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

~ 1'nc lutelSectlnS the Re
l''er' at the confluence Of the Rigolet d
T. bohdlel', and running southwest to Tn
corner of the county of Opelousas, o,
oa"'ne river, on the east by line com
menclng at the mouth of the Rgolet dc
-" .' bondieu, and running northeast to the
!, mouth OF the Dugdemona, up the Dugde.
~ mona to the west line of range four, west
!" and thence north to the northern bound.
IL airy OF the State, and on the west by the
* oaolne river and the line running north
or from the 32d degree of north 1at;tndo
., These boundaries giving to the county
~ an area OF about 120 miles in length. Inv
" lin breadth; a vast sierra incoqnita"
somewhat larger than the two States of
connecticut and Rhode Island together
= The adoption of the Federal Constitu
q ZION OF 1912, made no change in the civil,
divisions of the State, except to increase
'ne number of counties to fourteen, by
. dividing the county of Orleans into three |
Inc first enumeration of the inhabitants
OF the county of Natchitoches, to which
access can readily be had, was taken in
, 1875. The total population, at that time
was G6l2. of whom 1872 vera s,av.s
me settlements were limited to the allu
Vial lands of Red river, extending from
inc lower line Of tho county, to about
hlfeen or twenty miles above tho Post Of
Narchitoches.
ln're was a small settlement at BAYOU
r'erre' within the present limits Of tha
parish OF DeSoto; and a considerable ana
within what is now the parish If c,o;h
or"e' called "A|len's Settlement" All
sn't portion north of the "Bayou Pierre
Settlement" and west of Red river wos
then occupied by the Caddo tribe Of IN.
''ans' The only white persons permitted
by me government to reside within tho
Indian territory, were the Indian aesnt
WIN his family, the interpreter, and gun
smith, The agency was situated anout
nl'een or twenty miles below the present
city of Shreveport.
From 1926 to ls25 there was , varr oou
accession of population At
A'len,s Settlement" and in the latter
'e'r' the Legislature established the nar
SD of Claiborne l'A'
The treaty Of 1886, between tho 1,n;.o,
yates and the Caddoe tribe of Indian,
1',nenished the Indian title to all ths
: J: winch, they had previously occu.
led, and this portion Of the old conntr
sean npldlg 10 receive its pr,,ent
J s ,sss =. Eng mysterious populations, and
~. see sesa.s:.as 2gaip 81 b. disi:sa. |
Immediately after the treaty of 1885, the .
90 Isads Wers surveyed, and the Z
~ Ind sa1ss ordered by the United 9
atsl b take plase at tho Land Office :
Natchiteches, ins1s3e, brought into &
'nszslnctlcs the rich and .unoccupied )
t3sn lands, 10 tho northwestern portion <
ne sststs; and IL ls43, tho population 2
this PORTION u the county had in :
80 g snch N extent as to require 3
srsation OF three now parishes, and 8
the same session Of the legislature.
parishes of Sabine, Bossier and De
70 were organized. The parish of Bos-
being taken from the western portion
Claiborne, Sabine and De Soto from
lat remained Of Natchitoches.
)uring the session of the legislature of
D. the parish Of Bienville was estah
led, from the southern portion Of
Echltoches; and in the session Of 1851,
the territory south of Bienville and
Of the Rigolet de. Bondieu was
cted into the. parish Of Winn.
t the session of 1858 the legislature
re was an application for the creation
mother !5' parish, to be called the parish
Sed river, to be taken from the SOUTH
portion Of Do Soto, Caddo, and Bien-
,, and from the northeastern portion
Satchltochcs The application was
with census of the popu
m, bringing them within the copsti-
'nal provision, but failed from an
IN the previous legislation. but Dur;
'''o ~ 10'V OF Aon. tinguit
the year 1925, as stated above, the from ,
population Of the county of Natchi- flush ii
's was e6l9, with representation and tn
10 legislature limited by the consti. not ms
d OF 1872 el2, to one senator and two life in
By the official report of could '
oo1tor OF the State, tho aggregate is q cha
lation in 1855, amounted to s9,3s7, which
epresented in the Legislature, under from
ppo'ntment Of 1859, by four senatora tho, ii
thirteen representatives, and it NAV ing Il
ded, that they were elected on tho was Am
&c Of 1884 votes. sif} 8; - . sp:inl
IN the above brief .t.tamo,+ = -, Tho PEG
N that the old county Of Natcbito- '.es' aoe
may justly claim to' Ia a.no": sive reg
he Mother Of Parishes the sp'
nonn,.t;s, &c CO., terpsich
cad IN N...s:. PARISHES formerly forefath,
=: --' ' "a'' III lo'o' a. balls, sp
~ ...% a. % .''ss "'s',''. - -" frolics.
'o"o' 80 .......-.:.... 1925 Altbou
rue. 49,. '''''''''' %'aia frontier
s':... !. ..,. .. :. S1ss men from
..: -. i. 1858 brave u
t'S'' s.f'... ...... :. lO6a(SJ of that