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Show ( 44 CHAPTER II. tHit means and necessary routes to rea~h any parfof Loui.sia~a, 'ttest of the Mississippi river. or of the pruvmce of Texa:a, .Provmc1as1 internas, (Internal Provinces,) or the viceroyalty of 1\~ext~o, a:e but 'Very im~erfectly known in the United States_. We wtll gave, m detail the ~arious routes, by land and water, trom New Orlea~s to the re~~ecti"e places west of the Mississippi river, ~efore ent~nng upon the various other topics re~pecting the C(Juntnes, or their produc ... tions. No.9. Road from New Orleans to Mexico, by lanu .. Mile1. To Donnaldville efflux of Lafourche. (See No. 7.) 8l Canal to lake Verret ' • • • 20 lOt Lake· Verret • • • • 7 188 Over Jake Verret - • 3 lOS Lake Palourde • • ~ • 11 122 West end of lake Palourde • 11 133 Grassy lake • • • • 3 136 Atchafalaya river • • 4 140 Mouth of Teche river • 2 · 142 Rentbrop 's f~rry • • 1 143 Court-house, parish of St. Mary's • • • 21 164 Sorrel's • • • 17 ~ 81 New Iberia • • • 18 '1?00 St. Martinsville, parish of St. Martin • g ~ 09 Bridge over Bayou Fusilier • • 20 229 OPELOUSAS' church, parish of St. Landre } r • • ._) 242 Fontenot's • • I I£ ~54 Hanchet's • • • • 7 261 M' Daniel's • • • • 3 264· Pine Prairie • • • 8 272 Bavou Crocodile • • 9 '-'81 Bayou Cypr ere Mort • • 3 ~ 313 Terre Blanche • • 1 ~ ~~~i s Bayou Conehatta • • l f> 340 NATCHITOCHES • • • • I t :;s6 Arroyo Houdo • • • . . 5 3Gl Ad ayes • • • • 4l365 B you Piedra . • • 9 374 Head of B you le Nan • • f; 380 Sabine ri~er • • 21 401 EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. Bayou Patron · Chichi's on Bayou Baregas Head of the Ayeish river Atoyaque river Attac;cocito river Bayou del Cariw NACOGDOCHES Angeline river 'I'rinity river • • • • • Brasos a Dios river · . • • • • Colorado (of the) gulf of Mexico • St. Mark's river • Rio Guaualoupe . • ST. ANTONIO DE BEHAR Rio Nueces . Rio Granue del Norte l\fonterey in New Leon · Mine of Catorce Sta. Maria de Charcas San Louis Potosi • • • • • • Fietaro . . • • • • • • • • Tula, enter the valley of Tenochtitlan 1-Iuehuetoca, head of Tampico river MEXICO . No. 10. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 45 Mik~. 7 403 4 412 5 417 4 4«21 5 426 6 432 5 437 2 439 3 ~ 472 5C 522 70 592 70 ~62 32 694 5 744 90 834 10.11 934 120 I Q54 160 1214 6q 1279 7011349 100 1449 60ll509 2G t529 20 1549 Road from New Orleans to Hotsprings on Ouachitta, by Opelousas and Natchitoches. · N <~tchitoches. (See No. ~.) GranJ Ecor . • Campte • • • • Tul ins V aucherie . . White-oak cr ek, Bayou Che:1e Blanch Little Misst uri, Prairie D'Han . T ~ ' re Noir creek • F ourcl]e au C<1do 0 cl 't · river Hot springs • • • • No. 11. • • • • • • • • • • Miles. 1 356 4 360 7 367 26,393 132 525 12 537 16 553 20 b7l 24 ~) 97 9 606 From New Orleans to Hot springs on Ouachitta, by Nat<;:hez and Fort l\1uo . NatchPz.~ (See No.8.) Con ordia, west bank of Mi~sissippi· Bay 11 Crflcodi}e _ _ Black riv"r ,. Bu bly ere k B ~"" ·ou Calumet Prairie de Cote .. .. .. • Miles. 156 ] 157 1 [) I 7! 2~ 194 ll ~ 06 2 ' tt 26 4J 2~~ |