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Show . lV ' INDt3X. thP best, those of M. Bl'ingier, and Cevallos, inem. CJeo1·()'irt, sugat· cane cultivated, in· flomochillo rive1· described, ll.J. lfo·m Island, l llorlituffn ·r, P' .wti (' a!tilily of, in the b • J , tnl r~ of Lot i-; iana, 11. · duct ion: 31 . Grant, to Baron Bast•·op, 5-··papers r latin~ to, ~4. ---· Freucl1 and Spanish in Louisi una, 6. Fre 1ch migrants, 22. ---Hotmws. 5. Mnnpt1 .. 'J Mai ~on Ron ~ e, 5 .. -pape1·s rclatino- to. ~2. Gulf of Mexico, 11 ---tides of. 15 ... currents, 16 --its shore conlrastt·d w'tl1 the shm·e of tile Atlanltc ocean, 30. Gypsum fonned on Ounchitta, 51---iu the state of N. York, 270. H 1 ful springs on Ouachitta settlement; 140. Hudson, ri\' P. I' of, pheuomPna, 189--can »l from, to lake E1·ie, 285 .. to . lake C'ltflmplatn, 287. ffwnhofill, haro n, his works on Ame-ri ('H \ a lualde 2!.>2. 1/unlsvil/e, lown of, 1~8. l/u ron. lr~kP , des cribPd. 2o7. IJ.u.fchins, : J' ., his oh"e•·vations upora the Mtssis::.ippi, erroneous, 13. I Jflinois r·iver, 209 .. -ifs current gentle, 2Hl --confluer:t strenms, idem ... not cotTCI'.tly known , 211· -its l~>n gth, Ra 1 e 0 c t ,pl•n l of, 17. J.rl (~ rrt . --·CRI'l.' ll s to unite with the ·' ke Hammork lAud . its chat·nctel', 32·-· Michi gan , 268. · llbo unJs nP:II' Red rive r , 8H lfh'nois ler-rilM·y, position and popula- Hamiflon, distance from N. Yor·k, 284. tiou, 18'7-- horwnariPs, 207 · topo- J/cmp , 18·-1- .. yt ranlity 'Jf Ht>llJI' bali n:;. gt·Aphic»l tuble of, 208 -- -pJ ·ogre~s ive cl otlr and G o r· d a~~e , n e c~sc;ary for geography, 212-- -town., 213. 320.()00 b ales ( f cotton 185- its [ndiana . state of, po~itiorr , <'xtent nnd culture compared with that of flax, pop11 latiou , 187, 213--· stnt isticolla-idPm. ble of, idem .- --l'ivPrs, 214· - to 1v ns, Hennila()'c wine, produced from grapes · illa~f' s, aud schools. 216· -prouuG· growin:r in g:·anilic sand, 24---cha- tions and stupif's, idt~ m. racter of, 27 . Indigo, its rehttivf' value, tablr page, 7 Heron, pass of, 19-.. its position, 21--· -may be cultivated as ext f' nsivrly shallow, idem.-- depth, 136. in Louisiana as cotton Ol' tob;H:f:o, liilLs, in Fra nee. 28· -hP.t\\ een Nevers 10-has been a staplP. commodity o€ and Na n:z, ~~0 .. between the waters Louisiana, 10-compa1·eJ wi th odlCL' of Tornhigbce and Yazoo, 32---he- staple~. 180-objections to its cui· tween Pearle aud Pa ca~oula , 32· tu1'1~ , idem. · lwtween the conHnent watPJ'S of the Inundat·ion of the Mississippi and con- Mi'i 1ssippi anJ those of lake M•• UI'e· tiw~ nl f> trr-ams; effects upon the sa-pns and Pontchartrain,32-- -in Ope- lubrity of the atmosphi:I'P , 12-ex-lousas and AttAcapas. 73· -between tt•nt of, over-rated, idem- v.r idth of Red and Sabine river. 85 .. west of belo" 33° N. lat. idem-extent of, Sabine, 85-- -between Red ami Oua· 13-thei•· cause. 14-relative times chitta rivtr·s, 90--in thE> slate of of, at Natf:h'ez and New-Orleans, Mississippi. 116 .. ·-in Missouri ter· idern-t\' o of the Mississippi an· t·itory, 137 -· bet. ween A1·kansaw, 11 uall y , 52. ·white, anrl St. Francis rivers, and Iron, native, found in Texas and the Mis out·i and Mississippi, 142--- brought to New-York1 51. di\· inin~ ridge between the \Vaters Islands. Cat, 123. of the Ohio valley and shores of the --- Danphine, 123. Atlantic d~cl i vity. 190 --in Tenues- ---Dog, 123. see. 195--·in the st.nte of Indiana,216 --- Malheurt>ux, 123. ---in the state of Ohio, 224---in west --- M;u·ianne, 123. Pennsylvania and west Virginia, Ship, 123. 