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114. Spirifer limestone, near top of the lower carboniferous series, 

 Keokuk Rapids, Mississippi. 



115. Do. 



116. Iron stone, similar to the "black band " of the Scotch iron mas- 

 ters, near Bennington, and elsewhere on the Des Moines river. 



CATALOGUE 



BERLANDIER'S HISTORICAL A^'D GEOGRAPHICAL MSSr 



In the year 1826 Luis Berlandier, historian, geographer, and natu- 

 ralist, a native of Switzerland, arrived in Mexico lor the purpose of 

 making researches in that republic. He died near Matamoros in 1851. 

 The result of his extensive labors are in manuscripts, now deposited at 

 the Smithsonian Institution, comprising an amount of information of the 

 countrj^ west of the Sabine of the highest importance. 



The following is a brief catalogue of the MSS. : 



Travels in Mexico and Texas, 1826 to 1834, inclusive. Containing 

 notes upon the statistics, early settlements, and Indian tribes between 

 the Sabine and Pacific, &c., &c., &c. — 7 vols. 



Travels in Mexico, 1828-30. Comprising interesting notes of the 

 early settlers of Texas, by the Spanish and French ; account of the 

 ancient Indian tribes, &c., Sec. — 3 vols. 



Geography and statistics of the republic of Mexico. 



History of the Indian tribes that formerly ranged from the Sabine to 

 the gulf of Cahfornia. — 2 vols. 



Notes upon the different Indian tribes of the ancient republic. — 1 vol. 



Vocabularies of different tribes bordering the Rio Grande. — 1 vol. 



Of the Cotonames, Carrissos. — 1 vol. 



Of Indians that formerly lived to the northeast of Texas. — 1 vol. 



Of different tribes in the neighborhood of the missions. — 1 vol. 



Revolt of the Tepeguanas, 1616. — 1 vol. 



Indian assassinations of the priests. — 1 vol. 



Of the Texian Indians. Buit. — 1 vol. 



Indians of Texas and Coaliuila; fertility of their soil, &c. — 1 vol. 



Medicine of the ancient and modern Indians of Mexico. — 1 vol. 



Paintings of thirty different Indian tribes. — 1 vol. 



History of the agriculture of ancient and modern Mexico. — 1 vol. 



Regulations of the ancient Presidios, 1772. 



1. — Travels in Tamaulipas and New Leon, 1844. 



2.— " " Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, 1846. 



3. — " " the country west and south of Matamoros, 1847. 



The above vols., 1, 2, 3, of travels, give an interesting history of the 

 country adjacent to the Sierra Madre. 



March and espionage of the American army from Corpus Christi till 

 the occupation of Matamoros. — 1 vol. 



Geographical Gazetteer of the territory lying between the Sabine and 

 Pacific, comprising a historv of places, situations, positions, &c.. Sec. — 

 12 vols. 



Geography of ancient and modern Mexico. — 1 vol. notes. 



* See p. 13 of this Report. 



