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Tvr k a 8ALr t)Li. fii"1 T if"- 4 r;,;;. published'; (w&ey) j y. William 'BbYMir,. CT WO mr;t A t fM ASii. !-Nu. 401 '"A'A -.iff . An ACCOUNrof LOUISIANA, - ? Jfang ti Aljlraa of Document, in the Office xf i ' tbt Dtyartmlnit 'of State, mni of the Trtajury. - The Indian riatibnsjwithiri the limits - of Louifianaare as far known as follows, and coxuut ot ta? numbers nereaweripe- i'Wv1:On the Eiftern bank of the MiiTiflippi aoout-ar leagues adore urieans tne re - "iriains "ot" the-nation of Hournas or Red i Men whic do not exceed 6"o perfdns. , : irhereare no other i IndiansCfettledibn viis fide of the river either in Luifiana: 'GrVeft Florid Crimes frequented by ' parties! of- wander er mi choaaws. v-t tv:::: : On the Wed fide of the MUEffippi are.. 4s the f emaihiqf the Touhica$ fettled neart " arid ahove Fomte Co ; $ conUftihg of fifty or fixty perfqns. V t ? ITQn the lower garfsqfj the Bayou. Te i 4 Irorrithefea are two villages of Ghitima- perfed throughout the diftrid, & chiefly ;-m the Bayou or creek of VerniilUon, a . bout one hundred :foulspt-..s?j 'i:sWanderersof the bribes of Bilexisindf i -1 Cho&aws : on Bayou Crocodile, ; which fempiies into the .Tecbe, about fifty fouls.. . . Mtfo bltcloujfali thiWW'rifAtMabat ;7 : iXwo villages of Alibams in:-' the cehi vlmofthediilria! near the church, con. Jilting pf. one hundred perlbns. w; - i : tonchates dtfperled throughthe courii Jry as fart Weft as therriver Sabinas and its neighbourhood, about three hundred fXtmdMyerfons r i t&i River Rtupi x , f At Avoyejles nineteen leagues from . ; the Mifliflippiiis a village of the Biloril : !aatipn, :and another on the lake of the VAQy?tlsV- tie';ho!e about Tufty fouls. ; feiAt the Rapide twenty-fix leaeues from f the Milfiffippi is a village of i Choaaws M one hundred fouls, - and another of Bi loxes; 4 about : ftwo leagues J rom it, bt a bout one huridrd more i About eight or , ;hiiie ieagues lu'gher Up the Rd River is ' .a village of !'abbtit fifty ibuis&rAU tftefe aroccaTtpnaliy employe bf tlie, (cttler -: in their neighbourhood as boatmen. Aboui eighty leagues above Natchito ' ches on the Red River is ihe nation of the Cadoqiiies, called by abhreviation i Cados i ; ; they- can raife irqnii three to "four'hunaVeCwatridri'lye the friends bt the whites and ar efteeracd the brav eft and nioft generous of all the nations fa this valft codntry j they tare' rapidly decreafincr. owiriit to intemDerarice arid '" t l r m m. i l V, 1 On the river St Francis, in. the niegh. I abore it? and thai there aref iriany nunie bourhood of-New-Madrid,: Cape Girart reus nations fettled onthem...v.;.. deau, Keviere a la f omme, andttheenj - ,lhe Sioux, kor JVIandoweuies, who vuuua, arc iwuea a Bumocr n vaga- irciueni me counrry oetween rncnoru uuuus, cuugraiws ironi mc ucuwarcs, i uaiix qr ine lviuiQuri ana ivjuumppi, wc All the lands on both lldesof the Mi(' ,. fiffippi, from theiltancaof 16 leagues ( ; below New-Or leans Baton. RoUge,' ' or near half a e1&guef,wtfdrir the ufual a :; s- debth.o all grants. Some haW double -and triple grants, that is toay; . they : pi have ticco; thrice forty acresln depth ; ;:':.: and herihaveYgrants exteridirig front the'KliujlTippi .theaorHhaaes:be?:M try;the pepleeiriggenerlly fettled pnt ' thcrbanks of creeks of Hvers, ; have'a' 1 i- ; ' . - -' ' v. . . : i . . jt-.; : and there arejfome who even read and rv-Tlerp" are numher!o ria)tions at; a grant aloi'bu irtya'rialy expreffei' $dept&lUrv?