Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-05-11
NO. lJ.

bine. The country west Of Shreveport IS
highly picturesque and beau'iiu'' t:at. ~"
eighteenth and seventeenth range, "h'Cii
the newly surveyed boundary line Is
thrown into Texas, was by far The most
beautiful portion of Louisiana: 1t is eic-
va,ed and gently rolling, nch grazing;
cotton and grain country. well numbered
and watered. and healthy. and REMINDS
one of the country in some portions ot st.
sina or that about Lexington, ny. II Is
rapidly settling, aud vii! shortly form one
Of The riches, and most desirable neieh-
borhoods in line South.
Some large plantations arc now opehen'
and the whole route 10 tho new and hour
i,hing. and may add very pretty village.
of Greenwood sixteen miles wesl Oh
Shreveport reminds one who has travelled
il. of the road from Clinton 10 Jackson.
Mississippi. The face ofthe country -
much like it, though less broken perhaps
aud more fertile,
West of Greenwood. about three miles,
a, Major E.ubauk's plantation, ihe new d''
vision limo Of Texas au,! Louisiana passes.
aud from this onward some len or Fifteen
miles The country is perfectly picturesque
anil enchanting. Texas has gained Ivy
the new survey about seven hundred
souare miles OF what was hitherto consld-
cred :, por,ion uf Louisiana, and d'stTic,
Of country Sven times larger Than The
District of Columbia. and nearly hall as
large ms The State of Rhode ls'and.
/, takes from Arkansas The whole oi
Miller County. aud q portion ol Lafayette,
and places some of the wcullhicsl planters
aud mos, productive plantations oi that
S,ate within the borders OF the new re-
public. IL would be well 10 make ne
collation. for il with Texas, merely 10 re.
cover w hat We have otherwise lrrciFievah!;;
! lost.
Fifteen miles Yves, nf Greenwood 10 The
site Of The old Cuddo Village, and on the
very spot where bat recently was seen the
luiian wiSw am. and heard the nightly
veil Of The red man, Is noy comfortable
farm house. surrounded by large cotton
fields aud the hrnest watch dogs bark Is
heard mingliug with the joyous song %,
ano,hcr ard a darker face. About ball
way 10 The Sabine wc stopped TO refresh
ourselves nj cold aud liuipid spring b!
,ic read side, which many u weary trav.
sssss e.ssss S:,' 10
bless as he joufnies onward 10 the prom
ised land. Near by we passed through
wha, is called the Murder or bloody Prai-
rie, an open, rich and beautiful field of
about 100 acres. so called from The many
deeds Of darkness which have been per-
reira'cd there in times past. Here Turn.
er aud lis companions were murdered by
Carson and another while journcyiuc from.
Arkansas tn Texas la The fall of lS:sS.-
Carson's confederate was apprehcndcd in
Texas, aud hinged at Augustine. while
Carson escaped 10 The United States. and
is sill unwhippcd Of justice. Here. too.
some runaway negroes were shot md left
10 bleech upon he soil. A family by the
name o! Pearson, consisting OF five per-
sons, we're here rRurdcrc,! and seal ped by
the lndiaEs. just before they were driven
away in 1888. My companion aud self
passed :h.ough il rs il il had becu the gale
OF Paradise, aud as ifihe spirit Of evil had
never entered there TO ninr its beauty
Tie prairic Hover now hlooms there. bu,
ii vii! soon give way fnr The cotton blossom,
and the happy emisrant will entertain his
children with nightly tales Of Tho past. aud
rcpose in soft slumhers undisiurhcd and
withou, apprehension on The Bloody Prai-
ric.
y few miles more over 4 rolling aud va-
riasaicd county. aud posi- os.k and hchr-
| ~ barreus, plney woods, hills Of sand roC
| nE
wafer. and. The river bottom of four miles,
making in MI IS miles from Shreveport,
brings you 10 WulinS's Ferry on The S,.
bine. Those who wish to 90 by Rams
dale'S Ferry, few miles lower down, ou
their way West, eau take fork OF the
road in the Bloody Prairie" aud five
miles travel will take them 10 the river.
Crossing a, Walling's we found our.
selves IN The well known and much aL-
m'red Cherokee country, one of the mos,
fertile, heai,hfui positions of Texas. IL
borders upon Red River and Sabine. cx-
ientIns south and west for many miles.
II is quite undula,ing. dry and ,imbcrcd,
having beautiful growth of every variety
OF oak and hickory, and walnut, and sweet
1 S'''' ""N obt anu Dlnc,
and cedar, &c. sc. with a soil and eli
mate that might satisfy the most fasrid.
Gus csnsrant either from The South of Eu
rope or The Eastern States. The Chero
kec Creek, which iS u large and deep
bayou, winds through this region. und al
fords several valuable min sites. which,
might easily be made available for man
uiactuaing lumber, Sc. 10 be shipped or
RATED down the river. The Sabine is,
here navigable through, the year, and very
beautiful and boalablc as you stcrd tcss
its source. ss
Twelve or fifteen fnilSs sgasf from tI,a
river, wo saw a, lals sske us bRvnp.
winding along as sa as The eye could
reach, aud across which Is TIC remains Of
the iarsess agefsiags u Be feald on tiie
con,inctE i Wesi wosIFi The lifsagelIers
no,iea.
4 Twelve miles further west Is ibe sic. 81
sIie old Shawneo Village, aoN Tue rssi-
deEce Of Gen. Saith 1, IS. presl:ly sif;.s,s
y q