the mcuth it is brought within the compass of a quar- 

 ter of a mile's widtli : yet the Spanish merchants at 

 Paucore, or St Louis, say they go two thousand miles 

 up it. It heads far westward of the Rio Norte, or 

 North River. There is in the villages of Kaskaskia, 

 Cohoes and St Vincennes, no inconsiderable quantity 

 of plate, said to have been plundered during the last 

 war by the Indians from the clnu-ches and private 

 houses of Santa Fe, on the North river, and brought to 

 the villages tor sale. From the mouth of Ohio to San- 

 ta Fe are forty days journey, or about 1000 miles. 

 What is the shortest distance between the navigable 

 waters of the Missouri, and those of the North river, 

 or how far, this is navigable above Santa Fe, I could 

 never learn. From Santa Fe to its mouth in the Gulph 

 of Mexico is about IQOO miles. The road from New 

 Orleans to Mexico crosses this river at the post of Rio 

 Norte, 800 miles below Santa Fe : and from this post 

 to New Orleans is about IQOO miles: thus nuiking 2000 

 railes between Santa Fe and New Orleans, passing 

 down the North river, Red river and Mississippi ; where- 

 as it is 2230 through the Missouri and Mississippi. 

 From the same post of Rio Norte, passing near the 

 mines of La Sierra and Laiguana, which are between 

 the North River and the river Salina to Sartilia, is 375 

 miles ; and from thence, [)assing the mines of Charcas, 

 Zaccatecas anrl Potosi, to the city of Mexico is 375 

 miles; in all, 1550 miles from Sante Fe to the city of 

 Mexico. From New Orleans to the city of Mexico is 

 about 1950 miles : the roads after setting out from the 

 Red river, near Natchitoches, keeping generally paral- 

 lel with the coast, and about two hundred miles from 

 it, till it enters the city of Mexico. 



The Illinois is a fine river, clear, gentle, and without 

 rapids; insomuch tfiat it is navigal)le for batteaux to its 

 source. From thence is a f)ortage of two n)iles only 

 to the Chickago, which affords a batteau navigation 

 of IG miles to its entrance into Luke Michigan. The 

 Illinois, about 10 miles above its mouth, is 300 yards 

 wide. 