$' writeit. f - : ,'" Vy, diftaicef.ronirheb ifAt- St. -Genevieve in the fettlement a-: to tnehdrth- and; WthJ -; concerning. Fix the liflandjof Ne w-Or learii or pri;the :g vs rnpng the whites-are about thirty Pfcri- whoihbut ' little 1 information has been oppofue bank of the MiflifSppi; are f uiik -;l ,",,k iwt car 01 uic oincr inawn j!iucy 1 Huuipcenamg jr iron tne ivuouii,. ,a- arc..iuc remains, pt-.ar . nation .wnicu uour yc teasues. above tne moum.oi. tne awen the: Kiver Moingonapr Kiviertf vi o IV'UIC vIlLCI 5 'IIIC . IVillliUtJ-iI vu His; weft ide, and on it are fituated the Afy oas, a nation bric-inally froin the Milfot-' Shawnefe, Miamis, Chickafaws, ; Che- j a great impediment to trade and.nayiga rokees, Piorias. and TuoDofed to confift ;! tiorii i' Thev"- endearoori to Drevenfe all m .aii .di n vc nimarea, lamiues ; iney arc 1 conununication witn tpe nations awemiifj at times tfoublefbrrie to the boats de- I hiffh ud the MilfourL to deorive thein fcending theriver; and have even olun 1 of amunidotfirid armsi and thus; keep uwcu lomeoruiemanacommivicaaicj wwy luoiervieni ,ro tnemieivcs.!;tiii..iiic murders. Theytare attached to liouor;! winter they are chieflv -M the banki bf and maliacre a.11 who tali m feldom remaki long in any place, many j the Milfouri of themfpeak Enghflii all titnderftand it to thir hands remains fttyearago cou; hrjng intcx the;fiel4 Qrf the : Milfouri and its waters Sre ri, :fpeaking the language pf the Oraia- conuitea or 00, warnors, pc; many arid 'numerous' riatioris; 'the ; beft v VB f I1,U A! b 11 VUlKUvlU;! I. r . k. J,, ated onf river of;ihe farrie jiaaieoii e?i f1 Ihe 'nght bankoft Miflburi , at about i '. ' r:x;-W -rt dghry leagues W its confluence with' ii : , they confift ot ione thouiand warr lf?11 ' a 30 ? lea at-St nors, -wnouve m two icttiements at no nr r -v-l-V; 771' jQ? -4 ' great diltance from racbther;-They W Wner . ana conuea or, 500 are of iKigantM W"?rr chief trade, is with.hi. t&nfri i.ni.mPo nf th ,h;tP nnH Af ."maKinac, ana. tney ftave ajwayi peen cultivation but'Uiav'-'Vm'ftartfbe re claimed at a future day by efforts of the y.i tiefcandenterpriiing Choctaws . .who are difperfed on the Weft fide eff the Miffiflippi; on die O' acheta and Red Rivers; as far Weft" ii atchitochesv and the whole naticn : wpuld have, emigrated acrofs the MiflllV firpi frad. it not been for the oppofiti n ,the Spaniards arid the Indians on tfsal Cite who had fuffered by their aggreflioiis. ;(r : : Oh the River Jrktitifu, r - Between &e Red River and the Ar ; kanc there are but a 'few Indians the remain of tribes alm6ft extinft. 0u tKis laft jfiver is the nation of jthe fame J hnrhe,' cohfifling of about two hundredT , antf fisty? warrfpt?i they at e bTave yet t)r?aceable and well difpofed, and have" always, been attached to the trench" and vtpoured iheiraufe in their wars; with the Chickafaws, whom they have always refifted with fuccelW hey live in three - villages the fit 11 iiat eighreH leagues frpm the Miffiflippi oft the Arkanzas ri ver and tfie others are at three aria fix 'leagues from -the; firft.V: A Scarcity of ,' fianie on th'e aftera fide pf the MifiiiuV pi has lately induced a number bt Chero-. 'kees, ChoaaVs,-Criiekalaws: to' ...ul i.sLi j -f ' a .Uti '- rheMilTotiri is about eighty leagues from .thcMiffiflippi. . ;1:.- ; ' k tt&Uffi UySlyif leafcaes higher up the Milfouri, 'atidptii the lanie banki lis' th? tiyer Kan. zas, 'arid on it the nation of the fame !name, but; iat 'about levcnty or, eighty leagues frptri jxs, mouth. ., H confifts of about two hundred ahef fifty .warriors, who ate as fierce and cryel ai the dfagts, and often' moleft and ill-treat thofe uho go to trade among them; ; . - WJSixty leagues above the river Karizas, and at .about two ; hundred from the niouth or the'MilTJuri,Utiil ori'che rkht bank; is ;the ' Riviere or; Shallow Ri ver,;remarka"ble for its, quick. fandi & bad navigation :' and near its confluence with the Miflburi dwells the "nation t of 1 Ottolaads, commonly called Otos,:cbn fifting' of about two hundred warriors' among whom are twenty-five.orthirf y of the riaf ion of Miflouri, who took rejuge among 'theni : about twenty- five years fi&cei-:...;0,;t: i.:'?,B.m. .Ferty leagues tip the &iver Piatt you conic to the nation of the Panis, comrKif- ed of about, feven hundred warriors Tn predations from the Ilinois;to the Ar; kanzaHie tradeof this nation: is laid ,FP WS'i We tS to be under an exclufive grant.