26 Bringer on the Region of the Mississippi, &e. 
abundant; their ores exhibit much variety, and the hunters 
relate that there are a variety of other minerals. 
3 | - fron Ores. we 
Tron ores of several varieties are found in great quantity, 
between the currents and White river. The Wachitta, eigh- 
teen miles below the hot spring, affords, in a place ca ed 
the cove, five points of hills, where the very richest iron ore 
is gathered in enormous heaps; it yields the’ best of Iron. 
Some cellular brownish red ore, which occurs in very large 
bodies, and mineralized by about thirty per cent. of oxigen, 
is likewise found in this cove, and in many other places, 
particularly on the north side of the mouth of Little Mis- 
sourl, (a fork of Wachitta. 
About one hundred and fifty miles up this Little Missouri 
river, there are’ inexhaustible quarries of sulphate of lime, 
of several varieties; it is likewise found in the cove, within 
ore, and not one hundred yards off, is an extensive bed of 
eommon tale, (mica? Ed.) the leaves are of an extraordinary 
size, not less than five inches by seven. 
Le 
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ictal Cove of Wachitta. 
The Cove of Wachitta is formed by a circular mountain, 
shaped like a horse shoe. This mountain consists of Spar- 
ry poe stone and heavy spar; it encloses an area of nine 
vailes tg hoes eee ae es ae 
very fine streams fed by numerous springs. In this ville 
ls cove faces on the Wachitta river, and offers a 
charming perspective. It is surrounded with pitch pines of 
the extraordinary height of one hundred and sixty feet, 
