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  having 
  been 
  coated 
  with 
  green, 
  and 
  are 
  hence 
  inferred 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  copper. 
  

  

  The 
  son-in-law 
  of 
  I^arking 
  Edwards, 
  the 
  interpreter 
  and 
  friend 
  

   of 
  the 
  Caddoes, 
  "Old 
  James 
  Shemick," 
  from 
  whom 
  the 
  place 
  

   was 
  bought, 
  stated 
  several 
  years 
  before 
  the 
  skeleton 
  was 
  found 
  

   that 
  the 
  last 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Caddoes 
  was 
  buried 
  somewhere 
  in 
  that 
  

   vicinity. 
  

  

  This 
  point 
  was 
  a 
  favorite 
  place 
  for 
  the 
  collecting 
  of 
  the 
  Caddo 
  

   Indians 
  when 
  they 
  desired 
  to 
  start 
  for 
  Shreveport. 
  They 
  crossed 
  

   the 
  lake 
  at 
  Newport 
  point 
  and 
  their 
  trail 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  Shreve- 
  

   port 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  quite 
  visible 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  i860. 
  

  

  A 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  Ai^titudes 
  in 
  Northern 
  Caddo 
  Parish 
  and 
  

   Adjacent 
  Portions 
  of 
  Bossier 
  

  

  Introduction. 
  — 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  lines 
  of 
  levels 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  run 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  the 
  Red 
  river 
  and 
  Cypress 
  bayou 
  surveys 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Engineers 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  Maj. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Willard. 
  The 
  closure 
  

   of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  precise 
  levels, 
  run 
  by 
  the 
  Red 
  River 
  Survey 
  from 
  

   Coast 
  and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey 
  P. 
  B. 
  M. 
  No. 
  2:5 
  at 
  Delta, 
  La. 
  by 
  

   way 
  of 
  Shreveport 
  to 
  Coast 
  and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey 
  P. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

   No. 
  XIvV 
  at 
  Smithland, 
  within 
  22 
  millimeters* 
  leaves 
  little 
  

   doubt 
  of 
  the 
  extreme 
  accuracy 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  altitudes 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables 
  and 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  E. 
  have 
  been 
  reduced 
  to 
  mean 
  Gulf 
  level 
  from 
  the 
  tables 
  

   published 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Willard 
  for 
  1893.! 
  

   A 
  few 
  marked 
  R. 
  R. 
  S. 
  M., 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  maps 
  of 
  

   the 
  Red 
  River 
  Survey. 
  

  

  The 
  reduction 
  of 
  the 
  altitudes 
  on 
  the 
  profiles 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   railroads 
  centering 
  at 
  Shreveport 
  to 
  Gulf 
  level 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  

   possible 
  by 
  a 
  connection 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  E. 
  gauge 
  with 
  the 
  city 
  

   bench 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  Crockett 
  and 
  Commerce 
  streets 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Cain, 
  city 
  engineer, 
  Nov. 
  22, 
  1898. 
  This 
  showed 
  city 
  

   elevation 
  7.18 
  feet 
  equal 
  to 
  zero 
  U. 
  S. 
  E. 
  gauge. 
  Hence 
  zero 
  

   city 
  elevation 
  equals 
  132.83 
  feet 
  mean 
  tide. 
  

  

  * 
  An. 
  Rept. 
  Chief 
  of 
  Eng. 
  for 
  1893, 
  pp. 
  1944, 
  1956. 
  

  

  t 
  An. 
  Rept. 
  Chief 
  of 
  Eng. 
  for 
  1893, 
  Appendix 
  V. 
  pp. 
  1953, 
  1956-57, 
  

   1973-74. 
  1982, 
  2064, 
  2080-81, 
  1893. 
  

  

  