Celebration of the Opening of the Museum at Fort Jesup, 1959 Frontispiece Map Showing Locations of Members of Caddo Indian Federation XV Map of El Camino Real from Mexico City to Natchitoches XVI Hinta-sak—a Caddo house 8 Hinta-sak—top view showing construction 9 Plan of Fort at Natchitoches, 1733 17 Plan of La Presidio Nuestra Senora de los Delores, 1716 19 Mission of San Miguel De Cuellar De Los Adais, 1717 21 Map Showing Location of Mission and Presidio of San Miguel De Cuellar De Los Adais 22 Plan of Presidio De San Antonio De Bexar 24 Plan of Fort Del Pilar De Los Adais 26 La Presidio Nuestra De Senora Del Pilar De Los Adais 28 Map of Natchitoches by Breutin, 1722 30 Map Showing Neutral Strip 87 Map of Fort Jesup Defense Area 102 Map of the Buildings of Fort Jesup 107 Map of Area Around Camp Sabine, 1836 113 Old Ambroise Sompayrac House at Natchitoches 124
WRAP AROUND Opposite Page Fort St. Jean Des Natchitoches 116 Old Kitchen at Fort Jesup 117 Officers’ Quarters at Fort Jesup—Reproduction 132 Original Plans of Fort Jesup 133 Officers’ Quarters—Another view 133
[Illustration: LOCATIONS OF THE CADDO FEDERATION OF INDIANS.]
[Illustration: EL CAMINO REAL—NATCHITOCHES TO MEXICO CITY]
1. Mission San Maria de Los Delores 1698. 2. Mission San Francisco Solano 1700. 3. Presidio San Juan Bautustia _near_ 1685. 4. Mission San Bernardo 1690. 5. Mission San Jose 1722. 6. Mission San Exavier Naxere 1722. 7. Presidio San Antonio de Bexer 1722. 8. Mission Yo Juan 1709. 9. Mission de Bucareli 1714. 10. Mission San Francisco 1690. 11. Mission San Maria 1690. 12. Mission San Francisco 1690. 12.a. Mission Guadlupe 1716. 13. Presidio de Los Texas 1716. 14. Mission Conception 1716. 15. Mission San Jose 1716. 16. Mission de Los Delores 1717. 17. Mission de San Miguel Cuellar de Los Adais 1717. 18. Presidio Neustra del Pilar de Los Adais 1721. 19. Post St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches 1714.
Each fall of the year the buffalo came out of the Great Plains through Oklahoma and into Texas. At the Trinity River in Texas many of these herds turned eastward to cross the Sabine River into Louisiana, to travel ever eastward and to cross the Red River in the Natchitoches area. The buffalo, being a heavy beast, left a well-marked trail from the Trinity River to the Red River in the Natchitoches area. The buffalo trail now became part of the Caddo Indian Trail system. And later it became El Camino Real.