﻿ni] 
  Special 
  Report 
  No. 
  2 
  : 
  Shreveport 
  Area 
  155 
  

  

  canals 
  makes 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  drainage 
  somewhat 
  difficult 
  

   and 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  map 
  (Plate 
  16) 
  will 
  probably 
  aid 
  greatly 
  

   in 
  understanding 
  their 
  peculiarities. 
  

  

  Black 
  bayou. 
  — 
  Entering 
  the 
  State 
  near 
  its 
  extreme 
  northwestern 
  

   corner, 
  Black 
  bayou 
  flows 
  southeast 
  through 
  a 
  cypress 
  brake 
  

   and 
  enters 
  the 
  river 
  valley 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  Irving's 
  bluff. 
  At 
  

   Irving's 
  bluff 
  it 
  turns 
  southwest, 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  bordering 
  

   hills, 
  and 
  empties 
  into 
  the 
  old 
  bed 
  of 
  Clear 
  lake. 
  Just 
  below 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  of 
  Sewell's 
  canal 
  the 
  bayou 
  has 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  from 
  35 
  

   to 
  45 
  feet. 
  

  

  Black 
  lake 
  bayou. 
  — 
  Just 
  above 
  Irving's 
  bluff 
  Black 
  bayou 
  

   receives 
  a 
  tributary 
  from 
  the 
  north. 
  This 
  bayou 
  has 
  had 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  names 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  line 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  inlet 
  to 
  Red 
  bayou 
  at 
  Miller's 
  bluffs 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  

   Kelley's 
  bayou. 
  Peace's 
  bayou 
  and 
  Black 
  Lake 
  bayou. 
  At 
  this 
  

   point 
  an 
  old 
  channel 
  turns 
  eastward 
  and 
  connects 
  with 
  Red 
  

   bayou. 
  This 
  old 
  channel 
  has 
  received, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  

   mentioned 
  names, 
  the 
  name 
  Stumpy-dam 
  bayou. 
  This 
  channel 
  

   now 
  carries 
  very 
  little 
  water, 
  the 
  main 
  body 
  continuing 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  through 
  a 
  new 
  channel 
  known 
  as 
  Hackedy 
  or 
  Haggarty's 
  

   slough. 
  

  

  Red 
  and 
  Old 
  Red 
  bayous. 
  — 
  A 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  bottoms 
  

   in 
  1839 
  will 
  show 
  a 
  bayou 
  leaving 
  Red 
  river 
  opposite 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  Miller's 
  bluffs 
  and 
  running 
  southward 
  through 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  valley. 
  Sewell's 
  canal, 
  an 
  artificial 
  channel, 
  connects 
  

   this 
  bayou 
  with 
  Black 
  bayou 
  at 
  Irving's 
  bluff. 
  The 
  effect 
  of 
  

   cutting 
  this 
  channel 
  was 
  to 
  discharge 
  practically 
  all 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  

   Red 
  bayou 
  into 
  Black 
  bayou. 
  Hence 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bayou 
  

   above 
  Sewell's 
  canal 
  alone 
  retains 
  the 
  name 
  Red 
  bayou; 
  that 
  

   below 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  Old 
  Red 
  bayou. 
  Old 
  Red 
  bayou 
  finally 
  turns 
  

   westward 
  and 
  enters 
  Cheftel's 
  lake. 
  Red 
  bayou 
  has 
  an 
  old 
  well 
  

   developed 
  channel. 
  

  

  Elmer's 
  bayou. 
  — 
  Elmer's 
  * 
  or 
  New 
  bayou 
  after 
  a 
  short 
  west- 
  

   ward 
  course 
  from 
  Elmer's 
  Landing 
  or 
  Roswell 
  P. 
  O. 
  empties 
  into 
  

   Red 
  bayou. 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  seems 
  probable 
  that 
  Long's 
  New 
  bayou 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Senate 
  Doc. 
  

   No. 
  64, 
  pp. 
  5, 
  27th 
  Cong. 
  istSess.. 
  vol. 
  i, 
  1841, 
  refers 
  to 
  Elmer's 
  bayou. 
  

  

  