - i lives were loir, ncries anu cattlr Iwept -away and a fcene ofdeftruclion! laid; Ihelalt calamity of this kind happmed m 1794 Dut loianateiy trey ate net r Lontftflna. th'mnrh at fnmi? difranr ' 'frequent. In -tne. prcrCdmc Kar the cn- fppm-the Wflements. Four meii on a i-giftc'e,M'ho fuperiittwtoed ihetrea.cn ot trading voyage, lately difcovered One fe: 1 .tlw "Ftftfl rJiemiRCS was Crm, ncd m , .vcraljittndred mi'es 4p jhJVlifTourLiiif ulejiear the.fott and the work . y fpe,lt c or C .weelc ontr by taking : failure of this article, and returned to St. Louis with 4' 6 weight r f it. It prov. edto be good and they fold iff or a figh -i ne jjeograpny or ine ; ivmuuirpi aj:u IVliiToai i, an J their continuity iof a great one refuse on in elevareddpot in the for t cn which - here were notwithstanding ?. cr iteet Sf wjitet. x Thefc .hurricanes.: r i . - r.1.; : .1. '...!... nave generally ccen icu m me mnmn or y laks about: :in thefouiH Aoteiift.Their grcatcft fury lafts about: 12 hoUf S! 'i heccmrnrrce ir Unmh f iv ar Kij Miftle known . rME-veer about to all points of the com- The traden affert, ;'that bo miles abxve""tairerfelt . moft Severely below ami tbcTrJunaion,,; a mari may; walk f torn 4Mtn extend more than a few leagues . tu the other in a day j and iris;al(blabove yiNew-i weans yia ttieir ynoic COurie liicy are.Kiarscu vzin ,fuin ajiu aliened , th?t 700. miles it ill higher up the portage my be croffed in four or ddolation. r U mil that cf 1701, there five-days. This portage is frequented by j had been none f elt frorn the year i 780 traders, - who carry on a confiderable trade ith fonle of the MiHouri Indians. Their general route, is through Green" ."ay, which it anarm of Lake Michigan , thty then pafs into a fmall lake connect ed with it,' tind which cnimunicates. with the Fox river they then crdfipver a fliflrt rirtff arp infrf the Ouifconfinc tl- v ?i'jfe 'r tnoutht ef ihe Mijftfippu - About leaguevbelow plaquemine r the MiiTiflippi divides-jtfelf into -three . : channels, which ire called the baflesot V ; ' the rivar, viz the Eaft, b'buth k South 'V t VVeftpliffesTheir. corUTles fron5 t6 0Jc8guc$'td"the fea.;; The fpace between " 'Mi inompicr s creeH and Baf oti S&ra lutj J ver, hic&janttt with the Miffiflippi j-i-..
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