The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-01
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Nrw ORLEANS. May 2j.-Lakc Calca-lcu is
a large sheet " water in the remote southwest
crn corner " Louisiana. II is separated from
the Gulf hyu broad sea marsh and partially SUR
rounded Us u dense cypress swamp. ri,ailng in
cxtont the vust Dismal swamp of Virginia. II
was Wis ted los several colonial expeditions be-
fore New Orleans WIS founded. and WAS the me-
plus ultrn of numerous ancient adventures.
who. daun'ed hy the protornniurtl gloom oi It's
shores. returned into the open Gull through
Cul..-ieu river The lake is named alrr the
k.ikn-ouk 1.Iluns. small tribe dis "vrr'd
.u ia llika. IAe Clru-i.u river oNtD nd- up
t ]. is, tnarls-. h.ut hfiy miles ahoyo the
nr-t ..... Th'. last is situnt' "a in great pine
Dof. uud rs 20 beautiful Sheet of water. l util "a
comparatively O.. Uu iiho tllr ltiY-lrQ i'eNh
Wa. lu- tiled. except hy 90 f"w tndi 10 hunt re-
and u-i.r.. who anne nearly ~ tribal anu
uuNiNllifiil gS the ahlri ginal-. These dtp tutNd
IN rod and riff, for choir sum ort amt were
In later yours several saw nlllS have been
erected on Calca~icu river; and several hun
lively small amount OF the immense pinr ana
Cypress forests. \ larger part of tn lands
haNt been cn"red ny tht-" spuNt'rs lhc r.
muinder belongs TO the Government.
The logmcn have been unusually late in lioat-
INK down thor RATS this year. They. however,
took advantage " q recent .rcahct and brought
OUT over ilty thousand logs a. the main streams,
where th y arr accessible all tie ycur round.
On Information TINT dcprrdatlons were madn
IN public lands In procuring these. United
states Deputy Narshnl- wer" mt tn the Valca-
-iru. who made au Iud4scrllnindtc seizure Oi tho
wlol. lNt nr uEhf uut.
A. a INu.. delay in the sale Of their raft would
reduce the families oi many of the raltsm"n to a
.ulIlltlNit ~ilif~ starvation there l~ great "N-
DlfrfitIt 100 il.a Cal n-icu country at tNr sol tur'
The ,,. n.u are tUrriila 4. and the Toys violent
100 their thr .tS. The men. singular iu -Ay are
iHunnt. helu- IN constant communication with
On" state autNoriti,-. 100 whom they cuniide with
urural faith. The state authorities command
10 resort o. the courts. IL the mean time. there
hu- h,,n uiu 10 telceraphlng between IN" Coy
nrNmnnt Deputies hero and the authorities IN
Nu-hil-lon as 90 the steps o. uf ukHu IN dr-
puein. of the lu-msn and their RATS. The
luru.r I,,se succeeded IN mAk ing srcat H.
-.'iNu.f fie ease. aut by wcll-icign,d n'al IN
protecting "a frW OONorumvnt trees which would
llNH I.Nnu and rutird TIL others mad risen III
f.Hir 'Af- before they would hnN" been uit-
It.l hFN" -uerr"d Il IN iniuring many iuup-
cont !, r-on-. ami causing much UNNECESSARY
-ua r4u-. Being guilty of i-"lutc opp, ~s41n.
they naturally expect r"~irldnNe 60 tn'ir pro-
rcpllnl-. Hence a Wcll-Armcd expedition WAS
sent a-.aiu-f tIe luSmrn last night. This wd- a
.vr oi loo Federal troops. under ivr Deputy
Mar-nul-. all IN the r-Ntnu" cutter DIN. l hln
Nova may succeed in bringing On - collision
and the arrival Of the expedition at ~ Il STINT
/ ton j. awaited with SOM anxiety. II row Is
7 inAu4urairi. circumstances cOAspirr t. maze
/ II "A lively affair. TX. \. W.