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BY JEAN FILBIOL. [Don Juan, or Jean FPlhol, was. Captain In the Spanish army, andComh m ndaute of the Poet of Ouaohits. and ~t ed at Fort Mire, now Monroe, La., from. 173 until the osasion to the United S8ates n iE0W. Hisa grandson, Mr. aHypolto llhiol, a prominent oitizen of 0ero,eOsaobitaepanr labi s- worthy vepresentative of the staunch old Commandant.: Many of the old Comnandaute's great grandsolildren livein the sare parish.] h. h Ouacbita is a -region of country in the province of Lnoulsaie situated west of the St. Louis rivernabd exoeud ing in length from 31}° to 88° north latitude. Its width -pa ae little over thirty leagues. 11All traces which are discovaed daily, every here, show that the peor pie who formnerty inhabited it, must have been very numerous. No one knows what has become of them, for the oldest persons In the place cannot remember having seen one uf- them, and if the chiefS of some of the nations had not affilrmed that they saw five or six bearing the name of Ouasehitas, with the Painl and the Chits, It would be.doubted that a people of that name had existed. Some Frenect having settled there, before the massacre of the Nqtches, doubtless abandoned the place at that period.. The prairies Vilmont, Dumanoir, DeLe and De Stard still retain the names of their ancient owners, and the remains of these settlements can yet be eseb. Owing to its extent, this region can not be other than varied, both in eli mate and in soil. I have drawn up a sort of chart, which I will add to this, to give an idea of the position of the place, and I will follow it, in order to give a more exact description, com. mencing with that-portion moetadja cent to the capital. This region is watered by a river of the same name which flows through the centre from one end to the other, after having received-the waters of many bayouals its course. It empties into Red River, about nine leagues from the junction of that river with the St. Louis (Mlesissippi) River. -The lowest part of the Ouachita River, from the point where the Tens ca and the Cataoulou Join It until it empties into Red River, a distance of about twenty-two leagues, is called Black River. I do not know why this short space bears another name. I presume that it Is owing to the color given to the water by lie muddy, grassy bottom and its depth. That of Red River is reddish, and that of the Ouachits, which flows over white sand is most clear. There are very slight fonndations for the origion of most of the names. All this portion is uninhabitable, in the east so far as the St. Louis river, and in the west so far as the vicinity of the Catlaoulun ; becaase it is all ovetflowed when the river rises and one could scarcely finad enough land on which to encamp. The river Is else where healthy and without obstruction and, at all seaseons, deep enough for a vessel of 400 tons to sail in it. Its banks abound in cane. When the water does not rise until the end of winter it is there that the neighboring savages make the greater part of their bear's oil. The Bayou Tensea empties into the Ouachita river on the eastern coast, where Black river commences to take its name. This bayou rises in some lakes, about fifty leagues higher. On the right side of this bayou, about twelve leagues toward the east north east, we find the bayou d'Argent, through which, following the same points of the compass, one would reach the main (St. Louis) river, a lit. tie above and in eight of Natchez. Three leagues higher than the point where the Bayou' d'Arge-t empties into the Tensea, on the left side we find the Bayou Mason,which empties there also. This bayou rises In some lakes about twelve or fifteen leagues below Arkansas and follows the course of the Tensca until they unite. These two bayous are not navigable except during high water. They seem to receive their waters from the(St. Louis) river, which connects with them though the lakes. During low water one can use a small pirogue as far as the mouth of the Bayou d'Argent, but, from there until opposite Natchcz, it is necessary to take a carriage. The banks of Bayou Tensea, like those