The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-20
Historioal Reminiseenoea

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Historical "Reminiscences
The following article, published IN the
New Orleans Picayune, vii, no doubt, BE
perused With interest oyouI readers
When The city of New Orleans was laid !
of BIZ Gov BienFille, u ] 81 8, the plan was
sixty-six islets each islet was fifty square
toizes, and was divided into twelve emplaee-
ments TIE toize was SIX feet, Paris meas
nres equal 70 about six and q half feet Eng
fsh The Place q Arms had the church
of st. Louis locatedupon t where the Cathe- !,
dral now stands The Gapuchins of6ciated
in that church,. Tier houses was on the
left Of tue church, aud the prison was on the I
other side; and on both sides bprracns were
erected running to the river The intends !
ents house was back of one Of these rows of
barracks, and the magazine vas behind The
other.
There was five islets above and below the !
Placed Arms and these islets were six in
depth from the river, thus making the whole
number Of squares six y-siz. This was the
old city. and was surrounded with a FORTH
cation and entered by gates.
Baton Rouge was established at a very
carly period, on the grant Of NJ .Aftignette
|d'Iron. Il obtained It's name from very
remarkable cypress tree, whichWas thirty
feetin circumference and SO tall and straight
that it was believed itWould Inake two boats,
one to carry sixteen aud the other fourteen
tones Some one Of the FIRST adventures
happened 70 say Chat tree would make
fine walking stieh, and as tue cypress is a
rcd wood, Il was afterwards called lie Bdto1l
Rouge
Point goupee cutoff was made about one
hundred and thirty years ago Iwotragelers
coming down tie liver were stopped by Al
high wind. a small riyulet, caused by the
1inundation, which was about only four OF
/ i've feet wide, was followed .by one of these
travellers, With his gun, in search Of game.
After following it about one hundred toizes
he came again totheriye about thirty miles
below He ran back to his companion, and
they undertook to'push their progue through
i it, cutting away the roots. With this fee
i bic aid nature performed the rest, and in
less. than six years the whole current of the
Mississippi flowed in that channel, and the
old bed Of the river was filed up and cover
edwith small trees. The grant NJ. dc Mouse
was at this place; that of the Margins de
} bIeneres was at the Little Cliffs, (Petits
Ecores) few miles below.
Louisiana contained many fIndian tribes.
The first settlement Of the French was at
: Fort st. Louis, on the river Mobile. North
of this was the Tensas tribe.
The most eastern nation in Louisiana
was the Apalaches. who inhabited near tn,
mountain which took their name To the
north of the Apalaches were the Alebamous
and to the north of these were the Aheikai
:, and Conchas. To the east of the Aheikas
: aud very near the Appalachian Mountains
! were the Cherokees. All of these tribe
were united to protect themselves from thu
: Iroqucise, or FIVE nations of the North.
! West from Mobile was the Pasca Ggoulas
e which signifies nationed. North of this nation
!; !; was the Ghalkas, or Flat Haeds, that hat
!. twenty-five thousand warriors. The Ghicka
!, saws, very warlike people, were distan
from the Chalkas about one hundred an,
eighty miles. Many ofthe other tribes spOk
the Chickasaw language.
On the Bayou ST. John there was a small
j nation called Agueloupessas, which signif
men whohear and see.
The first nation above New Orleans, O
{. the river, was the Dumas, which signifed re
( nation The Tensas were above Red River
But perhaps, the most remarkable Of a
= these tribes was the Natchez. They ha
=, 3temples in which the celestial FIRE was cor
y stantly Lept.-They Worshipped fire spiri
and retained something of the Mosaic aceour
y of the creation of the race. The nation VIZ
y very badly treated by the French. The fir
- var with thenrIgasin 1923. An old warFit
was shot by soldier, under aggravatin
= Circumstances, and they took satisfaction
- This was was over in a few days, and treat
of peace was made In 1924, during Il
coolest winter known in the South, Go
=. Bienyille went up with force and attacke
:, ~ them without just cause. and without motto
lls in December, 1923, the Natchcz mass
- cred all the French in the neighborhood
re- Fort Roselie The eommandant had d
Inanded of them to give up their lands an
- to abandon to the French their village
IS They finally seemed 70 submit, and beggc
- time till the fall, on payment of tribute f
'Ns delay In the mean time they entered in
- = an extended plot with all the neighbour
ii tribes to rise and kill the French on q givt
ol day That day.was to be designatdd by bu
1Ts dies Of rods. from which one was to be draw
sse every day by one Of each tribe.
" "a woman Of the Natchez tribe discover
the plan, and drew rods from the bundle
Y the Na,chez which precipitated the event
y Natehez and thus saved the lives of Z
5sng French at.the other posts The Great s.
I !, Y and the Strong rpent, with their Barrio
.ne accom- isaed full their fatal work at n ate
y ez and the other tribes became much often
~ ed with them for taking the start in violati
'91 ef the COMPACT between them This led
~ the xkern NATION d the Aatchez tribe.
le50 the 81 est india compan gave up tia
posses ions, polt is, tsc., to the King. Per
continued the Kind as Governor, W
the nk Of Lieu nant General Chaic'
rbe brad beautiful romance, sAtala, ?
mar suggested By these vars Of the Natchez
ma to ined the original name
tba lie Misses p3i which was Aleachi Ghlppil
~ sioni6ed the Ancient Rather
Rivers Tie French corrupted Meac
hspiDpi e name II has ever Sit
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