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Notice of the Matteable Tron of Louisiana. 
ciates up the Red River, witha 
try, trade with the Indians, and (if 
away the two pos masses of m 
of the r — 
muneration for then —— 
ed his tour wes 
the pieces of nara a ean quantity 
of merchandize ; to procure which he returned to Natchi- 
toches and proceeded to New-Orleans. 
On his second expedition up the Red River, in 1913, he 
and his associates, being robbed by a party of Osages of 
their merchandize and horses, were aor to return 
on foot pena 1g ie on 
Undoubtedly th masses at east of this metal 
still remain in that Reh pe 
time enrich some cabinet of na 
cise situation is not so well known as could be wished. 
The following hints are subjoined, as they may afford some 
to any who may hereafter explore those regions. — 
Some hundre ed miles above rae on 
th-w. 
ly — | ee 
“ We were informed by the Indians,” says Capt. G 
« ‘ofa remarkable piece of metal some days journey 
d [of the Pawnee oe on n the es er Bi 
sipeett” 
