The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-01
~ tvrRfctN HArLOKER.
The Expedition Scni ia, 10, " western Col
lrar s,uccr tr"ft.

y.H n. Nn ioiat ptugan,
Ono dav th- v. ka strange craft touched
IN VI lrifn & rs UNifHl. huNiu- curious carl,o
nnd an o. 90 commanders. ltwusA coinmon skin.
utIu WIiI.n WIS ir. f',l 20 rude lrtm"Wurk ut
qmh T. otyn w, H. sr ,,i .' II r. h, is'
Through tproicclci al siov'pipr. looking
very wu'h .ko tl' -in"e'-. t'e "l dluinu'N'
steamer. The cargo Huu- -trt oi a tcw rustic
chair~ dincreut varieties ol wood. pieces Of
pau,stonr vol uni' ga rl indian arrows AMI
pottery. a b.. gath dui various pnints IN south-
Kt"nktWH{ 7i' "wa' Tho c12mnn,l " was a SQUIRE.
butt brun1n- faced man probably upward Of
ffty years at age. named ~ Han. lie did moi
rrck uoturirty. upplr. utly, and merely stopped
az thi. place to forward and receive letters and
Mir Hall started from Kcokuk Iowa. IN o to-
Der 1876. IN an open Al II, TO search Tor pre-
historic relies in The southern states. During
small portion oi the tourney h' slept ON shore
At night. and during ,h' remainder on board.
H. followed the NJ 'hainlaya ~ the residence of
an old lndiun chief named Pore Juntrr whore
A. stopped To procure valuable informal ON.
The chief now probably eighty years old, Is
familiar with every nook and corner of SOUTH
an almost cNtin tribe Mr. Hall proceeded To
the vicinity of IgrVille. ON Bayou Black. and
from which he obtained specimens Of Indian
weapons OF warfare and utensils. He as r'r-
tanned that the bones Of fish wcrc us'd ia tho
mouth OF the AtchafnlHva. he passed nionp Inc
coast through Mthaiahya. II. Bernard Cote
Blan he. and Ncrmiliun Bays. out Of Soufhw st
Pass. forty Mills alon.s tn Lui To- Norm nt1u
river; then he as ended thu M,rmrntau until
h. reached tho route marked hy hlnlnd trcos
which small vessels use in pass ins from Low --
lana Co. Texas through tlr parish oi Cfmrron
10 the Sabine river IT, visited GALVESTON. and
after short delay returned to the Louisiana
cO1st. He stopped at tno~s mySt 'r.Ju- aud
beautiful .lluIs fnmil urly known Hs 7 'tt
Ansc. Grand Cote. Cote Ban he. an Il lie Isle.
WHICH nrver fail to int rest all travellers.
Mr.. llalI IT, Ol 90" opinion that tuo thrCe
mrs. named islam T. are % cont uuHtiun of t1at
geological furmnt ON known Hs the Ozark rance.
wnilN b llc Isl. ~ ol uu. % Older or u duf. r.
ems strata aud belongs To the Florida forut-
tun. II" made here tho most inter sting lis
coverios Of his trip. E,nn ming the trees " tine
island he found y ar duz n sturdy young box
wood tre"'-A " first h. h1s Son growing In the
United Stu -, and familiar to him au % nat We
Ot san Domingo. II" supp0Sos that the trees
must have been planted here 10y coasters in the
Spanish reign. Atr repeated boriugs ON tho
other Islands H. could dis ov mo- mi cations
az rock. suNc a thin sandstone near the Wuter
I'vcL The Belle Isle 70 X was hard and i;listcn-
I'M
Mr. Han loft yesterday going up the rr,hc.
which hr Will follow to tir head. max "a portage
Ia WASHINGTON. on the Bayou IYurta.lrau. and
proceed NJ through tho Lou slams int 'r.or.
hom'w ward He speaks Of 20 travels IN T. ,vit.
Syria. san Domingo. and parts Of this continent
IN "a plain way, and his oddItv. ID not the pro-
tuudlty of his knowledge. will make him an ob-
!vct OF interest wherever he go,S.