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Louisiana Historical Society.Table ... of Geographical Positions of the Mississippi and Missouri
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OP LOUISIANA.
TABLE NO. 1.
OF GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI* AND MISSOURI, AS ASCERTAINED BY LONG, NICOLLET AND OTHERS.
Mississippi River at low water.
£- ¦ We t of Green-
Places of observation g^.2 1^ °g North lat wich
|Sg 11*1 tude. Lo igitud es m
Miles. Feet. o / // o / ii
New Orleans Cathedral, and
level of its front pavement - 104 10.5 29 67 23 89 59 4
iled River, north end of the is-
land, opposite the mouth 340 76 31 2 25 91 41 15
Natchez, light-house 406 86 31 33 37 91 28 22.5
Yazoo River, the mouth - 534 - 32 28 0 90 59 30
White River, Montgomery's
Landing, one mile above the
mouth ----- 754 202 33 57 20 90 26 45
New Madrid, Missouri 1,115 _ 36 34 30 89 97 15
Ohio River, north side of the
mouth ----- 1,216 324 37 0 25 89 2 30
Cape Girardeau - 1,257 - 37 18 39 89 17 0
St. Genevičve", Catholic church,
and level of its pavement 1,330 372 37 59 47 90 11 10
St. Louis, garden of the cathe-
dral ----- 1,390 382 38 37 28 90 15 39
Illinois River, the mouth - 1,426 _ 38 58 12 _
Moingonan River (Des Moines
River), a small island at the
mouth ----- 1,594 444 40 21 43 91 32 30
Montrose, or old Fort Des
Moines, the mouth of the
creek - - - - - 1,609 470 40 30 34 91 31 0
Flint River, the mouth above
Burlington - 1,639 486 40 52 56 -
Maskudeng, the middle mouth
of the slough - 1,678 550 41 14 47 91 21 30
Rock Island, a quarter of a mile
above Davenport's residence - 1,722 528 41 31 50 -
Head of the Upper Rapids, below
Port Byron and Parkhurst - 1,737 554 41 36 8 90 29 0
Prairie du Chien (Kipi-saging),
American Fur Company's
house - 1,932 642 43 3 6 91 9 19.5
Summit of bluff on the eastern
side of Prairie du Chien - _ 1,010 - -
Upper Iowa River, island at the
mouth - - - - - 1,978 - 43 29 26 91 10 0
Sappah River, or Black River,
opposite to the old mouth - 2,035 683 43 57 14 91 24 0
* The Mississippi rises from lakes in a champaign country. The Missouri River rises in a mountainous country, flows with a rapid current, and is very turbid and muddy. Since it has been known to the whites, it has risen three or four times forty feet above the usual high water mark.
t The numbers in this column refer to the surface of the water in the Mississippi at the point mentioned, except when otherwise especially expressed.
DISTANCES, ELEVATION AND LATITUDE.
299
Top of mountain on right bank, opposite the old mouth -
Dividing ridge between Sap-pah River and Prairie a la Crosse River, six miles east of Mississippi -Mountain island, or Montague qui trempe ą l'Eau of the French -----Miniskah River, or White-water River .... Reminicha (Montagne la Grange of the French) upper end of Lake Pepin -Top of Reminicha Lahontan River, the mouth (Cannon River of the Americans, Canoe River of the French)
St. Croix River, the mouth St. Peters, the mouth
General Level of the plateau on which Fort Snelling and the Indian agency stand Pilot Knob, the top Falls of St. Anthony, U. S. cot-
Ishkode-wabo River, or Rum River, the mouth -
Karishon River (Sioux), or Undeg River (Chippeways), Crow River of the Americans
Wabezi, or Swan River, a half mile above the mouth
Kagi-wigwan River, the mouth (Aile de Corbeau River of the French Crowing River of the Americans) - - - -
Kabikons, or Little Falls, the head of the falls -
Wanomon River, or Vermilion River, the mouth -
Eagle Nest Savannah (Marais aux Nids d'Aigle of the French) -
Leech Lake River, the mouth -
Lake Cass, the old trading-house on a tongue of land near the entrance of the Mississippi
Pemidji Lake or Lake Travers, the entrance of the Mississippi
Itasca Lake, Schoolcraft's island
Utmost sources of the Mississippi, at the summit of the Hauteurs de Terre, or Dividing-ridge, between the Mississippi and Red River of the north.....