252 - of (::ott- Blanch, Belle Isle, Grand C()t, , Petite Anse, and Cote Carline. Tbe;r charactet·, 68. - of Bayou Rouge, singular posi· tirHI and features, 69---included in the Parish of Avoyelles, 70. I. Jefferson, Mr., Notes on Virginia, 147, quotP.d . 235. 292. Jura, mount of, 25, 27. INDEX . v K. Kaskaskia-town, 213. f{cnhrtwa, great, river, 191-described, 256 Kentucky, best account of its climate, Dmke's Cincinnati. 1. --position, extPnt , anti population, 187-bounuaries, 201-topn gra!Jhical table of, 202-progt'P.SSiVe geo~I'Hpby, 203-natural features ami productions, 203-l'ivcrs of 204--manufacturt> s, 205-staples, idem-timber: :206-towns, colleges, schools, idf'm-Transylvania Uni· VPrsity , idem K£/lbourn's Ohro Gazetteer, 293. Kislcitnmitas rivet, 254. L. Lakes. Bi~teneau, 8'1. -Black, 87. - Bodean , 87. - BOI'gnE', 17, 19, 32. - Cakasiu. 55. -- Chetimaclms, 131 55. - Couco1·clia, 13. - Erie, 215 268 - Fausse reviere, 13. - Hnmoehitto, 13. -Huro n, 267. - Mau1•epas, 13. 32. -Mermentau , 55. -Michigan. 215. 26~. -Natchitoches, 87. - Netches, 55. - Ontario, 268. - Pontchartrain, 13, 19. - Providence, 13. -Sabine. 55. - Sl John, 13. -St. Joseph , 13. -Spanish. 87. -Yazoo, 13. Land, public, manner of surveying and selling, 6. --,- titles in Louisiana, their variety, 6. . -public, none yet sold in Louisiana, 8. -offices, at Opelousas and New· Ol'leans, 4. Lang1·es, mountains of, 27-the most elevated town of France, 28. Laon, and Rheims, why wtne pro· duced at, and not at Rouen and Hav1·e, though on the same latitude, 27 Live oak, in Opelousas and Attacapas, 63, 64-- ·n demarkation of climate, ~5-.. an exotic at Opelousas church, Idem---its locality, 75 Lan,·el Hill, 252. Loftus hPigH s. 32, 116. Loire. ~Ja~iu. ol . its divisions, 29-pro-ductiOn~ , 1dern. Louisiana, Stodard's view of, 1. --·--, Hr~u . k e nrid~P.'s view of, 1. --·-, Da1·by's statisticHI, ib.- \' hen taken posset>siou of by the United States' goven m~ut temporarily divided iuto two tt- l'ritories, Loui ~ iana aml Orlean~ . 3--its extent. 60---the largest bluodles: con· qu(~ Sl ever made by rnau, 146·-f1d~-! lity and b1·avery of its inhabitants, idem. Louisiana, state of- the ~arne with the tcl'l'ltory of Orleaus, txeept the addition of West Florida, 3---f::xtent aud lim its. 4 --posts in , idem · extent of ar::~LJJt .. land, in table page 9 --current upon its coa~t , 16 .. -causes which have retarded its populalion, 146 . . Lyons, city of, its relative climate, 26, 28. M .JJ.taison Rou~e's grant, 5, 92. .Mwtreptzs lake, 32. Maize. its extensive cultrll'e and value, in the Misc;issiopi valley , 10---its product on a given exleut variable, 11 ---time of planting. idem. Manatoulin islands, 267. Ma.rianne i~lauds, 19. .Malhenraux islands, 19. ---, pass of, 20. Mediterranean sea, 24. Melia Az~:~d e r·acb, (pride of Tndia) flowers , and leaves of dnstroyed by frost at Opelousas, April 1814. Menlelle aod lYJ l'llte Brun. their geography quoted, 4, note, 22, 23. Melish's view of the United States,1- bis map of, 293. Meteorolog-ical and vegetable analogi~ cal laws. thei•· use in investigations on climafes, 12. Mexico, gulf of, frosts upon its northern bnnk , 11-tides iu, their height, 15-cuJTt>nt westward tram the mouth of the Mississippi, 16; shore of between the mouths of the Sabine and Calcasiu rivers, surveyed by the author of this treatise, 16-cur· rent enters between cape~ Catoche and St. Antoine, its course, idemits shores contJ·asted with those of the Atlantic ocean, 30-shore of from the mouth of the Sabine to the Mermentau rivers, 57-best map ef} idem. |