Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] miscellaneous star gazings<br/>
Date: Nov 05, 2003 @ 03:31<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-985447238">Mike wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; this was the first indian boundary marker stone i had ever heard of<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>While it wasn&#39;t a stone, I can tell you about an American Indian boundary<br/>
monument.<br/>
<br/>
In 1699, when Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d&#39;Iberville was exploring the lower<br/>
Mississippi River, he observed a red pole on a bluff on the east bank, with the<br/>
heads of fishes and bears sticking on it.  He was told that the pole marked the<br/>
boundary agreed upon between the Houma and Bayougoula tribes.  Iberville duly<br/>
noted the site on his map as &quot;Baton Rouge&quot; (red pole).<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>