Carey's American pocket atlas ; containing twenty a brief description of each state, and of Louisiana: also, the census of the inhabitants of the United States, for 1801 and The exports from the United States for ten years . eans, is under the jurisdiction of a governor, appointedby the president of the United States, with a council, andsecretary. The northern, or upper part, is called Louz*siana, and is subject to the controul of the governor ofIndiana Territory, who with the judges, are empoweredto make and execute such laws as may be found necessa-ry lor the due administration of
Carey's American pocket atlas ; containing twenty a brief description of each state, and of Louisiana: also, the census of the inhabitants of the United States, for 1801 and The exports from the United States for ten years . eans, is under the jurisdiction of a governor, appointedby the president of the United States, with a council, andsecretary. The northern, or upper part, is called Louz*siana, and is subject to the controul of the governor ofIndiana Territory, who with the judges, are empoweredto make and execute such laws as may be found necessa-ry lor the due administration of justice. These two Ter-ritories are subdivided into districts, viz. Charles, Louis,Genevieve, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, and New Orleans. Face of the Country. For the distance of manymiles from the Mississippi, the country is flat, and sub-ject to the periodical inundations of that river, which be-gin early in June, and continue till the beginning ol Au-gust. The water rises from forty to fifty feet above itsusual level, earning with it trees of prodigious size, andlarge masses of earth and rubbish from its banks. Northand westward of these extensive temporary seas, the highand mountainous country commences* bcine; intermixed. ( 11? ) with immense prairies, or meadows. The almost un-bounded forests and mountains are well stocked with Buf-faloes, deer, &c. the usual inhabitants of the Americanwoods. Silver and copper mines are said to abound ; andsalt-works are numerous. Rivers. The Missouri, the most considerable streamin this country, empties into the Mississippi about twohundred miles above the Ohio, and is navigable for boatsthirteen hundred miles. This river has a bend, said tobe three hundred miles round, which might be crossedin one day. River Plate, or Shalloiv river, is a south branch of theMissouri, and has its source near the rocky waters of this river discolour the Missouri, andMississippi. Osage river is about two hundred and forty miles upthe Missou
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