The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-02

Hon. j. Il. Ell. Claiborne
nov ST LouI~, at the EGeq"es
,be CITIZEN, and in COnPIi
I,h "a Resolution Of Con
and the EsecO1mc Il "a Tor
he President of Lhe United
o.nnd Ihe Governor Of tn,
80 Of Mississippi, JuIy 4Ih
1915.
r, Years and years, beyond the mem
- man. this sea board and the bluff.
J, Jbsmmocks Of its beautiful rivers anc
~ .a. were occupied by Indians,
n r.a,bers Of the great Choctaw family,
r. we're chiefly concentrated at tho
SII T,Un. and Muggalushee Fields, il
or,..nt counties Of Jasper and Ne.
The tradition Of the Choctaws Is, that
Tgniwyka-hiil, (near the source OF
h ri River, and geographical centre of
A State. In the county Of Winston
~ birth to two children that they
= sucked BIZ bear, and afterwards
4 ,aoIiel with meas by,a panther and a
XIII The boy grew up to be Il mighty
4 s,ar and warrior; the girl became the
4 .ber Of the tribe.
u rBe Choctaas were in the habit of
,fog this coast, from the same induce
s,t. that bring visitors to it now. Some
n them remained permanently, giving
4 musical names to our streams and
4 Attic, that many Of them are how
,ga by This place, where we are
4 g assembled. was called 4 -chouc p0ulou,
!, Bad Grass-place, in reference to a
.,y troublesome burr, which still annoys
4. This shore was, for these children Of
\. urs. a paradise. The woods abounded
H. game-the waters with fish no
mics could approach them by ambus-
aged and infirm felt, as we
4 Ks feel, the elixir Of the air-and by
ss murmurng waves, and IN those
A grant groves, the young warriors wooed
won the dark eyed maidcns Of the
kbsi 1t was a savage life, such as
B.uelubriand has painted it in the
.yjnr pages of Att5la-remote from
hf-a prolific forest-a tropical climate
RoneI by exhilerating breezes and per-
kned by The pines-and this beautiful
In offspring Of two rivers, looming out
H. the depths Of the misty sea, beyond
sbich lay the "happy hunting grounds"
ii the blessed
h 0n bleak day in January, some 175
lars ago, 4 startling vision presented
hef, as the fog rolled away, and the
N beams glded the water. 1t was the
het Of D'Iteryilie at anchor in Ship
hand harbor, which he had safely
tlered without pilot or chart-an
fienee of its capacities which should
III be overlooked He had been sent
b. France to explore tie Missis-
bpi River and colonize Louisiana,
being his people on the island, AMI
wing his ships, he proceeded in his
b. to search for the mouth Of the
Fer. ascended it to the outlet Of
hnchac, (siuco called Iberville); thence
kcended il to a river which he named
bite thror. the lakes, which he
ned Maurepas and Ponteharlrain to this
be-, which he styled Bay st. Louis.
soon after transferred his ooloni4ts
the Bay of Biloxi, and erected fort
the northeast shore, manned with
ftlre pieces Of cannon. In December
the same year, 1899, he placed Il few
Riilies here with sergeant and fifteen
#n in a small fort, near where the
kulme mansion (Judge Chandler's) now
|Anis And he then sailed from this
fee to select site for a fort on the
ssssippi In the meantime large
PMS Of land on that river, and along
y coast, were made by the French
NFernment, on the condition Of coloni-
fon. The Bay Of st. Louis was given
Sladame de Mezieres, and the Bay OF
Rcagouia to Madame lie Chdumont.
II former lady does not seem to have
proved her concession, but the latter,
Re enterprising, dispatched ship,
leh arrived in january, 1921, with
ee hundred coionists. From these,
from the Aeadiaus expelled by the
#gllsh from Nova Scotia, and from a
Greek and Minorcan families import
slnto Florida by the English in 1867,
~ OF the Creole population on this
y; is descended.
A lI0l, Bienville, who become Gov
pr, was ordered to leave a small
bison at Biloxi and transfer his head
hrters to Mobile.
N I'LL, Louisiana had passed into The
Rds Of a company of French specula-
at the head of which was the famous
n Law. This company directed
dqusrters to abe re-established at
Cxl, and a fort, storehouse and har-
Is, were erected on the Western shore;
theDcetorth the post was known as
IN Biloxi or Fort St. Louis. The
Rclous Biengii!e had recommended
Present site of New Orleans as far
erable to Biloxi, and Hubert, a
lta.ist from st. Malo. recommended
hosaIie (Natehez,) and sailed for
nee with that object in view, but died
after his arrival. Thus, in 1920,
nAoxl was the capital of Louisiana.
a''t negroes were brought in by
Irom the coast Of Africa; and some
hundred Germans arrived. The first
age was introduced. 1t was Of cop
dated 1921. and specimens have
oeen found in this vicinity.
ae hrst priests that appeared on this
were Fathers Montegay and Da-
VINO had left Canada some years
re- and had been instructing numer
savage tribes in the faith of Christ.
81 DAyion had erected a chapel at
now known as Fort Adams, on
iS12lsslppi, but which was then called
'9ehe Davion.
l'zZ, Laws company having fallen
Tcss-no supplies came from France
.le attention. had been paid here to
uluvation Of the soil, and great dis
prevailed. The troops were dis
'ed IN small posts among the In
70 procure subsistence, and the
81 these posts may yet be seen on
,uls OF Pearl, Pascagoula and other
I'23, Bienyille transferred his
quarters to the present site of New
aus and Biloxi and this coast were
as the Third Military District,
Inc command of Loubois, vet
oilcer and a kniubt of ST T,OuiS.