Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-03
Travels an Louisiana !

re hay. o0tced ptopoials by Respectable New
York Bookseller for pubilihing by fuo{csiptiof,
aboriginal wolk, purportirg to be " Iyevels
tsrsHs5 Long9aua," and attributed 10 Gels al
Cslloi, who Il is al;sdged, was miGened far
tins pufpufs By the French G lvcrnmsnr. The
pd.Hi,r Of this O. ienliss and fruitful country
by sDe government OF the Uaited States, has
,sIts;ly esIasged the public anxiety TO become
sequainte withi;s hiaorv, topagraohy, pro-
AUCTIONS &c. i, thss aatooflhc Pablo mi d,
il gsuld COT be iprpr;ilng, il attempts are made
,olnpas opan its esedoliiy by means OF hc,
lions and fpufieus publications. That the
v0rs before as IS Of this def r,ption, the terms
Of lis annunriation, to the pnniic feem TO
csauadla. Il Is uheYed 10 the worth with
The mosg proiofs eacomnn and in & le cal.
tuatcd 10 win upon the paF;iaiity OF The tran.
fntOhserver. For our own rarss we had
viewed It as 90 lnvaiushlc acquisition 70 cur
ptcsni but contracted Knowledge at the coun.
lr,sto which We have lately become owaets !;
sOd rrder ihgie impressions formed the mott
languiAs - lhes for us fucceis..- We are how.
ever now IL posse iiion of certain act, &c.
l''lvc 70 rhis NO K, which we cannot jufify
cnricIyes n wi.hholdiar frors the pubic, md
although their dIflofure may operate TO the
mary of lbeex'aiax entered INTO perhaps
Win tooHs b avidiiy. yeiifthey be the a'rsns
o. preventing the public sronl becoming the
oapsset cunning ard ignorsnce, the end fpr
Which hey were communicated 10 US viii be
aceonaihed, and the motives of the writer
iusly JUSTIFIED.
Phi. cas.
fa,'a7 # 'sttsr rtceiy,d BY he Ed;torqf tbis
ses''Le, fen gtnfiratan If rtlpegab.Ay 81
''SS orires' datrd J4n. 1904,
H1Hng By accident perceived in New
~ Paper proposals to publish by subscrp.
~ t., wat aye tened General Coioi's travels
".u5' Louisiana, disk It duty 70 inc pub
qess' You e publish she contents of this
40 zach it'ast, will evince, that the pro.
= VIZ must bea collection Of vile and in.
,o 49," 'e'seahods as Collo1 never travelled
-. ANY part OF Louisiana by lard In tie
~u g 1895 be left Kentucky, desceGdsd the
b.. %"s assembled shc Mlssissppi as high as ST.
~ p.s Nasf; he rena,iled short tins, more oc
b. ~''',ipg small adventure, than in max.
4ess-5 '''a' 'ssea;eRes and ibelieve never -ex-
lls,. sAs.'s''l beyond s.. Charles, a small
Ion:. is Msseusl, shout fifteen mics from
ia ,,,a. fieTe h' CHAINED From The merchants
sb ~ some aecou.,s Of the countries through
: : sSfF travelled. and procured coby Of a
II 'as M'ssoua eompted with notes mace
h. @S1 rs and Maekay, two travellers who had
tpos, ,ae Cppsr Missouri, AZ the expeoce Of the
-. 2, hat sau,e. When bis adventure of
~ az, ..,' &c. vas sold, ard ne had collected
i o.,. inconssqacoce Of giving himself out
.n ron employed by the French govern
i,.n P'e9aiea 10 desceaa the Mississippi !;
y - fssre til he reached New Orleans,
\ m ,b .sS' t'avel ,weaty miles, perhaps not 5,
r.. - 9''k # the river 50 that all the aae
3: na'. 'Saa'riss wnrch he PROCESSES to des-
\ QUIZ u'' 8 from imagn,,,on, or what perhaps
Orl,s.S ''en'oos, tae vague reports of others.
s's Ss:y molnens Of his arrival, b.