The Wilmington Gazette

              wilmington foblished weekly by a 1 is m jlai at taktk dollabs a yirui tuesday december 13 iso's av account or l 0 iisian a r ' » ; m abstract ofdocumsntsin the () vi •, of th ! departm nts of 5l ii rti j ofthe treasury cj ■'.' i '■ i wr l.t t canal of carotid .:. bshind new orleans it i can 1 . bout i i ■ and i li \\'. mil : ion ;■ n , ■ ii ■ ite w ih ■*. ■:■• ■ k c ill id the i i iv i st.jean livrtng into like ' ■ i a the m kii b f . about ml an half lei les i i the is i small fori . ' ' '- . ]', ■ i ; ■ re k the i otnm in • u .. , i r ■■;. i i i i the i ike an i th ! . ' md the « mm i f vv • cral ira x in iv mi ixl • ■ r ■ mv : jate to th ■ m i ith of ' le bm •: :- pl in particular ■ - !| lak n it pus th ing lighl . f > ; on the e • le of th ab ii 3 leaqu ■ . bsl i •■■ s v 0 wi i at the h • id of p is a tlemsntl lhe i tblaci n da 3t b trn n lo oi terre aux 15 -. ifs extc id sides of a ere ek i ; : j'i ' . ' ! i ■ •■ ■•'■ 1 r -. ' ■ of 18 i : ' • • '■ " us into i tn l ' i . '■ ' ■ ists of two p inhabit frona the c in irie i ho ii i < ■ • . . ■ irk ■ • ' ritcd to an .-. if indt ■ i comm licati ii craft ol i ten ' • . ■■ ■> '■ sea and tl •.■':•.■ . ' i ':■'. a ■' • • ■ • : , the settleua '.) ' • betv ■ ny place ' ration any ti ' pnssab by ma . i ■ m of land inio the s^a .. sides ofthe mi . ship'j mast country from thi i id r ' ■ ' frompltvo.uemines to the iea er 1 3 le i ; .. l • v ■ lowi v .. •■ ■■ . r jttli or no liniber a ■ •■ ver it , lention ■ low ■ <■■■'■ ol ' i . ' h turn dovrti t to ■.' -,■..•• • the sea o ■ ti i i on • c l the depth i ' ' 155 to the d iy m iny liv ■•■!■-. ■.-.;■• n laid i'he li i efthis kind ■ : i •■.', ': 11 of •': lines v n hu • : in th . . ■ hur iave ge ■■''■' ' ■ . - •. . h ■ ■' ■ if thi ■ l "■ ' n 1 few leagues abore ) ■ p rh6l 1 ourse , ruin and d . there had , 1 1 ,, the )■ vt 17 ■ ' t ibtsisti 1 • ■ ; • '!:• » below !': jii : '»: 1 itsi if into ! the r,tiz • •• i ■ . their courw ■ ■ 1 . to tl . ■ > lit ir.jui )■- situation it may liercnftcrb render ! ofimportance the eastpass which is o i th ! left hirvl i^oinf down the ri 1 ! ini > iwobranchu about i ivr vi the i'-iss a u i indthal known to miriiers bj ihe nams of the b«lsi ■• h hlch there i s n ill bl ck i ■■> ■!• ■ i 1 1 > me huts . . i ■ < ; ■ c mtai it i ' wa ter i i i ■ it six i teeni bccording to the 3 uth p i ? directly in front i .,; the m ■ -'■ i li 1 1 alway i ■ inii ! cd as entire ' ■ hut li i s t - fhe soul whii h . ■ ' • ■ ■ an ! n itrow i i 1 1 ! . few ye i 1 . . ■ ■ li > ' rater and « . thai ■ . - ■ i the m ' ■ i > ■ ' jrj 1 i iflll p 1 ims i ime in ■;• ikingi . .' . ■ in th '' ■ ii mst ■ • it is on thi 1 , , . forim i liatelv after ■ i8i ' ithona ■ u uh teai ms i . . . ' the country on the east ii ! m kbiller and incl i ' - : ' ■ i ■,■■■■".:'' meri :■ 1 the ! ike i wit i the ex ' eption ol i - •■ r i pi and as m j hendin - und the an il f f sm • . - he in ' rod their » i , •■ f uu ■ - ',■■:■ - . ■ i ant ■ • ' . ■ li mix ■ v •• ■ j ii | heir desi : .< • ■ wen the i and the \ i ine i com ■ ■ > ■ ■ . ■ ■ • hr * , apas and i . ; part is a . • j rer i ' • ' ■ ij and ■ ■ ■ ' . ■ ■ ■ , ■ t ai 1 ■' ■ iblyinl ■• it has 1 f the ment br '■ cur . re ill ind i a very n irrdw lip • bank of i the rirer from thi he iberville the land is not ) •"''! rtion m ■: nai tile i leplh and , .