Excerpt from An Account of Louisiana: Being an Abstract of Documents Delivered in or Transmitted to Mr. Jefferson, President of the United States of America, and by His Laid Before Congress and Published by Their Order
Above Baton Rouge, at the distance of 50 leagues from New Orleans, and on the west side of the Mississippi is Pointe Coupee, a populous and rich settltment, extending 8 leagues along the river. Its produce is cotton. Behind it, on an old bed of the river, nowa lake, whose outlets are closed up, is the settlement of Fausse Riviere, which is well cultivated.
Inlthe space now described from the sea as high as, nand including the last mentioned. Settlement, is contained three fou1ths of the population, and seven eighths of the riches of Louisiana.
From the settlement? Of Pointe Coupee on the Mississippi, to Cape Girardeau above the mouth of the Ohio, there as no land on the west side that 18 not overflowed 1n the spring, Ito the dis tance of 8 or 10 leagues from the river; with from 2 to 12 feet of watet, except a small spot near New Madrid so that 111 the whole extent there is no possibility of forming a considerable settle ment contiguous to the river on that side. The eastern bank has in this respect-a decided advan tage over the western, as there' are on it many situations which effectually command the river.
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