An Account of Louisiana: Being an Abstract of Documents Delivered in or Transmitted to Mr. Jefferson, President of the United States of America, and by His Laid Before Congress and Published by Their Order (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Account of Louisiana: Being an Abstract of Documents Delivered in or Transmitted to Mr. Jefferson, President of the United States of America, and by His Laid Before Congress and Published by Their Order

Above Baton Rouge, at the distance of 50 leagues from New Orleans, and on the west side of the Mississippi is Pointe Coupee, a populous and rich settltment, extending 8 leagues along the river. Its produce is cotton. Behind it, on an old bed of the river, nowa lake, whose outl...