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. CONTENTS. PRIMITIVE STAte of the COUNTRY-EXPEDITION OF DE SOTO IN 1539- HIS DEATH-DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1673, BY FATHER 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 SITUATION OF THE COLONY FROM 1701 TO 1712-THE PETTICOAT IN- SURRECTION-HISTORY AND DEATH OF IBERVILLE-BIENVILLE, THE 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- |