• ■ ■.- to the la ■ i bul in general ' ttrn ia , which ate • imi from the if freshes cully run nthi in the ft . . whal i t i ren said on the east • ■; !.- of the - une mn the bunk ' of •■, - / is an immense iwamp eel by < r#etu and ! kes < * o " '' ' ",'''' ivtactpai and occupying ■ space of j thirty or for the city of he orlearw which is regularly laid oat bti lhe east side 6f thi mississippi in lat m -. indlon b i w 1 i ' - a il a mil alobg the riv i . ivom the tr 1 f frai the south\totha of cttapitouhis above and u little m ih in ] - : ! ol a m le li front t 1 - bin b on p lid ■• i " ■ 1 c ms in iron if h ■ rn and for 1 ■ ;■■ r ; ■' . are m ed with slate 1 t\r-j 1 1 ■ won ' ■ i ■ ■ v . ont i 1 1 1 whi ' . it hrc 1 ! ■ ' ■ is the popni iti'n ited . 1c h ! t wa . ' i t the vi ■ ' have '• ■ 1 ■ . . the ip er thi pablic linj in new rs : two t ry ektensn tores i from it to 180 feet in len in bn adth 1 ■ - ■ • ■ ' . • ! ff a front ■ ■ rust n ■ 1 ■ : ■ ■ . ■ ■ . 1 - f.-ca whit ' . ' boloui , and 16,544 si • nerit to 1 froni 1 - nts ihakeat ■ no \ ■ ■• tatem ice of f new-0 1 yi af ire is ■ hern 1 if the coiintry i ihm an ! ' it ui ide in jul tsl < ' • . •,, ■ apt t no *, ■ ■ • • ■ ■ ' -. 1 . it is h!(»l • ' . , • in p ro p • ■ \ ijet •'■.■ ; estimation made f»ei ■ . ■ labltit n ■; it nat •, rarses the number 1 f wh • • 1 the island f sew-ot leans n the ■ to ' th number i ' tatemerit is . s it is nt ill ti ie iliffii nil to the full centos ol impediments are en ifrorrl ii lattered pop lat on i en i aeration nny the re i fall shdrt i ■ he true ndmbi i . 1 there is n militia in 1 •■. ian i 1 turn of it mad 1 . y the u*hj:i ul odtlft froth bailee o tht < it — o m ' ■ '.. i lantern of t&t mississippi — 4 comjisrtiesot 1 0 nttheach complete 40c c if—b s'-.imion cf the city 5 i conpanies s ■ ; a '! -'■', company w i « numemfies < ibineer or pri ■ - m tiea of hor npnnir • i lonip.inifs nr ■ -• . mixed legion r,f j\c mi isis pi ■ it ind , • . •. rcntdrers i i •;. ♦ i 1 i " do li ! 18 lanics ol ,- n • ■ • vn try i 1 ■. iry .,)•..; | . 1 cav o . upn ■ c.r ' n ■■...■ r fusi y i ■ f 11 ■ i ihe nui . ■ • ■ : i ' ' | • .-.■'.■ i ■ is • pi .'.'.' c • the a ■'• icnts !. tl • ■ ■■ ! , ! iloi tit ■ •• ■ li ■ '■ ; , • ' ind u •• tci '' • • ourl ' . ' tvic i the wi»si»*t the anic ii in line to the lie u4 od»e other e't tlcnrti'-'s 600 ■ it i "... b't chsci ired that nom •-! ' ' ' '.. : '• le he i inlrv hoi rii ill j of it i ft ,,)..., . .,._ f ' . f ni'.i has a i'u iitei iionel to ■ ul ■ w tpo p i an ii ■ nal of i small mali • ! - for ■ ■ , ■ ■ ■ litcl ■ ii ecal ' • . ; . woillrt b of ttl ■ zinc is on the oppr ■■ f tl rr then isn • i t be ( ■ if need the fjbii df plttjnemiif which ; s ■ iw vi ■ 1 i oust w>rk nn the esitern . ,-. ■ i ditch ■ ' '' • ted on the i > '■ • . ' towing fron it ii however im 1 iic'iinc 1 , i:i almost * • i !