- They iferit.M? n' fhQU&fcc are a cruel and ferocious race, " and are 1 if f v -?'i?vi Zrf Slri? uLiJj j r . l .ii. -.l rlefsbekeot jn order mtheUnited Sthtes. vuaicu mm reared uy an tue oincriiuuiK.'.r,i-- z; i- j.-j zji i j ' pfieronfluInceof.the Ofegeriyer-wiUi; f . It is faid tliat no treaties 1 have bcci tzil tered into by Spain with .Jthe Indian '$atfT -ops wcuwara ortne jvunmippi, ana iiiat its treaties with theCreeks, ChpaAv &c.' are in efteft fuperfeded by bur trea ty with that power ot the a 7th OcloUei, Uf Lndt una 2 xtleu S frequent the neiKhbaurhood of: Arkan -?:as, where game irlUlt-m abundance:; they have jconnaed marTiages with the 4Atkanzai.and feem inclined to make a permanenti fettlem'ent arid jjjeorporate .themfelves ; with that nation. The num- e3isunkown, but is confiaerable and U every day increann. . v piards in the neighbourhood of Santa Fe, 'Mi': 1 a ? . , . ft-- ' - rrcm wnien tney are not tar diitanjt. , : At thfee hundred: leagues frorii.the Mifliffippi and; .one hundred frorri; the 'River Platte qn the farrie bankareitrfated the vfllagcs of the Mahas. J They: con-, fifted in tyog of five hundred warriors," hiii are faicf fd have, been alrrioll cut o3 Jaft year byithe finall-paxia -.: ;Jft; - At fifty leagues abiSVe 'the.Malias ;an1J on the left bank of the Miflburi dwell the Foricr, to the number bf , two hundred and fiity warriors, ( pofiefling in common with the Mahastheir lauage, ferocity, arid vices. Their trade has never been 6T much value, and thole" engaged trVjt. are expofed to pillage and ill-treatment. 1 . At tne oinance. cr 450 .leagues., iroin theJSliiTifiippJ," and on the right fcnk of the Miflouri, dwell the Aricaras,' to the tween both fides of the riverarid as far back as; the JancS decline fo rapidly tliat ryondTf:: nfteen inilcs the'ipilis not well- adapted f . Jp ui; Above th Ibervilli ; Oiecatiiwouldv be afledled bv the old. and its rVrbducef5- " byould thereKbre be. uncertain ; Within ': tr.ele , limits the beft planters adrriir that- one quarter of the'ultivated lands bf any : confiderable t plantation may belplarited j m Cane;; one quarter left inpafture, arid' . r ? ;".m"k ;ii4lf cmpipyea ior provm oriRH'&cl' and'a relerve' for a'chariiSe of v crdpX ()rie Par ifian, Arperit of one hunv ! dred and 'eMty feet fduare ma he'-eU;" peeled to proitute on an avarage, twelve 1 hundred height of ugar, andilfty gallonj : qrrurh. ... ,v --Vlyiy ;:sr,.-?v: ' CTrm'jha both fides of the' river are nlanted fnr,ner bules iri : exterit nnd' abodVthreeourths of a mlein depthitill refult that theW: atuiuaiiproduct rnay amount-maiounj4 : rTHi? lands 'Heldjfi;Wlnfli by grants frorri the Crown, but molt 1 f rom the Colonial government.? Perhaps not one quarter part of the lands.gr anted in.Louifiaua are held by complete titles; "and qf the remainder aconfiderable part v depends upon & writteri prmjflipn ot a Cpirimlndant.,of.afmtUr.prortib; is held by occupancy with a fimple yerf bal pef million of theofneer bit fnentioft-i ed. This practice haO always been coun-: tenanced by the Spa'rum government, .iri- order thiirpoor meri, when ihcy fbupdt tbemfelves a httl at;jr;fflght; a't thjeir'') bwn conTeriiency appV for and obtain, camplefe ' titles. : In' theirieari timefuch' imperfect rights W;ere fuffered by. the go- -vernment tcrdefcend h'y iftheri'a'nce, and ; even to be transferred byprivatecontracc. Wheri redumte they have been ieized by Oudicial authority & fold for the payment or debts; x number or 700 warriors: -and bo leagues above therruH the Maridarie rtation con- WdmorsJikewite. uftinfi' i! about 760. rhefc fwd jairnatforisre'weirdifpbled So the vhites, but, have been'the vi&ircs' , of