The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-04-26

SATURDAY, APRIL. &c, 1884.
Id PATROL.

Through the Uaris Cf0UGsse,
Across miles IF Cane Fields
into the Lakes aud Ba.
yOus, and Back into
tie Mississippi.
The whereabouts Of the Government
stesaer Patrol siuce it went through
the Davis crevasss on the 9th Of March
has. been y matter Of general inters.t
and inquiry.
Learning thst the steamer had landed
some time during Wednesday 1t the
wharf in front VI the city, u reporter
went in search Ut her la.t night.
Cadt. Juhu Ewens. in command, WAS
found preparing = rsti,e Cor the night.
but upon learning the object Of the re-
portsr's visit, he cheerfuIly granted an
interview.
The route taken by the the Patrol t.
get back into the Mississippi River, is
QUE that has never been taken before
by a steamboat, aud doubtless one that
will never w taken again. The route
FROM the crevasse 10 Lake Cataquatche
is the cue surveyed before starting, ny
Engineer Eweus, and proved to be the
only one by winch the steamer could
reach the first Ut the chain vi naviga
BILE lakes aud bayOus that lead to The
Gulf Vi MEXICO.
The following is the route in detail
taken by the Patrol from the Davis ere
vase 10 the Mississippi River ut Don-
aldsonville. From the alouX
the Morgan Railroad to st. Charles
Station, tom the latter point across
the swamp piairie in IA southeast direc
ton to Bayou Patrol Qhe bayou Was
named by the party, Us the Patrol is
the first steamer that ever passed
through it,, through this bayou to Lake
Cataquxtche, across this lake u u small
bayou, through the latter to Lake Sal
vadOr.across this lake in a southeastern
" direction to Bayou ViIlars. through
this bayou Bayou Barata,ia, thence to
Bayou Des R,golets. through, the lat
ter to Little Lake, across this lake 10
Grand Bayou, thence into the Great
Bsrataria Bayou. across the latter to
Foret Livingstone. on the Gulf Ut Mexi-
ca; from the latter point to Grand
Isle; FROM thence to Bayou R;goud,
through this water way to Whisky
i ass ; through the latter to Bayou des
Iskts, thence to Bayou Andrew.
through the latter to Caminada Bay,
thence through Shell Bayou ; from the
latter bayou to the Ter,eline or South
Louisiana Canal, through this canal to
Bayou Lafourche. up the bayou TO the
Mississippi River at Dona;dzouville.
There is no steamboat afloat to-day
that has ever. made n journey similar
to that which the Patrol has just com;
pleted. The country passed through
il q very interesting one on account Of
thu great variation Of direction of the
water courses traversed. The effects
Of the great crevasse were visible over
miles of the great sea prairie; the beau
tifal plantations along Bayou Barata-
ria were all under water.
The water from the crevasse meets
with NO obstacles whatever in passing
through Lakes Cataquatche, Salvador
and the smaller lakes to which they are
The only discsrnible Oh
jscts that could possibly retard the dis
aud thus cause backwater,
be that doe to the Gulf tide and
tho vast fields of prairie grass. There
are, Of course, natural auses that it
woald be impossible to eliminate.
With the exception If the few PLAN
IN Bayou Barataria, the region
from the crevasse to the Gulf end Of
is but thinly settled ; what
Few people there are devote their time
to fishing. Barataria Bay was dotted
Iuggers who were gathering the
B~arataria oysters. The La
fourche, to one who has seen the fer
tile regions in otherparts of Louisiaua,
. great surprise. I think it one of !
he prettisst water courses in the South.
L 10 free Of the innumerable crooks aud
;urus characteristic of other streams.
md haa \ lar0er Acreage If land nnda.