﻿I] 
  Historical 
  Review 
  : 
  First 
  Period 
  15 
  

  

  Bistineau 
  (Geog. 
  La. 
  pp. 
  31-32) 
  and 
  attributes 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  

   this 
  and 
  similarly 
  located 
  lakes 
  to 
  the 
  choking 
  up 
  of 
  small 
  

   stream 
  valleys 
  by 
  Red 
  river 
  sedimentation. 
  

  

  On 
  pp. 
  45-46 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  rocks 
  (now 
  called 
  Grand 
  Gulf) 
  

   on 
  the 
  Ouachita 
  river 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  angle 
  of 
  Sicily 
  island 
  is 
  

   noted 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  properly 
  correlated 
  with 
  similar 
  exposures 
  on 
  

   Red 
  river 
  at 
  Alexandria. 
  He 
  mentions 
  also 
  rock 
  exposures 
  on 
  the 
  

   Sabine, 
  p. 
  23, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  correlate 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  the 
  Sicily 
  

   island 
  beds. 
  

  

  He 
  describes 
  with 
  care 
  the 
  river 
  systems 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   cusses 
  at 
  length 
  the 
  various 
  prairies 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  State. 
  He 
  noticed 
  marine 
  shells 
  in 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  Red 
  river, 
  

   propably 
  at 
  the 
  now 
  well-known 
  locality 
  at 
  Montgomery.* 
  

  

  His 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Islands 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  complete 
  

   and 
  exact 
  than 
  Stoddard's, 
  being 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  personal 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Petite 
  Anse. 
  He 
  noted 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  salt 
  spring 
  

   on 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  from 
  which 
  salt 
  had 
  been 
  manufactured.! 
  

  

  Nuttall. 
  — 
  In 
  1 
  82 
  1 
  Thomas 
  Nuttall 
  mentions 
  ferruginous 
  con- 
  

   glomerate 
  resembling 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  conglomerate 
  (afterwards 
  

   referred 
  to 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  by 
  Morton) 
  as 
  extending 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   thousand 
  miles 
  above 
  Alexandria. 
  J 
  This 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  erroneous 
  references 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  material 
  

   to 
  the 
  Cretaceous. 
  

  

  Graham. 
  % 
  — 
  The 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  land 
  office 
  for 
  1824 
  

   give 
  the 
  location 
  by 
  townships 
  of 
  two 
  salt 
  springs 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  

   north 
  of 
  Red 
  river. 
  "One 
  in 
  township 
  No. 
  12 
  of 
  range 
  No. 
  

   5 
  West" 
  (probably 
  Drake's). 
  "The 
  other 
  in 
  township 
  No. 
  

   13 
  of 
  range 
  No. 
  4 
  West 
  " 
  (Price's). 
  

  

  Delafield.\ 
  — 
  A 
  good 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  topographical 
  features 
  of 
  

   the 
  mud-lumps 
  of 
  the 
  passes 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  

  

  *Geographical 
  Description 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  p. 
  48. 
  

  

  t 
  Emigrant's 
  Guide 
  p. 
  68. 
  

  

  :t:Jour. 
  Phila. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  ist 
  series, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  46. 
  

  

  ^George 
  Graham, 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commisssioner 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  Land 
  

   Office 
  in 
  Relation 
  to 
  Lead 
  Mines 
  and 
  Salt 
  Springs. 
  18th 
  Cong, 
  ist 
  Sess., 
  

   House 
  Ex. 
  Doc, 
  vol. 
  6, 
  No. 
  128, 
  1824, 
  pp. 
  14-15. 
  

  

  II 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Survey 
  of 
  the 
  Passes 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  21 
  Cong., 
  ist 
  

   Sess., 
  House 
  Ex. 
  Doc. 
  No. 
  7, 
  vol. 
  i, 
  pp. 
  7-14, 
  1829. 
  Reprint, 
  39th 
  Cong, 
  

   ist. 
  Sess., 
  House 
  Ex. 
  Doc. 
  No. 
  97, 
  vol. 
  12, 
  pp. 
  2-3, 
  1866. 
  

  

  