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  Report 
  No. 
  i 
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  NATCHITOCHES 
  AREA 
  

  

  BV 
  

  

  G. 
  D. 
  HARRIS 
  

  

  CONTENTS 
  

  

  Introduction 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Topography 
  

  

  141 
  

  

  HitL 
  Lands 
  

  

  West 
  of 
  Old 
  river 
  141 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  and 
  west 
  

  

  Some 
  otitliers 
  14 
  r 
  of 
  Messi 
  swamp 
  142 
  

  

  Natchitoches 
  142 
  

  

  Low 
  Lands 
  

  

  Messi 
  swamp 
  143 
  South 
  of 
  Chapin's 
  lake 
  and 
  

  

  East 
  of 
  Cane 
  river 
  143 
  Cane 
  river 
  143 
  

  

  Stratigraphy 
  

   Eocene 
  

   Ligyiitic 
  stage 
  144 
  Lower 
  Claiborne 
  145 
  

  

  Quaternary 
  

   Soils 
  

  

  Quaternary 
  

   Front 
  lands, 
  146 
  Back 
  lands 
  147 
  

  

  Eocene 
  

  

  Calcareous 
  soils 
  147 
  Light, 
  sa7idy 
  soil 
  147 
  

  

  Springs 
  

  

  \Vell-know7i 
  springs 
  [47 
  Chemical 
  analysis 
  148 
  

  

  Fourth 
  of 
  fuly 
  spring 
  147 
  Breaseale 
  spring 
  148 
  

  

  Iron 
  springs 
  [48 
  Chemical 
  a?ialysis 
  148 
  

  

  