east of Bayou Mason, are low and scarcely habita ble. West of this bayou there is some land, which is very fine, though iso lated. It is near the junction of Bayou Mason with Bayou Tensca and ex tends to the Bayou des Courroli. I will speak of it in its place. To the left and opposite the mouth of the Tenses is the Cataoula. This is a bayou which connects with a sort of lake of the same name, which is 1i' teen or sixteen leagues from its mouth. This lake is six or seven leagues in circumference, and is formed only by the drainage from the neighboring hills. When the waters are low, this lake becomes a prairie. There are no other waters except a small bayou in the centre, which, 1 believe, is a branch of Bayou d'Arclou. The north and west of thislake are bounded by hills covered with pine trees, and ex tend in the same direction as for as Rapides. About six leagues above the Juo- tion of the Cataoulou and the Tensca wit athe Opeita ,iver, oa 6bitftjI1 side, is the rayo Bifah al wicth I nothing bat a h1lt.bl.ll d L Durlng higth watdap the Qma i.B as bladea t he Oataioii Lake, .ve or sli league 4tant.Ve of Oasehi a-start ua* t Is the westerno oerattf tbhu ~aJ whioh thq. ryctir te% b , } A little above 'B you Bsohals. I1 theaeast ls theL itle=Vil Oat,whit t oveiflowsAlkea aUlthi e land, as t 4a Bayou Loluis. Bayou Louios i. aboutwo lIsgt :S above Praitle Vlmoat. It ris .i Bayou ta4oornii empties tiiro.h - t two braancesainat the 'Oult sa .the TlInsl Boafeu river tlO, wo higher than Bayou Louis on th sa I4 side. About twenty leaguen froj open1iglhtbLh uaeblita, it reesiVest. the Bayou des CoOrios, u I'lt ilws I from Bayogt Mason. On bis lide b the bayou des .. o hetwesI Bayou Mason .andi Reru Ia those habitable;lands, Whleb iI " e. I tloned-ithesispeklig otBayou Mason. t Bayou Louis'paenes thibiigh tlpeiels tre. These lands are highsad a:aitto s be etcelle0i susceptible of employllg 200 lutbabitestse, ZIlaspity that dur. 3 lng high water they are completely i isolated so that- o conveyance ceab iup t proach, exeeptt -.4 dtitanCe, througlh a the swrroundlaglawamipe, which ;duoe log low water,are almost dr4ys oliE River rses mear Bayou Bartholomew and would beagreat help tothe baeckh lands east: ofV the Ouehaltt,; .-: 1 the swamps which border Itfrom itsoarce I did not daraing-high water, reader yli landing of boats very ddl~ail. Dar,' t Ing -low water, ven a light .pirogue, . could not navigate it.. " ,, " About twelve or fliteen leagues rue i Boeul River, the. hlgh leas "of thel a Ouachiblta begin, which should becuit-. vated, as much for the quality of the I soil as because they do not overflow. I These lands commence ina the west at I the Pralrie des Ooteas and- In thie l east at Prairie de Le, and eztead' a 6 little beyond theer sores of ,the One. chita river. Those wibch appearto me most suitable for cultivation" are from the above-ientioned places, asfar as the Mound Prairie, andiall. allot Bayou Bartholomew,- almost -..tl the Arkapess line. aThls wduldt form as e extent of land nearly fifty, leagues Io Ii a straight line, and with uniaterrept- II ed communication by land. I do not e pretend to say that the higher lands V would be unolhabitable, but only'that a they do not compare with the,-lower a ones, beoause,.they are more Irregular, a being cut up by bills wbleh are sieetlty p covered with pine trees, andiheysbae .e not the-same advantages of easy nav! t' gatlon. I will pause, then, at the tirst, which G merit the most attention. The num- it ber of prairies, described In the plan, o which are there east of the river do a not appear natural to me. Their pro- it duets and the remains discovered ,on them cause me to think them old clear- 0 logs of the ancient inbabitants, Who, in w the course of time, had learned to i choose their lands. They are all one it could desire, and, in fact nothing s t1 lacking but laborers. Although there are no prairies west a of the river, the soill does not seem in- p terior, and, where the hills do not. reach the water's edge, the land is a level and well wooded. Level pine r woods are very common, and there are p cane fields everywhere. This guaran-. tees pasturage at all