The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-26
: See the Enquirer of the 10Th inf.
/. WEST FLORIDA.


Having now navigated the Chattahocha up 70 and
sown from the boundary, and travened IL e whole
coat OF NSet Florida, iha proceed to Five fome
account of that river, and the provrce.
The Chattahocha, Qometirnes called the Apaachi
eola is fine large rigsT And navigable for boats,
and gai=s, which uie oars conidera Sic dihance
north Of the boundary. Hoop in the ffrvce of his
Caaoiic MajeGy conSnGioner, and fn,all fehoun-
er in our employ, attended up TO the mouth of Flint
River, which falls into the Chatahochl about tive
ty-one miles below the parallel ofslo but this was
attended with foTne difficulty. The United States
fohooner afcends than so miles, but for want
of oars and hands had to fop. From TIE mouth of
the river uP, for the dtance of at laa forty miles,
the banks very low, and with tn. exception of
few places, Inundated whenever the water is mode
rately high. But you Attend, the banks become
elevated, and foe of theKi which may be called
bottom land, are fedom overfown thefe are re-
riarkah'y rich, and extremely fertile, and are anoR
the only lands under cultivation by the Indians who
refide the river
A few miles below the mouth Of Flint River lime
tone begins to make disappearance and extends very
tar up into the country it is open and porous and
OF dirty bluifh colour. On the ea de Of the mouth
ct Flint River, and for comfortable dfance UP it.
we quantities of iron may be feen.
We upland on the Chattahocha, and Flint Rivers
boundary Gcc;:.h,. mic. ior yuaii1y
\pch better than Oh fome Of the waters alrea-
Rpeha, communicates with St. Georges
kouths, channels. The mott eaf-
tnly navgable for canoes, and fnlal
OF the lodged timber, and RATS.
nded TIE NOT weCern enc, which is
main channels bat the navigation OF
Fonle for thofe not acquainted with it.
account Of logs, and iuch inredinents
bnDeeion with lakes and fwamps by
|srently as large as itlef We took two
hing in from the weftward, the iirh led us
about three leagues in length, and an half
n. The other few miles from the main
uac ftyfr. Il .s,g .rt T.
i we loou dlcoyered our nliAake. The Ia
the mouth of the weltern branch is about go
and the longitude by lunar obieryaion
wen from the royal observatory at Green
The Mobile is fine large river and navipable
ome diaance above the boundary for any vehei that
can erofs the bar into the bay. One f1uare rugged
vefe has been high as Fort ST. Stephens in latitude
SO 99,44v.
When the river is low, the tide Gibbs and Aowsfe-
verai miles above the line, and is fometimes oblerv-
edas high as Fort St. Stephens but when full there
IS but little, IL any tide above the city Of Mobile. 1t
was in the latter nate when attended it, and not
withdrawing the being coDAantly againe us,
and but little fair wind we reached the place of our
sneanpmeft north the boundary in four days, my
veilel was 3s or 40 tons bufthen
About fix miles north Of the boundary the Tom
beekoy and Alabama rivers unite, and after accompa
pying each other than three miles feparate the
weitern branch from thence down the bay called
AVlopht' AHc AiaDdInd retanS IT'S name, until 1T
Joins Tome OF its own waters, which had been fepara
ted from for fevera miles, and then takes the name
of Teniaw, which il retains until it falls into the
bay
The esGea way from The Gull Of Mexico by water
into the United States, sup thofe rivers the navla-
ton Of each being equally good.
Il he upland thole rivers is Of an inferior quality
from their mouths up the latitude Of Fort ST. Ste
phens and produces little beide pteh-pine and wire
Eras but is fd to become better as you Attend the
rivers. The lands thole rivers have notwitbaand-
ing had good character for fertility but this has
ariien from not discriminating between the upland
which isgeneDsly unfit for cultivation, and the banks
ofthe rivers which fertile in the extreme and TO
which agriculture is slnoa wholly confined for a
number of miles above the boundary. But tbofe
lands are iubjeG great Inconvenience from the ia
undatous Of the rivers.
plantiugi. not attempted in the Gpring, until the
waters have lubfded and it Couietimes happens that
foundations follow the iirt fall Of the waters in the
{rrng and wholly dearoy the previous labours Of the
Planters This was the cafe in May, 1899, after the
,oin was two feet high Bu, this Inconvenience is
hyno means 70 great il would be in a more nor
tery latitude, there i'l remains fugrnsr lagfetnt
20 sring a crop Of corn 70 i,3 maturity.
7tir etsos7f sftls MSiiif II tain f,sss IL, e!s.,
in bs J's,70i 70 msI<6' SjsribAsn Of NJ. RisriNa
rsrs tsHf!of.