The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-08

loe BERNARD, which he called toe BAY Of 81. Lssil
FROM thence he made feveral excurions into the
country, and having attended TO the north as far a.
Crnis' vas there murdered by his own peorls in
I l6sT. .,e 80, "
In 1929, Mon!iear t'Ibbervle, Canadian o.,-
tieman, who was captain in the navy, an one q
the greatea fea-ofcers belonging to France dur;py
ereisn OF Louis the 9TH, returned the urdcr,akr~
~nieh DE Ia sale had failed, andi was fucce isnI
lie entered the Miiii,ppi and attended a. hyh -
the Matches, which are shout hundred and t,yertv
leagues from che mouth of that river The kiy1
having gwen him the government of Iou;fiana. b..
made several voyages there, and ion,e as copfie,,t
lehaohihmrnts. He quilted the river and ,hoc,
"noin lie le't m command did ;he fame they e:
taohaed thenfelves 1t BILOXI, at lie Dauri;pe .nI
at the river Mobile, where they co,,ented ,b,,eI..
w'th tra1og among the Spaniaris who three p,o,,b
before the Arrival Of NJ. d'lbberyie had ,L,r 49,,
on the bay o. Penfacola, fourteen leagues eat or ~
oanphme, and rwea,y-eght from the mouth or m,
NrniiPp. Several years afterwards the yic.rov
| OF @cy'co made fimilar eaab.ifhmert !, -. ~,
OF ST. Bernard, aud the Spaniards have iine 80,
pea ieVsrai other parts q i'll nearer to Red river
In Hort III the years 1918, 1910 and 700 Fre,c.
,eee.co a'iFons OF making grand eitabiihmen, il,
Ao''h"'a one made grants 10 feveral perioas WHO
%eFs 10 ien letters enough in iort time, tn peo-
81" FaH country They built town on the
banks ol the Mii';!Ipi, at the ,,iaapie of ,hr,v
leagues from its month, which ,hey called Ns,,' r.,
leans fut al! this hute (Ggeasl was a,,erd.J ,.,h
very ncnnhderab'e efees; uol Of the or,n,s er
rsdneed slmc0 to nu,hipy The fattl.rs SaI n.r;n,-
ea'r"',' VAR, or returned to France and with the
e.eep'''n oil New Orleans, For, St. Louis Biloxi,
(ihe head qnarter) aud fo4ne ,lan,,,;os >, ,hs
es ana on each iide OF the river FIVE or iv I,o,,s.
hove ard below New Orleans. the COLONY of I,ori
ans had advanced li,,le beyond what IL was ,,,e,.
years before In 1879, head qigr:ers were removed
to New-Orleans, which has Gnce become place Of
importance. Here is an eiablifhmei, Of Capuehins
N ii rh1r.v ~ :. - - -
iurn''n m'honaries to the luans and Of IJrfu,ines
wno have ;hc care Of the lloptai and ,he educ,,;-
Of females. 80 eN'.a''oA
when TINS change was made, they ,ef, a mere de-
taehmens at Biloxi hut Fort St Louis ON the Mo.
one was ihii Kept up, and is commanded by kings
nsu'enahe whe reiides there. There is alto fort nc
i'enoiS' one at Natchitoches on Red river another
with magazines, at lie rouloufe or the P,I;ze =,
the mouth OF the Nillfppi, and fore others Of LEI,
hote al AioaRa, on the Caroline houadary AID elre
where but the number of inhahi,an,s increa;s vcr,
hpwly. Wy
10 l'i2' the king granted right TO the foil Of
i''uhana, and a monopoly of its trade for t,veptv-
1--we years, to the Monlieur Croiz.l who nv. !.
PACK to his majehy fonie years afterwards TT.
k,ng ticn made grant 70 the wea India cor,p,ny.
ne changes which took place in This c,n,nanv n-o.
onced none in Lopi!ana, excert +, retard ,be rro-
sreis OF The colony. The FaA-lndia company which
tuccseded to that Of the WeR.Ind;.s r,,.;,.I -.
rights until 1871, when i, gave them nm r., The
he fame year that the country of he IiIeno;s -
Incorporated with the government of LouiGana M
Wo'ne de Bien~ile was appointed gnvei mr.. enc
raj, and his comnni1ion bears date the oo,b sener
oeT ~, he hid remained in the country ever fnce
Va; d'Seerv'i'e, his brother, had been in il, and
ia. principal part in all tina, had b en- done
to that time. In 1876, the company app,r,ed M
Gu Perr,er to fucceed him, and wheu ,htr made the
retr2'eiIon to the king he reaored the Seur de Ri.
en'l'e to the government which is at.ogether inde
pendent OF that of New France. lis TO its civil no
hey' Lou'iians like the otter colonies of France has
a. an, inner eohe'!' chief eomnffary who performs
IN the council the functions Of Pr.Gden, In IT'S fn-
rtnat affairs, this colony forms par, Of the dioeee
| of Quebec. IT, I'D - 49,
Alter the Miaiiiipp the lare zen RIVER of this coun-
try are the Mobile, Sc.