seasons of the year. It From the bayous, shown in the same > plan, belonging to the above described v part, it is easy tojudge that these lands a do not lack water. I have omitted a several of them, which are nothing n more than drains for the hills. Those which .bear a name are navigable dur- , log high water; that is, several months * of the year, and would greatly faclli. b late the labors of any Inhabitants who h might settle in the surrounding depths. b The soil is light, deep anti spongy, iI having a surface of a foot or eighteen It Inches of black earth. Below that it Is a yellow and red and absorbs water very li rapidly. A plowed field can be worked tl in the morning, after a heavy rainfall a during the night, and the ground re- a tains the moisture to within four inch* b es of the surface, after a drought of two or three months in summer. I Corn, rice, potatoes, pumpkins and all a garden products grow very well, and I have sowed wheat for the past two a years and succeeded admirably with a it. Tobacco does very well there, also, a and Is of a superior quality. Cotton a and Indigo do equally well, but no one ' has yet tried to make anythnlog out of a the latter. a Among the plants one inods agrl mony', angelica, elecampaone, mugwort, reathatrow, burdock, large and small, tree moss, aromatic herbs of all kinlds, crane's bill, maiden's hair, chervil,t thistle, coraline, centuary plant, eassla, g sweet and bitter tarragon, male and female fern.s, strawberry plants, fami. ter, ginger, marshmallow, bitterwort, , genasing, holly, leadwort, bedge mle-. tard, ipecac, wild indigo whose root never dies, Illy of the valley, melilot, St. John's wort, monk's bood, water lily, kingfero, pelitory, dandelion, plantain, polypod, pedicularis, blood root, dragon's blood, rag Wort, knee Igraess, sell.heel, Virgnlota creeper, wild valerian, veronica, vervain, golden rod, cat mint, wild and sweet clover, etc. The principal woods are the oak, gum, walnut, pine and sassafres trees. 1 Tho ash, theelm, the mulberry, the omee, which u . l Of tee IeO V tswa brk " the n the ".i'. tb*e. A & k was t;s, th tj'theept all itotd o beo tt1oe the seals' ( t, ý 1 se tlo blh nIt er 4 bl t h t a --.e Whre~tiy~tii ll U tli'F ed lecih rleare oun te n t T.yp n } psc.ite .A.c ' ; elet + e p tS$ Rh+eyptat ewatupot IM bleeet with~st ec oubt. heptdotiem the haen (8,,. Lrr )adlo ) river, tIaz:st sr water ow. re fe .lrt ýtr sacel f hel. mta eggsrior.): ltf l', whTih do not emrjl.fitQ tu iv. through the bayorS .r Toheynkiltre Lis hese woul e ar e o, the Bea 'dnul o4u x the fo sirk h ofI he avpolRt MO thus .atle w throih th 4ierieLr cu the fnedik, ahndoe r fkb~tawdi . The 'tofenati a a "send ana west of lthe lowher roe aan thetn bue wIthout luterruplitL n .sail AWW*5ItIY uoppesiteeeaitj- aemit oft! oise, which are pratetbl la wirtal sesaons. There ale tpre. pl ti k .own nerea salt no made -on I the Os~ h cmlt kinds. T rh i cei 'of l 'tiko is sflits heard, asd,'wbemrspsealft br exci,the the attc Blaou Jallae, atl .the tbird toward the tm essouri. t vicinity. To Judge "my remarks seen on the surfae orth lver, whore minest all mee-oonta eteopt l falver s cop-l Oer ultI low wAer further paole lplr rev,.ted by pdt hal.t.g of rookster w1mt ebof ith e small afomornt of the Olaborve theol b Wtaise' a PauI, superior ~rok crystal is founeeled, and onet very d fr dttdt s a coal mines and slate quarries. T&iqS ountes would be .yI low woler ea owing itoehe facili tyo up as far ti Ron k Bir boy thrBayough tholome river and the bayw, ,ble which prcticable In comitted toain I seaons. Thenre s three plaof the nowt here sat s mad-cltivation.)e the Ohi its, the other at Bayou tals, t a i.tbe third towaruld othe s the falls. T I will now resume -my remarks abd ofut the riverral r two, andwhere paud,l to spthreek oare lwidthwith. It ito of snavigable foravl. Thlarge wts, at all ear aons, healthy ad far as g river. Thn low warer further palel ts prevented by s easy of rockwit, wheb, with a small amount of labor could be leveled, angerd one aold saibole Bao Mount Prairie. In tow "water smaller vemels can go up ms for me Rock Bar a aboe Byou Barts ol re omer, rare thre mad