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Show 142 Immediately above the chuttes, the current or the water is slow, to another ledge of hard free stone; the reach between is spacious, not less than two hundred yards wide, and terminated by a hill, three hundred feet high, covered with beautiful pines: this is a fine situation for building. In latitude 34·0 25' 48" they 11assed a very dangerous rapid, from the number of rocks which obstruct the passage of the water, and break it into foatn. On the right of the rapid is a high rocky hill covered with very handsome pine woods. 'fhe strata of the rock has an inclination of 30° to the horizon in the direction of the river descending. This hill may be three hundred or three hundred and fifty feet high; a border or list of green cane skirts the margin of the river, beyond which generally rises a high, and son1etimes a barren hill. Near another rapid they passed a hill on the left, containing a large body of blue slate. A small distance above the bayau de Saline they had to pass a rapid of one hundred and fifty yards in length, and four feet and a half fall, which, from its velocity, the French have denominated '' La Cascade.'' Below the cascade there are rocky hills on both sides composed of very hard free stone. The stone in the bed of the river, and which has been rolled from the upper country, was of the hardest flint, or of a quality resembling the Turkey oil stone. '' Fonrche au Tigree," (Tyger's creek), which comes in frmn the right, a little above the cascade, is said to have n1any extensive tracts of rich levelland upon it. 1'hc rocky hills here frequently approach the Washita on both sides; rich bottoms are nevertheless infrequent, and the upland is sometimes of moderate elevation and tolerably level. The stones and rocks here met with have their fissure~ filled by sparry and chrystaline matter. Wild turkies become 1nore abundant and less cliffi. cult of approach than below; and the howl of the wolves is heard during the night. 143 ·ro the " Fourche of Calfc t " . C where the voyage terminates, a ;he ( f~~~kcr's creek) good land on the ri o·ht and h. h h 'If d level and After passing over at> ver . ~~ . I s on .the left hand. divided into four steps~ ~~f~fiipitous rapid, ~eemingly least fifteen inches in I a . s, one of wluch was at together could not bE~:~e~ftcu~·u· height, and which they arrived at Elles's ca~) Ian tve an~ a half feet, t?e F ourchc au Calfat, '"'~l;ei~ ~n1all distance below Sixth of December as tl 'I hey stopped on the convenient Iandino? f:rotn1C lh1I ot considered it the most t> w ence to c 1 · sary baggage to the hot s rin arr}: t 1Cir neces-about three leagues. Tl ~ .gs, the distance being 1 h . l let e Is a creek . b eagues Ig 1er up called,, b d cl out two (hot spring creek') 1 ayau cs sources chauds " . upon t 1e banks of I . h 1 ' spnngs are situated at ab w uc t 1e hot mouth. 1'hc banks of it out l ~~~o leagues fi·mn its elibgi ble than l.i ·onl Ellis' are 1I y, and the road less scamp. n ascendmg the hill, to e . land very level and good so ncamp, . they lound the grea~ many evergreen vit;es ·m~hpl~nts 111 fl~wcr,. and a admixture of other woods , TI~ e l o:cst ook With an is 34o 27' S 1" 5 Th . ,e atttude of this place · · e ground 1 · 1 < cd \ras about fI ct.t y ['c ct above othn" w 1. ICt 1 th.c.v encamp-and supposed to beth' t Ii"' 1 . c '"a er In the river tions. I-Iills of consi~ey ~let h u~·her than the inunda~ pine, were in VIew but ~a" t ~Jght, ancl clothed with ~ng beyond their vi~w lie 1~ at~c around, and extendThe superstratmn is ~f '1\ ~ank ~~~ly for cultivation. a yellow basis the \Vhot ? ac I~.1- rown color, upon blue schistus~ 'frequently es~n;e:Irixcd with gravel and a strong allmnnious t·lstc Fl c eco~1J?osed as to have \Vashita, to the hot s' )r· .o- roi? t eu· camp, on the l~iles,. the £rst six l11~lc~1~~' t~ distanc~ ~f about nine chrectiOn without n .· . ~ road IS In a westerlv northwnrdl)- w11' hlany SlntlOSitlcs, and the remaind~r ' Jc courses are some very steep hills. In . !1ecessary to avoid three I)rincilYtl c:·llt 1' k tlus . distance, thev founcl \\ ll l·r .h arc :-~11 ·[~ J · .... 1c -s' 'a r 1 d smnc m· ferio"r ones • 1 <:'(jU C'ntcd b\· buf!:tloe deer oTC rl'J ' " ' ' <........ . ~ |