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Show 100 both sides of the river for about 40 miles; then, on the rig-ht ~ide, a point of .high pine '~oods bluff to. the nver for about half a mile, cane again 15 or 16 milef; then a bluff oflarge white rocks for about half a mile, ne:1r 100 feet high, cane again about 4.5 miles, to a prairie on the right side, o.f abou.t 30 ~iles long, and 12 or 15 tniies \1\'ide; there 1s a thm sk1rt of wood along the bank of the river, that when the leaves are on the trees, the prnirie is, from the ri~er, ~c~rc~l~ to .be seen. From the upper end of thts pra1ne 1t IS thick cane ao-ain for about six miles, when we arrive to the n10uth,., of Bayau Galle, which is on the right side, about 30 yards wide, a beautiful, clear, running stream of 'vholesome well tasted water; after passing which it is thick cane again for 25 miles, when we arrive at a river that falls in on the right side, which is called by the Indians Kiomitthie, and by the French La Ricviere Ia Mine, or Mine river, which is about 150 yards wide, the water clear and good, and is boatable about 60 miles to the silver mine, which is on the bank of the river, and the ore appears in large quantities, but the richness of it is not known. The Indians inform of their discovering another, about a )'ear ago, on a creek that empties into the Kiomitchie, about three miles from its mouth, the ore of which they say resembles the other. The bottom land of this river is not wide, but rich; the adjoining high lands are rich, well timbered, well watered and situ· ated. About the mine the current of the river is too strong for boats to ascend it, the country being hilly. After passing the Kiomitchie, both banks of the river are covered with thick cane for 25 miles, then, left side, a high pine bluff appears again to the river f~r about half a mile, afttr which nothing but cane agam on each side for about 40 miles, which brings you to the mouth of a handsome bayau, left side, called by the lndians Nahaucha, which, in English, means the Kick; the French call it Bois d'Arc, or Bow-wood creek, from the large quantity of that wood that grows 107 upon it. On this bayau trappers have been more successful in catching beaver tha:1 on any other water of Red river; it cotnmunicates with a lake, three or four miles from its mouth, called s.wa~1 l.ake, ~·rom the great number of swan that frequent 1t; 1t Is beheve::d that this bayau is boatable at hif?h water, for 20 or 30 leagues, from what I have been mformed by some hunter~ with whom I have conversed, \vho have been upon it. The l~w 'ground.s a:e from three to six rniles " ·ide, very nch, the pnnctpal growth on it is the bois d'arc. The great prairies approach pretty near the low ()'rounds on e~choide of this creek; leaving which it i~ cane both :s1des for about eight miles, when we arrive at the mouth of the Vazzures, or Boggy river, which is ab~u.t 200 yards wide, soft miry bottom, the water whttish, ~ut. well tasted. Attempts have been made to ascend It In perogues, but it was found to be obStructed by a raft of logs, about 20 miles up it. The curre~1t was found to be gentle, and depth of water sufficient; was ~he channel not obstructed might be ascende~ far up It. The low grounds on this river are n.ot as Wiele as on n1ost of the rivers that fall into R ed n~er, but v~ry .rich; the high lands are a strong clay s?rl; the pnnc1pal growth oak. After leaving this 'tt:,~r.the ?anks o~ Red river are alternately cane and ptcun~; timber IS very small and scattered along only m places; it is only now to be seen along the water. cou:·ses. Frmn the Boggy river to the ~lue n.ver 1s about 50 miles, which comes in on the n~ht side. The water of this river is called blue, from tts extreme transparency; it is said to be ·well tasted, and. adf!lired, for its quality, to drink. The bed .of tl~1s nver is lined generally with black and greyish fhnt stones; it is about 50 yards wide and represented as a beautiful stream; perogues asc~nd it ~?out 60 or 70 miles. The low grounds of Blue nver are a good width for plantations, very rich; the ~hwth paean, and every species of the walnut. The ole COWltry here, except on the margin of the |