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wild cattle, kept for beef rather than for dairy purposes. Two
large land grants, affording a fertile field for future litigation, were
located upon the Washita, that of the Marquis of Maison Rouge
being located below Fort Mir6, while the more recent one to the
Baron de Bastrop, soon to be connected with Burr's ambitious fili-
bustering project, extended, twelve leagues square, above it. The
greater part of the inhabitants appeared to be satisfied with the
sway of Lieutenant Bowmar, the military commandant at the post.
At the Island of Mallet the travelers discovered, on taking the
observation of November 15th, that they were within half a min-
ute of the new boundary line of Orleans Territory-the thirty-third
degree. Here they lost the Spanish moss of the lower courses of
the river, left the alluvial swamps for higher land, and observed
other marked changes that differentiated the country above and
below the new limit. A week later they passed the Caddo "trace"
leading from the Red to the Arkansas, and a little above this the
Ecores de Fabri, some sand hills where tradition, as detailed by
the guide, reported that leaden plates once marked the boundary
between the -French and Spanish colonial possessions. Naturally
they found no. vestige of these plates.17 From occasional parties of
hunters they learned many facts concerning the Red, the Arkansas,
the Missouri, and the Platte rivers, the Indians living upon them,
and the vast plains through which they flowed.
In a measure this method of procuring information answered the
purpose of Jefferson's extensive plan. Far greater service was
rendered in the acquisition of practical experience for the guidance
,of future expeditions. It was speedily discovered that a special boat
was needed to navigate the shallow waters of these interior streams.
IL was likewise noted that the discipline of a detail of enlisted men
could not be maintained simply by a non-commissioned officer.
More important still was the result of the experiment in transfer-
ring some baggage from the head of navigation on the Washita (the
Fourche de Chalfat) to the Hot Springs. Though the distance was
less than nine miles and the loads carried by the soldiers purposely
made very light, they complained bitterly, and, as Dunbar thought,
with justice, of the difficulties of this method of transporting bag-
gage. The experiment led Dunbar to consider the vastly increased
difficulty in using this scheme for a much larger company, betweenlIbid., 49, Note 4.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 17, July 1913 - April, 1914, periodical, 1914; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101061/m1/154/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.