2,042 2,069
2,115
2,118 2,150 2,192
2,200 2,219
2,229 2,341
2,381 2,627 2,648
2,664 2,675
2,755
2,800 2,S90
2,896
Feet. 1,214
1,103
714 1,036
729 744
850 1,006
1,098
1,130 1,340
1,402
1,456 1,575
1,680
44 1 7 44 12 36
44 34 0 44 45 30 44 52 46
44 58 40
45 15 0
45 16 0
45 54 30
46 16 50
47 14 50 47 11 4
47 18 10 1,356 47 14 0
47 28 46 47 13 35
91 30 30 91 51 15
92 32
92 45
93 4
94 22 45 93 26 45
93 32 30 93 39 0 93 43 0
94 50 30
95 2 0
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF LOUISIANA.
TABLE NO. 2.
Missouri River at low water.
»2. West of ( ireen-
Places of observation. N( rth la tude. im :
Miles. Feet. o ; // o / /;
Mouth of Missouri River, the
south bank, eighteen miles
above St. Louis - 1,408 388 38 50 50 90 13 45
Groebel's residence, near New-
port, Franklin county, Mis-
souri ..... - _ 38 33 58 91 7 9
īasconade River, the mouth 1,513 _ 38 41 40 _
Portland, Callaway county, Mis-
souri, left bank of Missouri
River ..... 1,523 - 38 42 57 91 40 15
Osage River, the mouth - 1,543 - 38 35 0 -
Nashville, Boone county, left
bank - 1 579 38 47 7 92 49 30
BoonviUe, Cooper county, right
bank - - - - - 1,604 530 38 57 18 92 41 30
Grand River, southwest of the _
mouth - 1,670 - 39 19 0 _
Old Fort Osage, right bank 1,748 - 39 9 33 -
Lower Liberty landing 1,770 - 39 11 43 94 20 15
Kansas River, the mouth - 1,790 - 39 5 25 -
Fort Leavenworth, the landing
place - 1,820 746 39 22 40 94 44 0
Cow Island - - - - 1,829 - 39 25 5 -
Sand-bar, eighteen miles above
Fort Lcavenworth above the
Old Cut-off - - - - 1,83S - 39 29 42 95 1 0
Black Snake hill, the landing - 1,876 797 39 44 23 94 47 30
Antelope Island - 1,924 - 40 4 23 95 19 30
Nishnabatona River, opposite
the mouth - - - - 1,948 - 40 16 50 95 25 0
Bald Island, lower end, and
western side 1,977 - 40 34 0 95 34 30
Five-Barrel Islands - 2,008 972 40 49 44 95 42 0
Hill on the right bank at Five-
Barrel Islands - 1,152
Platte River, north side of the
mouth - 2,026 _ 41 3 24 -
Engineer Cantonment - - 41 25 4 95 43 52.5
Island three miles below Counci
Bluffs by water 2,081 1,023 41 28 20 95 45 30
Inyan-yanke River (Little Sioux
River), three miles below the
mouth - 2.159 - 41 47 0 95 54 0
Wood's Hills, old trading-house 2,197 - 42 0 49 96 7 0
Floyd's Grave, top of the river
bank - - - - - 2,263 1,253 - -
Huppan-kutey Prairie, left bank
one mile above American
Fur Company's trading-
2,328 1,217 42 44 25 96 41 51
Hills on the right bank, two
miles below the preceding
station - 1,540 _
DISTANCES, ELEVATION AND LATITUDE.
301
a) tr. a West ofGr een-
Places of observation. w %„* Nc rth 1 tude iti- To"ūČ rich.
Miles. Feet. ° / // ° n
Ponkah River, one mile below
the mouth, left bank of Mis-
souri River - 2,426 _ 42 50 0 -
Nawizi River, near the mouth - 2,431 _ 42 51 40 -
Wieha-pahah, or Scalp Mountain
Creek, two miles above the
mouth - 2,476 _ 43 8 33 98 37 0
Rantesha-wita, or Red Cedar Is-
land, lower end, opposite Bad
Creek - 2,490 1,296 43 14 24 98 47 45
Hills on the right bank of Red
Cedar Island-
First range - - 1,522 - -
Second range - 1,876 - -
Third range - _ 2,033 - -
Sailor Island, one mile below - 2,526 1,314 43 38 4 99 8 0
Hills on the left bank, between
Sailor Island and White
River viz :
Top of the Black Zone (pseudo
volcano)' - _ 1,532
Top of the upland, or Biyou's
Hills - 1,738 _
Mankizita, or White River, the _
mouth - 2,537 _ 43 41 0 99 12 0
Lower Island, or beginning of
the Great Bend - 2,582 _ 44 9 0 99 20 0
Dry Wood River, one mile below
the entrance - 2,616 - 44 7 31 99 31 30
Fort Pierre Chouteau, on the
right bank - 2,664 1,456 44 23 28 100 12 30
Highest point, north-east, two
miles from Fort Pierre, on
the opposite bank - 1,960 - _
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