Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-22

the order o the Itar Depdrsnsen:, BY
Ieut, rIKE ofthe Unired STATES arm y.
~, he gears 1908 and 1906. Compiled
from lHr. PIKEs fournal,
* This interesting tract was tended 70 be
Gun nunieasedto congresss at their last
ssss!on; bu: was hos pRnted for dissri-
ba,ioutlll after they rose. Ne are sa.s
,isiiGd that We shall gratify the literary
curiosity Of the pubac By laying before
them copious exiracss from i.
Ga the oh day Of August, laos, the
exploring party, Consisting OF lieut.. Pike
one sergcans. two corporals. and seven.
teen privatcs, left their rnca apmspt near
St. Louis. in "a keel boar. seventy ieet long,
proyisioned for tout months; Ia order TO
make survey Of the river Mississ'polto
its source.
9 The riuer Mississippi makes reaark-
able beadsnnIsediately above the mouth OF
I the Missouri and, where il receives the
waters Of the illinois, that riyer might be
mistaken. for a brancho or part Of the prinei.s
psf5.sea.s,. 1'k. land on the sassS side ap.7
pears hilly, rocky and barren; the opposite
side IS low and aat, over with the Sioux
poTssze passes between The Mississippi
the Missours rivers. Near he month Of
The Illinois river is ths Big Cape; above i
the river tarnsto the southwark in order
10 pass round some rocky bills, or abluff,
ore hundred sfsessin height, beyond which
it has norsh westerly direcsiou TO the
mouth Of BnHaloe or Bnnf river, running
il, from the west: Five miles farther, on
the eastern. aide, is a: heau,isul cedar cliff !;
above which the river is nearly two miles
10 width. Some islands, which occur at
this place, having their lower ends. nearly
10 a line, receiaed from the party tbs ap.
pelIstionof.the -Four Brothers. The FIRST
hills which appear on the west side, are
some. distance below Sait river The land
90 that side, from Beuf river, changes It's
quality fsom low and rich,wi,h cotton wood
grow ing. .hsreon. TO light soil, as it ap.
proaehrsthe hills On the Other side q
handsome rocky bluff had been passed. and
highlands are observable back from the n.
yer.
SalsIiver is a considerable stream, aud
10 high water. is navigable for boats least
200 milrssaboye lis mouth.
/" Abou. $50 niles from the M!ssouriis
the house of "a French settler situated. on
the west aidesof the river, opposite TO Hur.
1 ricaae island. His ca,sle ap2earedm hne
order, bui his eofn-helds were badly cult
s yaseds A;nile above this house there is
"A beautiful hiil. level on the top, with an
easy ascent on each side, anda fountain OF
fine water. Five miles from the Hurricane
settlement, JauHione creek falls in from
M tie ives, and about 90 miles farther, two
rivers on the same side the norshernmoss
of which is sWayaconda, 100 yards 10
width. The AIississippiis here mile and
half wide. Several islands presentthrn.
selves Immediately above this place. IS
miles above The Freuchmsn's, and 232
from the Missouri, the riyicre DIES Moines
comes ID from the. north west. The width
Of The Mississippi is here three fourshs OF
annie. ..s
:. Immediately above the confluence Of
the ripiere de Moines with the Mississip.
: pi, The falls, or rapids Of that name com,
meAce. These rapids extend eleven miles
up the river, are foraed by successive
hedges, or shoals, which rossitsb bed. The
&. first fall is the most difficult TO ascend; the
,channel, which is bad one, is on the east
side at the two hrstfalls, after which, Il
crosses TO the west, and continues near that
shore 10 the Sac village. Here the y. S.
have an agent Mr.. William Ewing1 APP
pointed to instruct this nation in agricu.
sure. The country on both sides of the
river at these rapids is billy, but the soil is
ss;ch. This establishment is id lat. 80. deg.
\ SO min. north. ss 81:
. The lead mines which belong 70 Mon.