The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-09-15
WATER COURSES.


WATER COURSES.
s distinctive feature of the great valley
4 numerous water courses, rivers. creeks, |
and bayous. They are all of great
s.;d abound in almost every variety |
-,h sater fish, such as trout, white |
h brim. cat fish and buffalo. The prln-
of these streams are the YazOo and
Hover rivers, Deer Creek, Silver Greek
|Bear Creek, Lake Washington, Swan
Wolfe Lake and Tchnla Lake, or lit
kiyer The last Is about NACy mleS
and is probably the old bed OF the
b., which here has, in sometime past,
h 4 cutoff to the westward, the two con-
Eiug above and below and forming Honey
.pd. TchuIa Lake is navlgaDle III winter
,he largest OF the Parisot line of steam
ts which make regular trips going up
i river and coming back through the
IL Almost all of the lands in cnitlya>
4 are Isznediately on the banks of the
ter courses, the highest ground invariably
BE- found here, Rhich slopes back gently
tiI II reaches the open swamp; this Is the
est part of the Valley and from being
buently inundated contains nc nnder-
'wtu.
The banks of the streams and lakes, III
.ir primitive state, are covered with dense
by-brakes varying from a half mile to two
D les in width The wild cat, catamount,
4 hr. deer and wild turkey are still numer-
and in winter, immense quantities Oh
IL ducks cover the surfaces OF the lakes
h havnus. The settler always builds his
bin aad makes his clearing in the cane
eak. on the banks of some one OF these
Ger courses, this point being, invariably,
oyr ordinary overflow. Some OF these
'eams and lakes are navigable all the year
md aBd many of the smaller lakes and
vous are piled in winter by little steamers
ilt especially for these waters which creep
through the bayous and creeks and tow
{ barge loads of cottoc and cotton seed.
The Il. S. Government has recently au-
orized a survey of Bear Creek, and others
these streams with view to opening them
more fully to navigation. Along the
nks of the largest of these water courses
e many
SPLENDID PLANTATIONS,
me Of which are almost prineely in their
st extent and the elaborate finish of their
yellings. outhouses and fences. Very llt-
e in the way of improvements, however,
IS been done since the beginning OF the
ar: on the contrary, many of the planta-
pns are rapidly going to decay, the extern
We improvements on most of them having
zen done in the old ante-bellum days OF
labor.
One of the finest estates on the river Is
at of the Payne brothers, about six miles
ON Yazoo City. It consists of three ad-
inine plantations, Home Park, Monterey
I'd Koalunsa, has a river front OF i've miles,
nd makes about fifteen hundred bales ol
,ttoa A year. Another very beautiful
antation Is that of Maj. Ben. Ricks, which
,eupies the neck or isthmus of Kicks Bend
distance of about three miles across
,ough it is fifteen miles around the bend
al +. Richardson also owns several exten
We and having plantations on Lake Wash
,gton and Tehala Lake, worked prlnelpall!
= ronviets. There are many others Q
1ual extent, and all are profitable unde
roper management. The view on enes
plantations from the q, 4eeE oi
is particularly tine. 1here al
lso many
SMALL FARMS,
,riucips,Iy on Deer Greek, Bear Creek sn, ,
he s,t,iIav lakes and bayous. The smal
armer with exdinary industry, lnvarlaDi
brives and in 4 Eew years becomes easy q
10 worIjIv matters. The great bug-6eal
that has kept oat immigration to TINS Vailss !.
has beep me very prevalent idea that Tn
country i unhealthy, to move to the azoe
was to face almost certain death. ! uls u.l' ~
taken idea is fast being eradlcatea oz -
experience of those who have come. -.
ia no mistake as the health OF the counss 8,
Many people from the piney Woous - g. s.
east, leave home for the YaZoo vaiisy, y. ~
when they reach the borders OF the promise
Hand their hearts fail and they rent lanG ah
commence farming in the the bill couhsll
Alter while, however, the ex-pineyWoo,u
man gains courage. "Aops over and 2.
comes ''swamper." In q few yeafs p
long, lean and lank proportions grow Toun
ana ruddy, his children are no longer oon.
toS-headed, and even his wifess solemn Iae
sometimes expands :nto broad smlle,
THE SOIL
: alluyiAl, and without the aid of fertilizer
y capacity is from a halt bale TO two oals
=, acre. Many thousands of acres are "
cultivated. for want of proper labor, an
LAZY thousands are in primitive stal
osesed BY dense eane-brakes and Esgnll
osas forest trees.
THE MoUND-BUMDERs,
.s;s .ssae,yes they might be, had high time !
~. valley in the old prehistoric days, {
t5;sl,2 la2Ee left its entire length and breadi
salekiy studded uith their S4scnliar men
sa.osA Mr.. Robert Harris some two yea
soagnt tract Of wild land on Ass