• || i • i liar en l;n i ' oi mpineti f ■• ii d f . tail ■ t iken perhapa bj i i • ut difficulty it u in i decree ruinous — the principal front in mean ho defend the approach from the sc;i mmfon oppose at most but ci^ht hca j»v gttns it in built at 11 turn in the . where ship in general mint arf is thf wind winch brings them up so ir is contrary in thr next tucn \> hich ilu-v n"<nst!v vrork through ; and they w»uki there tore be i-xpost'ii 6 the fire of the fort on thefppositr ibanfc are the niin of a small closed 7 ' m'lt i tllrd i'vrt hrurbon usnr.lly garrisoned by a serjeant's command iks fire rus irtetvleil to hank that of a jfort ofplaqaetnrnet tndprereii hip uk craft from ascending or de ft ing on that rid when a vc m1 appeartt a signal ; s made on one side and answered on the other should sire atterhj i to data without endin ; -,\ boat on shoi i • he wool ! l t imnri i!c!y bred upon imtians the indfianjnatlohs wi ninth limrft of louisiana are as tar as known at fi ii vs ini consist of the number iereafter sper'ficj on the eastern bsnk i pthe mtul i^ippi about twenty-nye leagues bo*i leans are the rentalni of the nation ' if atnas or red men which do not i u persons there are no indians settled oh this vde of ret cither in 1 ouisianaor west ' u h hey are l timei li ■■- ' ■ i art of v:injering choc oi thi west side of the missistppl the remains of the taunicm et ■ ar and above pointe coupee oa :. consisting of fifty or sixty tn the fi •'.■-. f>n the lower parts of the bay o ■ bi ul 1 1 ■ en > ■• ■!■ e]rt leaguei i are two filln ei of chitt ' ■' • •- ■ ! . ' tut one hun dili 8 , rt prop ■■'•.■ to called ' at the d i t ui.d ■-. :. i i reek of \ er • ■ ■■ itvndi ed souls 1 • t the irihe of bilexht juntas on bayou crocodife tiij into u»e l'c:h ahout ruh t •' n >•. ofataeapas :' a.]ibatnai in the rcn • near tli < hurch con 1 nndn <' i>c • ion d ; d ihn ugh t'.e • far west ai the river sa is and its neighbourhood ib<.ut nd tit v pcr-oiis hivo rouge lies nineteen leagvei fir.m '• misiisippi is a village of the bi = motion and another n the l«k \\.,\ tiles the wrhote about six i\lls at the u iilc twenty sis leagues from the mislisippi is a village of i : - taws of one hundred muls and innntbrr t hiloxis about two leagues tr"m it of about out hundred biorr i about • iflit or nine leagues hipfher up the krd river is a ilhirc of abort ifty souls all these are occasionally ployed by the settlers in thnr ; bo n h od si i oat'tnen vbentt eighty l tgwes above v t chitocoet'on the red river is he na • of the cado<mies 1 called liy ab breviation cad ■ they can i se fi-titi khrei to lour hundred warriors are the friends of the whites and an teemed the bravrsf and most gener iui if ill ilit ii ■ : ■' i m < oun they are rapidly decresainv aw ■ .-. tu.p n:ni • h r nombert be j*a % and ii . besides the f •■' least foul s hundred famtliea • ' vl.o arc hi persed < n the west side of the m ■ iippi l ooth4 < ji.'k heta sn 1 1 1 ' r t i .-' j hrtoi • ■ : ' ■ \. i ou nation would lm emigi ti icn s the mii sifippi had ' . ■ been for tke op position ol f nd the i r . - liitth on thai side wuo had uilrird bj their . *. i on tht t ■ ■ ifc bctwren thr red rwei ■ nd thf ar k.inias there arr bul a lew indiana tha i • ri iins if tribr extinct in this last river ii the na ion fihe same name < onsist i i i riui irar » iin ! rare « ■ p •< i able b french and >■- po<lt i iik ir i atise in ih'ir vriro •« h the < . -. ■ lmv . i ■ . >» with fcurcem 1 bey ■ in » l i ir i i «. the i • i t iv i • • m flic mtn i arkansas . . i tk others ate a vul r xo scti