tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post4881978058404395259..comments2024-03-23T15:48:15.416-05:00Comments on Bayou Teche Dispatches: La Chute: A Waterfall on Bayou Teche?Shane K. Bernardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454946054965548589noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-72059722303671125342024-03-23T15:48:15.416-05:002024-03-23T15:48:15.416-05:00There are two mounds in Loreauville along the Tech...There are two mounds in Loreauville along the Teche, but they are in someone's backyard. There are about 75 mounds known to exist in the four parishes through which the Teche runs.Shane K. Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00454946054965548589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-17485478716070292552023-11-22T14:43:57.814-06:002023-11-22T14:43:57.814-06:00Where are the mounds located in the area??Where are the mounds located in the area??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-4142222863078040082016-11-30T23:17:15.766-06:002016-11-30T23:17:15.766-06:00By the way, the archaeological site is not exactly...By the way, the archaeological site is not exactly at La Chute, but is very close to it. (I should write an entry on it and post the photos I took of the site; some of the bricks still stand in little arches, and I speculate those may represent little ovens on top of which sat the sugar kettles.)Shane K. Bernardhttp://cajunculture.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-38379349055453491152016-11-30T23:14:26.975-06:002016-11-30T23:14:26.975-06:00Hi, Shane here: Yes, you're right. My friend ...Hi, Shane here: Yes, you're right. My friend Don Arceneaux and I got permission from the local landowners to follow a canal in that area; and where the canal meets the Teche are large quantities of brick and even some old metal parts. UL Lafayette has since done an archaeological survey of the site, and I write about it my new book about Bayou Teche. (Surprisingly, I later realized the historical marker in front of the rebuilt Wyche Plantation home at that spot says there was a water mill on the property . . . so we aren't the only ones who know about it!)Shane K. Bernardhttp://cajunculture.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-31581440209358477802016-11-13T11:27:27.501-06:002016-11-13T11:27:27.501-06:00Gentlemen, I'd suggest the possibility of a po...Gentlemen, I'd suggest the possibility of a potential damn and or milling operation at the spot " Chutte' " I've studied old maps for years. Often we overlook the fact that many areas now abandoned were populated early ...in the colonial period...long before villages and towns sprung up. Thus those buildings their homes would have built damns...etc to feed crops as well as run mills.It is not difficult to determine the possibilities. Return to the spot...and check for materials, pilings, etc... that would indicate a previous structure. nice read, hope this helps..or at least gets others to consider ...other possibilities concerning the waterfall... NOTE: Dig along the bank...you may find milled material buried...especially milled log remnants. Nikon Glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666101805587234228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-19224481784901548292011-12-04T20:08:34.968-06:002011-12-04T20:08:34.968-06:00George, I agree: Historian Joseph Tregle says that...George, I agree: Historian Joseph Tregle says that the British military sent Hutchins south to gather intelligence on Spanish Louisiana's defenses and watercourses around 1772-73. But Hutchins didn't publish the resulting reports, including his report on the Teche, until 1784 -- by which time he'd left the British military to became an early US citizen. In that meantime the Spanish founded New Iberia on the Teche in 1779. Because Hutchins mentions New Iberia in his published report and also on his unpublished map, he clearly created or updated both documents sometime between 1779 and time of the book's publication five years later.Shane K. Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00454946054965548589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-22150179307907369962011-12-02T13:34:45.617-06:002011-12-02T13:34:45.617-06:00FYI Shane,
The Hutchins map indicating that numbe...FYI Shane, <br />The Hutchins map indicating that number of buildings and their rough location indicates to me that absolutely his map is later than mid 1779. I gather that it is undated, but if published in 1784, then we have a bracketed time frame in my opinion.<br />As regarding a waterfall created by a confluence of a coulee draining the inside of the Fausse Point loop of the Teche and a coulee connecting "Lake Flammand/Tasse/Spanish" fed c 1780 by Bayou Tortue connected to both the Vermilion River on today's north Lafayette and Cypress Bayou above today's de la Crois / Cade catching all of the runoff of the Prairie de Vermilion North and East of New Iberia/Coteau, East of Youngsville and virtually all of today's Broussard, you would have a "Waterfall" if the Teche Ridge had recently been initially breeched circa 1780. I think today the "Chute" is approximately 7 feet MSL, but if it was "fresh cut" at that time, with the area's elevation today, a "10 foot" "falls" is reasonable.<br />Rs, <br />GeorgeGeorge F. Bentleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-11388808557901445982011-12-02T12:31:01.896-06:002011-12-02T12:31:01.896-06:00Plaqueman,
There are many... The exposed cut of t...Plaqueman, <br />There are many... The exposed cut of the Prairie de Vermilion - The Coteau Ridge, yielded hundreds of "springs" which were simply edges of various porous sands left exposed as the Mississippi River relocated to the East.<br />Regards,<br />GeorgeGeorge F. Bentleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-68038868619501271652011-12-02T09:16:09.814-06:002011-12-02T09:16:09.814-06:00Shoot la Chute! Great article! Now, where are the ...Shoot la Chute! Great article! Now, where are the old natural springs of So. LA??Plaquemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395022469201249765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660857958535448139.post-42028186834662381332011-12-02T07:49:54.126-06:002011-12-02T07:49:54.126-06:00Viva la Chute!!!Viva la Chute!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com