The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-06-19

'cnOr themselves upon III
shores by their roots, and i'll the
course of years the matter that
grows upon them constantly
adds to their weight and they
gradually sink them into the Va
ter, until solid land is formed,
trees take root and grow upon it,
and that which was once the
play ground OF the porpoise and
the reddish becomes the home OF
the Sugar Planter and the Rice
grower.
After the Chief Commissary
Col. Bush had safely embarked
the supplies necessary to secure
the excursioniSts against any Sc
rionS attacks from hunger and
thirst the draw bridge. was opens
ed, the Joe Webre,passed Though
and the voyage to the Gulf was
commenced. The beautiful ap-
pearance which Bayou Des Allies
mands presents to the eye of the
traveller, who is riding over the
railroad bridge is greatly enhanc
ed and improved by Il voyage
down that clear stream of water,
enclosed on either side by the
sea- marsh, the flag rising some
ten to fifteen feet above the sur
face Of the water level. Small
clumps OF Oaks, scattered hither
and thither where land was found
sufficiently solid to bear their
weight and furnish substance for
their roots relieved the otherwise
monotOnous scenery.
Dcs AlIemandS, whose bright
waves were g!istening. like silver
in the sun, is IA deep noble stream
with a depth for the largest boats
that will ever have occasion to
navigate its waters.
An occasional cabin bniit Oh
the banks, beneath the. shadow
OF the Oaks, covered often with
palmetto leaves, attracts the eye,
in front OF which stapl the solita
~ owner, or his little families,
gazing quietly at the steamer as
she passes rapidly in front.
Hundreds of poles are seen in
the stream in clusters of - to %,
abont which the Duck hunters,
torn their masked batteries from
which they shoot the ducks
which fly near their hiding places.
Judging from those evidences,
this must be a paradise for the
hunters in the season in which,
the wild dncks, in their winter
retreat, seek food and shelter
among the bays and bayous OF
Of the Gulf coast.
Out of the Des Allemands into
Little Lake the steamer passed,
when on the right was seen the
mouth of the old Barataria Cana!
through which the Joe Webre
frequently passes into the old
Derbigny plantation. now belong
ing to John r. Gheems Of Louis.
vile Ky. and managed by Wilson
Grisamore, formerly of Assam,
ton Parish, TO transport the Pre-
duets of that and the adjoining
places to New Orleans.
A short distance below RISING
above the level Of the land, is the
famous Big Temple. q she'll bank
Swallowed by the deuse foliage Of
Live Oaks that render it consnic
ous for miles away. The Big
Temple is destined at no grea,
distance in the future to become
a famous pleasure ground.
When some enterprising mar
will clear up and render thi,
shell bank a proper place tor eS
cursionists, and. uniting with the
Morgan Railroad to transport pas
sengers to the Bayon des ALE
mands, thence by steamer to this
spot,it will become one of the'bes'
pleasure excursions offered to tht
citizens of New Orleans.
The entrance into Lake Saliva
dor afforded a most magniticcn,
view. The sudden change from
the narrow bayon into the large
lake, placidly spread out before
the party, as the Webre plowef
her way into the midst of the We
ters. was grand.
1t will require an ADLER per
than ours to give any description
) of this famous lake, that will fu1
.niSh an idea Of its grandeur anG
sublimity to the reader. To ap
preciate it, one must see it from
deck of a steamer or a lugger.
Bayou Pierrot conducted. us in
to Little Lake whence enter the
B~arataria, and Harvey's Canal
from the Mississippi river oppt
site Carrolton. Thence by Bayou
St. Denis. the Webre worked he1
way into Barataria Bay or Grand
Lake.
notwithstanding, the grea,
beauty Of the scenery spread out
in panorama before the voyager
through these magnificent bodies
OF water, one naturally is saddeu
ed as the thought rises that the
beauty fifth" view is apparently
all that is valuable to be record.
ed.
Nothing in the way Of cnltlva
ton is visible. The few cabins