Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-04-04
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REPORT Or MR.. TOoMBs ON THE
H0UMAE LAND CLAIM.


above the city of New Orleans.
This purchase, IL appears. was approved
by Unzaga, the governor Of Louisiana. to
that extent, ehI pHA NE comBton detN NJ
fortg appoints.
The front Is bounded on the river. ut y
common depth of forty atpents IN the rear,
aud the side lines were described by the
adjoining trneis.
Afterwards. on the gth Of September.
l1IG, Maurice Conway petitioned Governor
Unzaga for an additional grant in the rear.
Omitting the formal parts, that petition
sets forth ne follows.
"That your petitioner. intending to 90
aud establish himself IN the upper part ~
the country, on the land which he has pur-
chased Jointly with Alexander Latil, aud.
with your permission, from the lIoumas
Indians, which land is extremely deficient
Of fences, and sclesred upwards Of n league
in depth, so that the cypress swamp being
~ distance Of about a league and half
from the river, your petitioner has no right
thereto. In consequence ~ yent not having
granted ~ him but the common depth Of
forty arpents. which Is So short that he
cannot reach the cypress trees necessary for
making fences. and other work absolutely
necessary on plantation. Therefore your
petitioner prays you will grant him ell the
depth which may he vacant Immediately
after the said depth Of forty arpents."
The said Conway further AYERS that no
was the sole proprietor. having purchased
the moietv which belonged 10 batil. and
prays that Unzaga twill direct Louis An
dry 30 put your petitioner in possession Of
the said front and depth. setting the Wbun-
daries aud giving 10 your petitioner Ger
tinrate Of the whole for his Information
and security"
In pursuance Of this petition. unssga. on
the 18th If September. lfTG. made his or
der that Captain Louis Andty shall 60 on
the land mentioned IN tho foregoing ptti-
ton. aud shall put petitioner IN the posses
sion Of the land which may there be vacant
on the back ~ the forty atpents of depth
which lac possesses. and running In tho
same directions. provided the same he va
cant aud do not iniure the neighbors, 70
the effect Of which h. shall ssf and mari ne
h30sday3es. oBd shaH eyfesd effey his dseges
q PROOFS VERBAL af HE ppetafipps, which,
signed by him aud the said neighbors. shall
he Forwarded 30 me. that I may cause the
complete title 20 issue"
" further appears that, on the 9th day
of October, l17G. Captain Andty made y
survey. aud certifes that lac went on the
land alluded 10. accompanied 10y Conway
aud the commandment of the district, Louis
ludica, and after having called on the In
dian chief 80 designate the boundaries Of
his sale, his pruces rsthdi then proceeds as
follows "And immediately after have
measured the space between those buun-
datips drawing 60 that effect in the woods
the lines necessary 30 ascertain its extent.
(which lines nre marked on the plan, n
sketch of my operations which have de
liyered 30 said petitioner aud found that
IT contains ninety six arpents in front on
the river. growing wider one hundred aud
twenty degrees in depth, on account Of it's
being situated on the bend Of the river tho
upper line common with Francis Duhan,
running north afly degrees 30 the vest,
aud the lower one common with Michel
Chiassou. running north seventy degrees
TO the east
"rhe measurement of said front being
thus made. proceeded to put the petition
or in the possession of the depth granted
10 lin by the foregoing decree, 10 the of
feet Of which went back 20 the upper line
common with Francis Duhan, IN whose
presence found out the boundaries set mo
on tho god of December, l77B, aud which
still exist in the same situation. distance,
aud direction, both of mulberry wood
the first ~ the distance of thir-
~ seven toises, aud two feet from the nc
tunl bank Of the river, and the second
at the distance Of thirty seven
toiaes. aud two foot from the actual bank
Of the river, and tho second ut
one arpent or thirty toises more in tho
back. Afterwards continued i'm tho same
limo, and in the aforesaid direction, of
north fifty degrees west TO tho depth of
forty arpents, opening to that effect n small
foad through the woods, NJ which place
caused to be driven two feet aud half in
tho earth boundary Of cypress wood
NJ the further distance Of two
arpents that is, ut forty two arpontR from
the river another boundary similar in all
its circumstances 10 the one just spoken of
This limo being thus drawn, I went TO tho
lower ono common with Michel Chiassou,
whom | also called, aud after measuring
the seven arpeuts which, by the decree Of
tho 9th Of September last, tho governor
aforesaid granted 10 him, ! caused two
boundaries of mulberry wood 10 be driven
in the said line, the first at tho dis
lance of twenty tosos moro in the depth.
Aftor that ! continued the said line
through tho wood in tho Same direction
north seventy degrees east 20 the depth Of
forty arponts, at which point ! cauSod 90
be driven two and u half feet In tho earth
boundary Of cypress and a.
the further distance of two other rpents--
that is, NJ tho distance Of forty-two ar
pents-frvm the river, | caused another
boundary Of tho same sizo, and similar
in oil TIA circumstances 90 the foregoing,
20 bo driven into the earth in order that
the direction may not deviato.
And in order that all the above may ap-
pear, give tho present certificate, which
! have signed, with the said petition of
Maurice Conway, and the SAID command
ant and Interpreter OF this transaction.
Louis Judico, the said Indian chief named
Calabo, aud the two adjoining noighbors,
Francis Duhan aud Michel Chiasson, hav-
ing declared not TO know how 10 sign. All
which do attest ct the aforesaid coast or
district the day and year above written
The process rcrbai IL accordingly signed
by Andry, Conway, and Judico.
ON tho 9ist Juno 1TIT GALWAY tho then