No Man's Land: A History of El Camino RealNardini, Louis Raphael
History
No Man's Land: A History of El Camino Real
Nardini, Louis Raphael
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail (Tex. and La.); Louisiana -- History
Glen Lawrence Wyatt, owner and manager of G. L. Wyatt’s Esso Station at
St. Maurice, La., wed Audrey Adams of Verda, La. Their one son, George
Miller, wed Sherley Anne Tacker of Segreves, Tex. When St. Denis and
Bienville in 1700 were among the Yatasee Indians on Nantanchie Lake they
would have also visited the Destonies Indians on Saline Bayou and then
while en-route to the Natchitoches Indians, would have passed within 200
yards of Mr. Wyatt’s business establishment. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt are
historians of this area.
Footnotes
[1]The Red River near Natchitoches had an unusual cane growth and was
later referred to as Rio Cannis by later Spaniards. The Adais lived
on Spanish Lake as it was later called. This lake had an unusual
heavy growth of cat-tails which resembled the Tules of Spain.
_Toalli_, a slang, Spanish expression referring to houses built of
tules. The mud and reed houses so described were typical of the
Caddo Indian Federation of which the Adais was a tribe. The Caddo
home or _Hinta-sak_ was built so. The Adais were about a day’s march
from the Red River-Natchitoches area, fifteen miles which was the
usual distance foot soldiers traveled in that length of time.
[2]Nakassa Lake is located in the southern part of Natchitoches Parish.
[3]These were the same two brothers which were captured by DeLeon and
Flores, and been put on a Spanish ship to be returned to France. The
ship was captured by the French and these two were with Iberville
when he landed at Biloxi.
[4]An official of rank next only to the chief.
[5]The amole root is a species of the yucca plant. When boiled in water,
that water used for bathing had the same property as soap and left a
fragrant odor on the body of the user.
[6]The present day location is in the King Hill area, which now
comprises part of the Simp Russ plantation between Lake End and
Ajax, La.
[7]This land grant was where what is commonly called the Fish Pond
Bottom by present day inhabitants of the Robeline area. It was
referred to later by Dr. John Sibley, an Indian Agent in 1807, as
Lagoon de Mora in a letter to Major Porter, Post Commander of Fort
Claiborne in Natchitoches.
[8]This medicine became popular among the doctors at that time according
to the reference of an old book at the office of the late Dr. J. N.
Brown of Campti, Louisiana. _Quillendive_ meant seeds of certain
plants, not just one particular plant or herb. When administered,
the medicine caused nausea.
[9]This Spanish Fort had stood for 48 years amid what was considered a
hostile area, yet in all that time it never had to defend itself.
This belies the statements or propaganda of the French referring to
the cruelties and unjust rule of the Spanish against the Indians of
the area. Had such been so, certainly the Indians would have risen
in open rebellion.
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