The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-13


who alors freed from ,hs, family cl the ind-
AIS originated" The number Of their warriors
ducedtn about 100.
Yettaiiees live abou. so miles above Natchitoches.
The Spsuiih government at preisns exercilts j4'f
tioa over this fessen,en, where thew keep guard Of
a noa,comniiIioned officer and folii,rs.
| A few months ago, the Caddo Oh eff with few of
his young men were COMING to this place To tr,de
and came that way which is the nfiial road. The
Spanih officer of the guard threaened to fo, them
from trading with the Aericars. and told ,he chief
Is he returned tina, way with the goolsh he ould take
Them from him: The chief ard his party were ~
angry and threatened tn xii, ths whole guari, and
told them thq. that road had been always theirs, and
thar il the Sp7niards attempted to prevent their uing
II as their ancefors had always done, he would oon
make II bloody road He came here, pGrchafed the
goods, and nigh, have returned another wey aud
voi3ei the Spani(h guard and was aivired do 10
bur he .f.id he would paf bv tfeo,. and lie, the,
tempt TO itop him If thew dared. The guard taid
nothing TO him he returned.
Na,dlkoes- Adaize- Aiicke---Nsyes--Iries M.
bedaehes-B Bellies Accoke -Mayes-Cara;,-
konas--C ances--r ankaways- -Tawak .noes---P PANS
rove in this part OF Orleans.
Hietans, to whom f.veral curious cuaoms are az
crihel.
They are ftrong and athletic, and the elderly men
as fat if they mad lived upon Englh beef and por-
ter.
1t is fiid the man who kills bnfa!oc, catches the
blood and drinks it while warm {; they likcwire eat
the liver raw, before it is cold, and uie the pau! by
way OF iauce. They are, for iavages. uncommon;y
c'eanly IN their perionS; the dres of the women IS
long looe robe thar reaches from their chin 20 the
ground. tied round with fancy fah, or girde, all
made Of neatly drcfei leather on which they pain,
figures of erenr colours and Ggnifeaons: the iref
OF the men is, ccte leather pantaoons, and hunting
ihrt, or rock OF the fame. They remain long
enough in the fame place plant any thing the
iuai' CAYENNE pepper grows spontaneously in the
country, with which, AMI one wild herbs and fruits
particularly bean that grows in great plenty on a
ina'l tree refenhling willow, called n,atketo the
women cook their bnfaIoe beef in a manner thar
would be grateful to Englih fqure.
Natchitoches formerly lived where the town Of Nat
ch'toches now nands.-Bouxls - ho were Entrants
| from the ueighholrhood of Pentacnl-An,ll.ch-.
and Allihamis enigrants from w. Fiorila-Cnnchae
MISUNDERSTANDING ---Appaloulas rure as
Acknowledgements hlaoos--Walhas--C hae-
taws--Arken:as-are the remaining tribes, about
whom DR.. shiey has acquired any information
TIE 0ee7gs: Of Rel River. BY D.. SiHsr IS fcaree
! " fufceptib!e OF abr lga,en. The blowing Curl
Gus fatts in natural hitory, may however amur per
haps anoniih the reader.
Near Netehitoches thee sre two large lakes on.
within mile, the other fix ues TO the nearea parts
One Of them is fifty fx,y miles in crcumferenc.
\ '.'-' Hf"Wuo VI thsie iakeS TIe and
faii win the river. When the river is riiing the
Sayans tha- connect with the lakes run into the lake,
lie mill tae, till the lakes are filled and when
The river 5 Falling, it is the fame the contrary way
jutt like the tide but only annual. On thefe creek
good mls might be eretaed, but the preient inhabi
tants kno nothing Of mills by water, yet have ex
cei'ent cotton gins worked by horles do not know
Jingle mechanic in the dari9, who is a native of
IT. one tailor excepted Every thing Of the kind Is done
by irAnaers, and molly Americans. Though Mar
chitoohes has eeniettled alnol one hundred wears
1t is NOT more than twelve fifteen years fnce tbrv
ever had a p!oW, fat to crofs the river with
both which were introduced by an Irihl Pennfylva
nan, under iiniar oppoition to the conern:can
fyItem. IT'S almof inored Die the quantity of fin,
and fowl theie lakes fupply II is rot uncommon in
| winter for Il Jingle man kill from two TO four bu,
dred fowl t. one evening; thew Nv between rundown
and dark; the air is filed with them tney load and
i've as fan as they can, without taking any particular
ann, continuing at the fame ifaRd tli they think ,be
have killed enough. and then pick up what they have
killed. they confit of fevera duck gs.fe brant. &
ivan. infunmer the quantities Of ti.h ar. nearly in
proportion. One Indian will, with how and ar
rov, fnmetines kill them fafler than another, with
two horfe, Can bring then, in they weigh, fore of
them, thirty or forty pounds. The lakes hkewife az
ford plenty Of helIs for lime and az low water ,e
greater OF them Is NOT luYuriant meadow where
the inhabitants fatten their horles"
4. The pamphlet concludes with very ingenious
defcrption Of the Waiita river and It's neighborbopd.
5y Mr.. Dunbar Of Matches, who Attended th. Red
River TO IT'D confluence with the Black River. nm
the latter its confluence with the Waihta and m
tha. river the remarkable hot fprings mar il in
lstituds $40 81 4"l6; longitude go SOY 45N Wea
from Greenwich
The defcription OF this tour is too long for ia
ler,ion & the inquiftive reader will be fully recon-
Penied by referring me pamphlet itfelf IN the
mean time, we preient him with the following account
Of thefe Hot Springs:
1t is unieriood that the hot fprfngs are included
within grant Of Gone hundred acres granted By the
late Spanih copmandant of the Walhifa, to Come of
his friends, bnr is believed that regular patent
iTued Tor the place; and it cannot be aIer,
Ell that r kieuce, with Improvement here, form
plea 10 claim the land upon.
On their arrival they Immediately tailed the wa
tiers OF the hot iprngs, thar is, after few mnutes
cooling for was mPofIble to approach with the
lips when 6rit taken up, whon, !eaIding the tane
does not differ from that Of good water rendered hot
by culinary fire.
On the IO;h they vifi;ed al the no, fprings They
ifu- on the ear Gle Of the valley where the huts
are, except one fpring, which rife, on he wen bank
ofthe creek, from the fides and foo Of = hill From
the imal quantity 81 calearnus mlrfer yet depoGred
the weftern fpring dnes not appear to be of long
hirdng natural co-duii probably paGes under the
bed ni Che creek, a1i fupplies it. There are four
principal prpgs riirg Immediately on the eaa ban!,
ofhe creek, 81 which may be- rather flid 10 prng
our Of the gravel bed of the run a fifth, fnialler
one than THAI above mentioned as riing on the wen
cd; Ut the creek and fx,h, of the Gme magni-