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drifted timber begins, choaking up the river, m 

 intermediate places, which are frequently several 

 leagues apart, for one hundred miles. The: 

 stream is extremely crooked, and the low lands 

 which are rich, extend to a great width on each 

 side. Although the river is so obstructed, boats) 

 of any size can ascend in a bayau most of the 

 year. This is called bayau Cha?ino, leading intc 

 lake Biftino, at the distance of about three milesi 

 from where it leaves the river. This lake is about? 

 sixty miles in length, and is nearly parallel with 

 the river. A communication with the river is; 

 formed at the upper end, by a bayau, called 

 Daichet. This passage is much shorter than tc 

 follow the meanders of the river. From thi$ 

 bayau to the mountains the river is free of ob4 

 structions. 



Nearly eighty miles above bayau Daichet is' 

 the Caddo old town. The lands for this distance- 

 are rich, consisting of high bottom, which is; 

 widely extended from the,river. The Caddo old 

 towns consist of a number of villages built on a 

 large prairie, in the midst of which is a lake off 

 about five miles in circumference, without any 

 stream running in, or out of it. The water is soe 

 perfectly limpid, and the bottom so clear, that 

 the fish may be distinctly seen, at the depth of 

 fifteen or twenty feet. On this prairie, and nofo 

 far from the lake, is an eminence to which the! 

 Indians pay great veneration. They have a tra-: 

 dition, that the Great Spirit, having determined 