tble advorntreatge which I omiverted toer mention when splittleaing of the mosrivert waTher arloaded boother lakwith. deserty ovi men cnld gouls it beas the falls. Thead bed of the river average two and onon. arel to three acrerd s width, withe arp bottom of sand nd'gravel. The water is clear and healthy and has a good and the sheepd There are no obstacles so that navigation esydie, eel thnd o ther. least danger until above Bayou.8µw tholomew, are very comon .ard ctbrre and the current, which isst never very aboveng, cBlacse little caving o trare riverow banks. There are no other lakes deserving the name unless it be those at the head of Bayous Tensca and Mason. rs the ttleen which art. most pt.lentiful are the swordfhs, the catfish, the carp anlomd the sheephad o The sae are o th turgeors. ike, br othh, perch, truot, navigable atdine, eelv rad. Its righs aboend left bank River id are rare l ards the Osetleent a.d by the rk t olomriver. Thod lands tpwsardsd the Oa Bsta are luu, althought Intersperser with hills. The other bills bryo veris vablsteep a rnd ted. Its right dThe Little Mbisso ar Riveh r Is about fortyhe Oleagueb higher onby the rweast rIer.st. It flows twfrom the ortch northwest and rises in the moan talus, which eeparate that part from tbhe Red River reglon. The villageof Grans Qadeaux is about thlrly.six league. 1L' tae the wipigatera - : s b al S 9p o.y \·airý, min i ~ ee il,,'tver .unrite. ar. tgyt bev toe rs$tatl. stero.i tiee thei :uset ,r intapt., wainr Qadaux (h.a o.gw . l tOi$Ve')", .bicre. that.. tey wtlble t.hetra ihd le " the other, setlishie.dw tMeled ;on ther love of thp1gle ar 5I t a soodpandtha t il. ow w1ethi3 e r wrey re O.they t.ae". bp -a, who have foen stem, rerd " abte witht onmpt. They Oarey sol iwleb" te io oouordl Io lherb.. tdee but they trohba heo, eltle ther; ittle the ta4 he pa. b lThis -mne e owde he. ofrne all `ta ore for dll l oneu. 'eralare alik to rem. Their ometi are oat uwory like the tbmen, are tablle thomplon bfor their love o teitsy Iad libertyy eed tphe haheto tages,.uo matter what .. their Umer. Thke. If thee H an h lad est neor ree po eed wi th.t dremo Theo haturdl know het they' ar e that stia been. Threy edsl toy ai vie, iad te oi mode of lUlo O: really shameu l. ofe the iynrablg,.ao have een them, the arto thepe wthr cotrealpt. Theyo, but I Sve ody t rebeeded. against e led st ths to e olle net accordigher to their odes, nut they terobto trand show Very Mltle about anything. Their guen and powder oratefl they should fee for tited allew poetie are alike to them. The women ae n o to lead them more ean, and are suitadble or exmpalone for theire f them start. What models for ther po egred, bett there ar heir under arkgmo. If the whot a el tted et o toly In eat:f'y the demands .oLrnalure. During th In, whichyears tshouldat I have bee are, I hattle tried everything that - charitdoy aned my imglltatlot. could sug get, to excit defense, te lo o then miserable creatures rind caus them to recognize their real condition, but I have not c toeede ond. I have tried In vain tocolect them together inextreme the tohe or on the coastmmer, aofd how tryhem ow granoteful they should feel In,000 to,00 nd pof tallo, hopng bpounds of them nrear t banwold, to lead them more ber of ly, by advice or example to a more Iriendly life. However, twenfy.five of them started at last to cultlvate the Swerd, buret 'thewore are rce ly six amonog them who cleared enoulghdto make a living, which should havsupplye re unred little efrt,heir fat a very litdeetle amount of foode pristis them. Severould others started to work hut very soon raband. Woned It.erer d a ds a they sy, Ibppy reatures are, they can not work where starving, fireand tha take have nothing to lihe ommunitle mlof wg their cropr. Td themselveson wold vndmbers. cate them ifod mprove their exttoreme dislike or workand did oter prevet one belxample tong tblhse ll the only causenf of their Idleon whihess. The whole commerce of the couatry does not exceed maunursly 0o000 to 7,000 J rs plar'n not, 2,000 deerwith the a2,000 oreud of t llorpher, th00 oush I halbev observe wuld the ptalhe of the aomber as m n W uderrsd on 2 sParge,