29Ibid., 226-229 The Gutierrez press is notable for being probably the
first one to be used in Western Louisiana. There may be some connec-
tion between it and the press used to print the Red River
Alexandria, about fifty miles down the river from Natchitoches The
Herald
was a weekly published by Thomas Eastin. The only copy ex-
tant is volume I, no. 4, new series, September 10 1813. C. S. Brigham,
"Bibliography of American Newspapers," Proceedings
of
the
American
Antiquarian
Society,
new series, XXIV, 404.
