Creserve Hus aut-quith

Respectfully presented to the house Georg Bancroft with the compliments of

author.

Charles Gayarre

the

New - Orleans, october. 18. 1848

OF THE

HISTORY OF LOUISIANA.

A SERIES OF LECTURES.

BY

CHARLES GAYARRE.

UTILE DULCI.

NEW-YORK:

D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY.

PHILADELPHIA:

GEO. S. APPLETON, 148 CHESNUT-STREET,

M DCCC XLVIII.

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Cheeked
May 10

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848,

BY CHARLES GAYARRE,

In the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana.

LENOX LIBRARY

NEW YORK

PREFACE

CONTENTS.

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FIRST LECTURE.

PRIMITIVE STATE OF THE COUNTRY-EXPEDITION OF DE SOTO IN 1539-

HIS DEATH-DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1673, BY FATHER

MARQUETTE AND JOLIET-THEY ARE FOLLOWED IN 1682 BY LA SALLE

AND THE CHEVALIER DE TONTI-ASSASSINATION OF LA SALLE

SECOND LECTURE.

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ARRIVAL OF IBERVILLE AND BIENVILLE-SETTLEMENT OF A FRENCH

COLONY IN LOUISIANA-SAUVOLLE, FIRST GOVERNOR-EVENTS AND

CHARACTERS IN LOUISIANA, OR CONNECTED WITH THAT COLONY, FROM

LA SALLE'S DEATH, IN 1687, To 1701

THIRD LECTURE.

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SITUATION OF THE COLONY FROM 1701 TO 1712-THE PETTICOAT IN-

SURRECTION HISTORY AND DEATH OF IBERVILLE-BIENVILLE, THE

SECOND GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA-HISTORY OF ANTHONY CROZAT,

THE GREAT BANKER-CONCESSION OF LOUISIANA TO HIM

FOURTH LECTURE.

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LAMOTHE CADILLAC, GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA-SITUATION OF THE

COLONY IN 1713-FEUD BETWEEN CADILLAC AND BIENVILLE-CHA-

RACTER OF RICHEBOURG-FIRST EXPEDITION AGAINST THE NATCHEZ

-DE L'EPINAY SUCCEEDS CADILLAC--THE CURATE DE LA VENTE-

EXPEDITION OF ST. DENNIS TO MEXICO-HIS ADVENTURES--JAL-

LOT, THE SURGEON-IN 1717 CROZAT GIVES UP HIS CHARTER-HIS

DEATH.

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