[194]. Point Pleasant, ten miles below New Madrid, must not be confounded with the point of that name at the mouth of Great Kanawha River.—Ed.
[195]. For an exploration of Arkansas River, see Nuttall’s Journal, vol. xiii of our series.—Ed.
[196]. For a brief description of Loftus Heights and Fort Adams, see Cuming’s Tour, volume iv of our series, note 211.—Ed.
[197]. On Point Coupée, see Cuming’s Tour, note 220.—Ed.
[198]. For an account of Baton Rouge, consult Cuming’s Tour, note 215.—Ed.
[199]. St. Louis Bay at the outlet of Lake Borgne on Mississippi Sound, was explored by Iberville in 1699 and named after Louis IX, the saintly king of France. On it was located one of the early French colonies.—Ed.
[200]. On the Ursuline convent at New-Orleans, see Cuming’s Tour, volume iv of our series, note 225.—Ed.
[201]. For a brief biography of General Wilkinson, see Cuming’s Tour, note 160. The site of the battle of New-Orleans (January 8, 1815) is five miles below the city.—Ed.
[202]. Bienville, colonial governor of Louisiana, returning from an exploring trip (1699), met an English vessel of sixteen guns, about eighteen miles below the site of New-Orleans. The captain stated he was looking for a location for an English colony, and Bienville assured him that the Mississippi was already occupied by the French. Much to the latter’s surprise, the vessel sailed away. From this episode the English Bend received its name, not, as Evans implies, from the attacking fleet of 1815.—Ed.
[203]. Plaquemine Turn is thirty miles from the mouth of the Mississippi. It was fortified by the French in 1746.—Ed.