Some aboriginal sites on Red River

Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield) Moore

Sujets

• Arkansas
• Antiquities
• Mound (disambiguation)
• Louisiana
• Red River Valley

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 19
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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163 illustrations in coloredQuarto, pages. Map, plans, text, eight plates.Some Sites on Red RiverAboriginal
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INTRODUCTION.
Red river has its source in extreme northwestern Texas and takes an east
bounded most of the on the north the State ofOklahoma andcourse,erly way by
on the south until southwestern Arkansas is where the riverby Texas, reached,
continues in the same Little River on thedirection, having county, Arkansas,
north and Bowie on the south. Red still anTexas, Next, river,county, pursuing
course into has of Little River to the north of itArkansas,easterly part county
and Miller to the south until within a short distance from the town of Fulcounty
whenceton, the stream takes a andcourse,southerly having Hempstead Lafayette
counties on the east and Miller on the until it enters the State ofwest,county
Louisiana.
In Red river flows in a and then directionLouisiana, southerly southeasterly
until it the river whichjoins Atchafalaya (locally pronounced Chaf-al-eye-yeh)
1continues while a continuation of Red called Old river on chartsriver,southward,
the United States of a distance of milesprepared by Corps Engineers, goes eight by
water eastward to river.Mississippi
Our this less than five months of theinvestigation, season, occupied slightly
latter of 1911 and the earlier of 1912 and covered Red river Oldpart portion (and
2from the with river to a 37 miles water aboveriver) junction Mississippi point by
or 519 miles in as the river runs.Fulton, Arkansas, all,
As we have in our isexplained previous reports, archaeological investigation
conducted from a steamer of one hundred feet in over all,light draught, length,
which enables us to material for the work and an force ofcarry necessary ample
men to attend to it.
Mr. J. S. of our as a rule over in advance suchRaybon, steamer,captain goes
as we have selected for our the exact locationterritory investigation, ascertaining
of mounds and of cemeteries and the names and addresses of the owners of these
so our work be carried on without the incisites,aboriginal that, later, may delay
dental to search and to correspondence.
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in former times what is now called Old river was of the As RedPresumably part Mississippi.
river is now with this beconnected the Old river as a continuationriver,Mississippi by may regarded
of Red and in fact the of Old river with river is almostriver, junction Mississippi universally spoken
of as the mouth of Red river.
Measured as the States ofcharts furnished Unitedmiles, given by Corpsby Engineers.
61* JOUEN. A. X. S. VOL. XIV.PHILA.,
250966484 SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER.
and aThe work of ofCaptain Raybon companionpreliminary occupied parts
river and all that oftwo summers and covered Old Red riverpart investigated by
small andus with the of the above Fulton of that of theportionexception part
Black andstream which lies between its union with river its with Atcha-junction
which is and in27 miles which ourriver, water, mainly swamp we, boat,falaya by
results.searched over three times with negative
Red riverNear Natchitoches near(pronounced Nack-ee-tosh) divides, uniting
of about 43 miles water. The westernmorea distance course ofColfax, below, by
This now inthe river is known as Cane river. times ofalso,part navigable only
searched but waswas not investiwater, carefully by Captain Raybonfairly high
as to the it wasus since the unfavorable.antiquities alonggated by report
had been no of thePrevious to our work there of Redinvestigation antiquities
the occasional down ofriver : treasure-seekers small holes in; puttingdigging by
ormounds local residents demolition of;impelled by curiosity infrequent porby
with the aidtions of collectors of drawn canplaces by scoops by horses,high
be termed investigation.scarcely
of that of the riverour own covered usUnfortunately, investigation part by
far from cemeteries which are in levelwas of necessity complete. Aboriginal
unlimited be for reasons to be arewhere done,digging ma} given later,ground
Red so that our field for work was restrictedalmost absent river,along productive
much of the Red river is an overflow andto mounds. Now, country region,
of for domestic animals and formounds are often inhabplaces refuge occasionally
of so that the destruction of mounds or workin done onwater,itants, periods high
lead to their destruction wash of isthem which outwater,may through entirely
we were not able to determine theof the exactquestion. Consequently, always
of mounds. in the case of tumuli Rednature However, large, flat-topped along
believe it can be as of the same class of mounds inriver we othersaid, many