A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana: The Southern Part of the Mississippi, and the Territory of Alabama Presenting a View of the Soil, Climate, Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Productions ; Illustrative of the Natural Physiognomy, Their Geographical Configuration, and Relative Situation ; with an Account of the Character and Manners of the Inhabitants ; Together with a Map, from Actual Survey and Observation Projected on a Scale of Ten Miles to an Inch, of the State of Louisiana, and Adjacent CountriesJames Olmstead, 1817 - 356 Seiten |
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... prairie , admits of so many exceptions , as to render its adoption rather the source of error than of distinct elucidation . Mountains being in all countries the most prominent and durable features in nature , and less capricious in ...
... prairie , admits of so many exceptions , as to render its adoption rather the source of error than of distinct elucidation . Mountains being in all countries the most prominent and durable features in nature , and less capricious in ...
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... prairie and alluvion , though justly rejected when treating of all Louisiana , may be adopt- ed with strict propriety when applied to the North- west section . Lands formed by alluvion are inferior in extent to prairie , but much more ...
... prairie and alluvion , though justly rejected when treating of all Louisiana , may be adopt- ed with strict propriety when applied to the North- west section . Lands formed by alluvion are inferior in extent to prairie , but much more ...
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... prairie is superseded by the deep re- cesses of the annually overflown banks of the great monarch of North American rivers , and his numerous tributaries . Vegetation now assumes a more vigorous form ; the trees of the forest more ...
... prairie is superseded by the deep re- cesses of the annually overflown banks of the great monarch of North American rivers , and his numerous tributaries . Vegetation now assumes a more vigorous form ; the trees of the forest more ...
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... prairies of Opelousas and Attacapas , and the still more extensive savannahs to the west of the Mississippi , may be called the American Sahara . But how different the aspect of the American grassy plains , from the parched sands of ...
... prairies of Opelousas and Attacapas , and the still more extensive savannahs to the west of the Mississippi , may be called the American Sahara . But how different the aspect of the American grassy plains , from the parched sands of ...
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... prairies towards the Panis villages . The Red river , though on a small scale , would , like its great rival the Mississippi , present an inextricable network of lakes and bayous . Beyond the Red river , another expanse of woods would ...
... prairies towards the Panis villages . The Red river , though on a small scale , would , like its great rival the Mississippi , present an inextricable network of lakes and bayous . Beyond the Red river , another expanse of woods would ...
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acres Alabama territory alluvial alluvion Amite Amite river annual aquatica Atchafalaya Atchafalaya river Attacapas banks Bayou Boeuf Bayou Cane Black bluffs Calcasiu climate cotton course Courtableau creeks cultivated cypress Derbane distance east efflux elevation enters exist extent extremely feet flows forest gulph of Mexico hickory hills human hundred Iberville inhabitants inundation island juglans labour Lafourche lake lake Maurepas land latter Levée Louisiana maize margin marsh Mermentau Mississippi river Mississippi territory Mobile river mouth Natchez Natchitoches nature navigation nearly New-Orleans Nezpiqué Ocatahoola Opelousas Orleans Ouachitta outlets overflow parish pine woods Plaquemine Pontchartrain prairie present produce quantity Red river region respecting rice ridge rises Sabine Sabine river season settlements siana sissippi soil species square miles staple stream sugar cane surface swamps Teche Teche river thence timber tion tract trees ulmus United vegetable Vermilion West Florida winds
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Seite 285 - That the inhabitants of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper, and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Seite 287 - State on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States...
Seite 288 - An act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi territory.
Seite 287 - ... the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll therefor.
Seite 287 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Seite 285 - That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit...
Seite 287 - That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States...
Seite 285 - Tennessee; thence, west, along said boundary line, to the Tennessee river; thence, up the same, to the mouth of Bear creek; thence, by a direct line, to the northwest corner of Washington county...
Seite 287 - Provided always, That the three foregoing propositions herein offered are on the conditions that the convention of the said State shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States...
Seite 288 - State, and which shall be sold by Congress from and after the first day of January...