Note 179 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
The nomenclature of these regions is quite confusing; much of it, though in corrupted forms, bears marks of French origins now irrecoverable. Fourche Malin on modern maps is Fourche Melane or Malane, and on some old charts is given as Meline Creek, a branch of Cavaniol Creek, which, in its turn, is a tributary of the Poteau.—Ed.