the Sioux, or Nandoweffies, who be ing themfelves well provided with fire arnti, ; have taken advantage of the1 de fepcejels fittfation qf the . others, ' and have on all occafioiw murdered them without mercy. ' . ; , -". No difebveties on the MirTouri, beyond the Mandane nation,4 have been accurate ly detailed, though the traders havs been informed that inarrv farffe nirit?abl tu I vers-dUclnrgc their, waters into it far Until within a fdw rears, the governor of Upper, IouifiariK , was ; authoriled to rnake iurveys of anyt extept.; In the ex ercife qf this :difer etionar)' power, Fbme abufes wexe comrriitted ; a lew frriall mo nopolies . were ' breated.' About three years' ago, lie was rellri&ed in this branch of hirduty : fince which he has been bn' ly authonfed to yhake-:furys. ;citu-; f rants in theJS'oLlowihg. mariner 't k H'wb undfed acres fof each, man and wife, fifty acres' for each child, and twenty a- cres ror eacn 11a ve. ,- nence tne quaiHijy of land allowed to' fettlers depended 6n. the number in each family I and for this quantity of land tley paid no more than grants; and ihegovcrfibrjand after him tne intenaant at wew-yrieans, was aione authorized foorecute grants on ihe -receipt of the forveys fiom the lettlcrs.-' 1 he S(dminiftratJon of the land-office is at prefent under the care of the Intcndant of the province, ' " ; ! Thete are1 noi feudal rights'npr no- It is imooilible to afecftairi the quariti if of lands granted, - without calling op . . 1 .1 .1. . . f ' . ;he claimants to exmoit tneir tines j tuc reglllry being incomplete and the m'aps made by the different furveyors general having been burnt in the fires at New Orleans of 1788 and 1794. , Kocftimate has besa obtained 'l - , Iff I numoer o twentyh ve tfioua-'-b-A-; fcuchephmrurnV half of the arabh land riiight j?eTtaiit,ed"t: I ; intone,:- i It riay a?fbe Remarked that aV regular fifpply of pi oyifions from ab'ove . Av at a rnorierate price, ; wdtrtd. enable the - puuunrjo giv nis aijccnnon 10 a greater . ; body pf Jand cu1tivatedMith..attth-r hble"pf.thd'fafta.airray-WfW : cd. -are urantcd but in the ; Ararnnna cotmrry, there is undoubtedly a porron,' ' r. parallel to the fea-coaft, fit for the cul ture of ;tbetivgar;c2ne;'4There vacant: jarms are to pe tound, but the, proporti-" ' on is at'prel'ePt unknown. , - . t i: In the abov.9 tenarks.' the lands at Tcf- - re, auxf bceuf,'onth'e Forirchev Bayou Sti t1: jean, aiid other -inlets ot the Miflifiippi, , , iae;' are r .?.. a. 1... lumnwi uiCj liiuiuuc iuppoiea 10 oiv i wie iiici are nr, worn t nqie. W nj cn imiit, for tfie cultivation of the cant-, h cane. ecri'ffirfclr kept: but. of view Iriclud- Vg thefe-and taking briejhiru inftead bf ' t ope fourth ot the lands fit for fugar; the-;. br own: J clayed andvfefined.' have been V itnpoi fed' iri to the United States' !lorii B - ; Lottitlana and the FIorida?,;:.viz.'4?:s::'' ; kO '':-":: iSo. :'i.:::o r.c6q.8& e:V-u;;'v;v;'- 1802 576,93: " . " r r . W V "heif the country was" ffrft ceedtd. Spain, Ihe preferVedmany of the Frenchr H the eipenceof furveyT'hefe Iurveys 'JZXlrM were rieceffarv tb entire theTettlefs-to -de8recS they have difappeared,; ancl at SiyiSiS prefefit the pyovmw is governed entirely' by the laws of. Spain and the ordinances formed exprelsly for the cowny. .Vari ous ordinances promulgated tjy general 3,1 O'Reilly, its firft governor under i?pata ' as welt as fbme other lawsV are tranflated and anriexfed in tfcte appendix; No;:iiy - .:;. The governor's court Ins a civil and -military jurifdi&ion thr'quqihout jhq pro-1 -vincc. That pt tlie lieutenaiigovfemor j; has the'fame extent in civil caes only.-.' dition,; civil and criminal exteadsthi?p the city of New-Orlcans'and five leagu.e!f 'Continued in hjl fbge.J 'x"1 A- r- ' -1 : r. . .... . '. .....-' , - I. ' ' , . " , ' " . "
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