----------------------------Original message---------------------------- We have a patron trying to identify the Showang River. The document she is reading states that the author "left the Showang River in October 1784 to begin a voyage down the Mississippi to New Orleans" stopping at Grand Gulf (which we have identified as 65 miles south of Jackson Mississippi). No time of arrival in Grand Gulf is given. The patron believes the context indicates that the Showang is a tributary of the Mississippi. We have checked current gazetteers such as Omni, Carlisle's Pocket Gazetteer of 1795 and several editions of Morse. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. Maureen Farrell Map Collection, Cleveland Public Library Library.Cpl.Org.