CONTENTS. 
BOOK I. 
TO THE READER . . . • • . . . * } 8 
CHAP. I. 
Discovery and first Settlement of Louisiana . . . • 9 
CHAP. II. 
Boundaries of Louisiana., . 23 
CHAP. III. 
Face of the Country—Change which a part has probably under¬ 
gone—Climate—Extent and Importance . .... 2 7 
CHAP. IV. 
Lakes and Rivers . ...36 
A Table of navigable rivers in Louisiana—Extent of navigation , 51 
CHAP. V. 
Natural or Indigenous productions—Animal, Vegetable and Mi¬ 
neral ..54 
CHAP. VI. 
A view of the Indian nations of Louisiana—Of the Indian trade 
for furs, &c.— Of the Missouri and Mississippi ... 69 
A Table of the Indian nations of Louisiana—Their trade, &c. . 85 
CHAP. VII. 
View of the country on the Columbia ..... 95 
BOOK II. 
CHAP. I. 
Territory of the Missouri—Boundaries—Extent—Rivers—Gene¬ 
ral view ..$9 
CHAP. II. 
Soil—Face of the conntry, he. from New Madrid to the Missouri 
—Forks of the Missouri . . . . . . . . 103 
CHAP. Ill, 
Climate—Diseases . . . . . . . . .111 
CHAP. IV. 
Political divisions—Inhabitants—Settlements—Population . , 112 
CHAP. V. 
Towns and villages . . . . . . . .119 
