| OCR Text |
Show 4.0 .APPENDIX TO PAltT r. E. . V TV co?lljJany's dl'jtartmc·Jtt qf J'oncl /llowd m I h(' • · · tt · Rl'lunt of mrn em . if I ... <tun!JI'8 j nT mmwll, <. du L ac, "•U it h the (li//Olllll 0 I ll ~ I Women atHl chilr\ rcn hdon ~ ing to the cstabl ishmcnt. 1\.PPE DlX TO PAHT I. 41 [ No. 18. J OBSERVATIONS !;IN THE SOIL, SHORES, Ql.TAHlll "S, Tl.Mnl~ R, lST,ANI>S, RAPIDS, CON• }'l.UENT STIIEAMS1 IIIUJJLA Nl> S1 PHAJillES; Till-; SAVA<H:S AND SE 'l"rT, I~ MJo: J'.TS WIIICIJ I :MET WJTJJ ON MY VOYAGJJ: UP THE MlGSISSlPPI, l ' UOM ST. LOU!!:! TO ITS SOURCE. From St. Loui::~ to the mouth of the Mis5om·i on the cast, is n rich sandy s0il, timucrcd with uuttonwood, ash, cottonwood, hackbeny, &c. The west sicle i'> hig hlands fo t· a small distance above the town; th en it is bo•·dcred by a small prairie, .dtcr which Is bottom land with the same timber as on the cast. T he current ts rapid, and the unvi gatirm, in low water, obstructed by sand bars. Immcdi~tcly on the p c nin 'lula fo1·mcd l~y the confluence of the rivc t·s Mississippi and Missouri is a smal l Kickupoo settlement, occupied in summer only. On the west ::~horc a rich JWairic, with small skirts of woods; and on the cast 5hor c is gcncmlly high hills, from eighty to one hundred feet, rxtcnding to the mouth of the Illinois. The cuncnt of the Mis..,is~ippi, above the cntr·ancc of the Missouri is quite n1ild, until yo11 ~ITivc at the mouth of the Illinois; where, owing to the Ja rg·c saud-bars and many is lands, it is rendered cxtJ·cmcly t·apid. The Illinois ri\'Cr is ahout four hunch·rd and fifty yards wide at its mouth, and b,•at·s from the Mississippi N. 7!> 0 \V. The cnrrcnt app •ars not to ex ceed two aud a hal f miles pc•· hour. The navigation <mel connccti11~~ ~tr an1s of this riv ·t· arc too well known to r·cquirc a description at the present day. Fr·om the Illinois to the llumdo r ivet· the E. shore is hills, but of easy ascen t. On the \\'. is cotll inut d the prai ric, but not always bordering on the r·ivc1·. Timber, on both ::,ides, generally hackbcny, coltonwood, anci a!ih. The Bnfl"..tlo river comes in on the vV. shore, and appears to be about 100 yards wide at its rn outh. It bears from the Mississippi S. soo W . Ft·om the Illi nois to this river the navigation is by no means diflicult, and the cmrcnt mild. h·orn thence to Salt rivet· (or Oahahuh ) the cast shore is either immediately bounded by bt a util'ul cedar clifl's, or the t·idges may be seen :u a distance. On the \V. shot·c ther·c is a rich low soil, ~md two small rivers which increase the waters of the Mississippi. The f•rst I called 1Jm· ri ver, about twenty yards in width. The second is <1l>Otlt fifteen yards. Salt r-iver bears from the Mississippi N. 7'tc 6 |
