Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-23
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: TIE Indian nations within The limits of LOU.
Dana, are, as far as know q, as fo.luws, and con-
n Of the numbers hereafter sesciied.
On the Essen bank OF The Mississippi about
tvss;y Eve leagues above New Ofesns tie re-
mans Of the nation eff II usaas OF Red Men,
which do not exceed fifty persons. There aTe
no ,.her Indians settled on this side Of the river
ether in Louisiana or West Flsrldas though they
nc a, umes freqasnted by parties of wandering
E ChoAaws.
q Ga the West side Of the Mississippi are the re-
nsus Of the Iauaicas settled near, and abaye
Paats Cousee on the risef, consisting ofhfsy or
sixty psrs0ps.
IN f6e s4taeabas
On the lover parts OF the Bayou Teehe at
about eleven or twelve leagues from the, sea, are
Two villages Of Chtimachas, Consisting . about
one huudrsd souls.
The Atseapas, properly SO called, dispersed
throughout the district, aud chiefly on the Bayou
aueekof Vernnllon, about one hundred SOULS.
Wanderers of the tribe OF Biexis and Chac
hss On Bayou Crocodile, which emptics Into the
Trche, about SO 5 5uIs.
II tbe Obsloasas % The N. W If dtaeabas,
Two villages Of Alsbainas a the ceprre q the
district nsar the church, consisting ot'on- hun
died persons.
Conchates dispersed through the country as
tSVest as the river Sabiras sad its neishb urs
hood, about three hundred ansi Atty persons. =
on tbe Riy<y Rangs,
AT Avoyelles, nineteen leagues from the Mis-.
sssppi, is a vilisgc Of the BRoni natiog, and ano
fet on the lake Of the Avoyelies, the Whole
. Nn,sixty souls.
At the Rspide twenty SIX leagues from tie
Mississippi isa village Of Chaa|,ws Of orc hsi4
ted souls, and another of 3toSis, ab5ut t9o
l9sues from il, Of aooues oue husidfed more a
s'ut eight or zine leagues higher up tie Red
Nssr IS village Of ab II, fifty souls. Al: tbsss
sf occasionally employee by the sstsisrs lnvhrIr.
@lghbourhood as noasiaen.
aa Rivers the nation of vse Catalogues, is cal
ss'oOstyiaian Cadoess they can tasss tTsirn three
. iqur lnrdfed warriors, arc The friends 81 tie
Votes, and are esteemed the bravesy and most
SasTous Of all the nations il tins vasscouhtty !;
NsY are rapidly decreasing, owing, to ntenpr
sss ard the numbers annually desroyea by the
VssgSs and Choes VS..
ltsre are, besides The foreroing, at least four
nhsc iuadred families of Cnaaaws,s VITO are
''pF'sed on the Nest side of tie. Msssiss Poi, on
= OuaeIeta and Red Rivers as Far West as
AeFisoctes, ana he wsllle. nation would have
essaied across he M:sssiPpi, had itnot been for
ss eposfticir the SpaniarsiS and the Iasians
'ss' slslg, who bad suffered by their agg-es.
o. tie y;.ver 6rSaasas, Sc.
p't9Teea the Red River aa, the A,ssnsas
s's are bus few Indians, tie sealaits 81 trb-s
.HOss exsine. Ga this last rive. IS the rasi-.
the same name, consisting Of about 900
ss''rS, they are brave yet rsiseade aad vel
ESQ, and have always ben attached g the
sfa and sspsused their cause II saselT WAS
.'s'se Ih'eiasaws whom they always have re-
~ wash segcess. ihey live in Fisysc gt sges
: sizel2.l,teeR leagues from tie Misss-
sS}ea Sauzls river, and The. etAers are
SHSe aH1 SIX leagues from The fssr 4 scar
cane On he sssFsrn side of the M;ssis.
4 IS y lS'esS luducrd q num5er of Chel1sees,
sws' ehiskasa~s, &c. 90 fieqas.,t tie
FOOD Of Afkanzss, wsisre g3ne IS still
y, s'aasnee, shey have Contrasts, a8rpiags
~ 'sFsanzss, snd seen, irclieed to make
8 sssiSlasaI aad incorporate tiislnsslvss