The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-12-21


ia o. rinewool lands abonnd Ill 'H'''-
1,,t o,;nrS. which ,rc to be ton"" ''''-
,<t ovrrv beatty. The area OF tn
,,,r;sh of Natchitoch"S is ah'Ef ''o
Sonace miles, or ninrty->iz '.''H>"""
sauare acres. l. has a river noHt 'l >
tom lands on both sides of about - '"il ;
ON Red river proper, running mort" ''''
south and about 50 miles on Cane ''''''
which runs nearly parallel with the ioin
or at an average distance OF about Q
m;1es its average width from east TO
west is about twenty miles /
The hottom lands have ln'crspers'"
,mono them. large cypress brakes yield
| inc large supplies of valuable cypress
t;,nh.r Sufficient not only for the uses OF
! our neorlp, but afording quantities ''i
oxnortatjon and sale elsewhere No CON-
,7rtc geological survey oftho Sf"'" "'S
rct been made and We aAr, fAr!e'''''
n,o,,l, to give any reliahls $tafr""h' "a
o,n;ou AS to the geological resources o''
Indications of coal and iron have 'S'''''-
tod Themselves in various portions Oh TIE
,or;sh and thorough survey might de-
yclop the existence OF valoa"'' '','
The narish is about equi-distant 1roi" '''e
o,th of Red river aud the city ~
shrevenort At the latter place Is the
oo+ro1 eastern terminus Of the Southern
poo;ec Railroad. in progress of "onsfr"'-
fton and will he the terminus OF l'''"'
Of connection with the ''ckso0fs anu
roxos Railroad, extending from Weeks
IS hnrc On the Mississippi river to slifeV'-
MORT in almost straight line, through
Monroe and the northcrn portion OF L'"
;s;ono There is, also, Il rallroa" III
couse of completion, from New "''t" >
" to Shreveport, which passes torooS"
IS the parish, from its extreme oo''''''''D
20 ;ts cxtreme Northwestern honndaE!
with projected railroads fro" St. L'"n
and Memphis to connect with the o'''"
no or, poc;tic, of all which. from the char
TO actcr and known enterprise of those en-
al gagged in them, there is the l'vel'es' a'''
nc most reasonable expectation OF the:
~ completion at an efr'S way
MS Thns II will be seen. that
IL section possessing almost nnrlval''' an
les csrtoinly unsurpassed Advantages pre-
pa sonts it's claims for immigration settle
pei went and cultivation, and the low pro
at which lands can be obtained the II
ys d,cowents which our people and anth'l
OF -, offar combine to invite the most
ny ,orah,e consideration of these claim
efo' The concentrations herein made can
Oh verified by those feeling sufficient Int
est to warrant the trouble, by a person
r;S;t Persons in the northwest G.
u.s., ,oocb this section directly from st. Lo'
rant Nv river or rail to shreVepe
1ant or New Orleans, and thence
ean t steamer or by awaiting '''
eonr .a1ves ofthe lineof steamers from II
cant city to Red river; a trl-week'T ine "'"
9ora , the able management of Capt JOS AN
noral whose enterprise is we'll known to all ID
ptoral ness citizens, being in constant conn
nication, during the whole year.
those desiring to make personal I'M
, t;n,t;on onr authorities and The y
IL. ~, fEeir nnWer to that end, and the varl
~ lands can be personally inspected WI
the other advantages can be seel''
SOIL. CLIMATE AND HEALTH'
Their, The soil Of the parish may be div'
into two distinct kinds; the alluyiai,
bottom land, and the upland ~..
Dis, The former is rich deposit, slmia
ell, that Of tho Delta Of the Mississippi,
inc the accumulation of centuries II
haustible in It's character, and 'cnltlv'
with less labor than any known land
the Union Indeed, we are forced to
NIT that this natural fertility and
of cultivation have had the effect to
vent that development and .improveu
of its resources, by the use OF new
n more valuable agricultural impleme
which would have been resorted to,
the lands been less fruitful naturally,
q responded less readily to superficial
" tiyation.?' The alluvial bottoms '
formerly occupied principally by i
.,;,e. proprietors, working very large pla
:. Er. tons, each under one management,
Pos, by large numbers of slave laboreFs;
nnents were confined to tho production OF
Ercel. great staple of the south. Thus, ne
ION TO all the capital of this section under
slavery system was invested ~ these
,.. er plantations, and the .uplaads yer
w do. most entirely neglected, aud when "
! Red ed at all, only in small quantities or
70 the cells, by poorer people, who had not
pen 81 means to employ slave labor the1
The while white labor, from the very ma
riin Incl of our political condition, had no IND
, New mentsI offered it for exertion theI
com The war and, its inevitable conseqne'
exist. the most important Of which was
ilmta- emancipation Of slaves, has effect
por- stupendous change, and sweptaway,
b al,,. almost miraculous swiftness, an agr
Of the tural system ofnearly century's gro
ID r;y. leaving these rich lands uln neu
!, with want Of labor, this being the unav
whole BILE result Of ths aooii'.on 80 - ~ 80
a, fo, lation Of numbers Of hands on con. com
delav, lively few. plantations, and scatt
! Rad these hands over an immense teri
Gamer. susceptible Of cultivation. Thus IT i
n, and be seen, that these wonderful #
f,ahor lands, and this productive soil' "