The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-12-21
"A NEWSPAPER WRANGLE.

"A '1">fAPER WRANGLf
scarcely a stranger arrives here br
VINO inquiries "Isn't this very old place,
"nether this be from It's buildings, fash
Toned after the by-gone century, its nal
, row streets and listIess dreamy air gen
etal'S' or from tho vague idea peryadin,
tue travellers minds that they remsmbe
Na'cnltoches in their reading of James
town. Va, on the Spanish invasion o.
MeA'co-we cannot say; yet, hundreds o,
'''"'S have we heard the inquiry. We
can answer; it is very, very old town
II O'r"lns theory of the reproductive
system be true, then the date of the
foundation of our city is lost in the
u'A vista Of by-gone ages. Robert
0"a'eller Lasalle, traversing this portion
VI tne continent early in 1885, and but
short time before his death, discovered
Oh TINS spot tlourishing village, sur
rounded by orchards and fields of maize
inhabited by peaceful tribe of red men!
VINO called themselves the Nacatoshe In
dlans' Thirty years later. the iudooi.
table, hardy French took possession, and
Settled" the present city. This was in
january H]7, that the royayeurs under
command Of NJ. de- LaMotte touuded tb,
present city of Natthitoches upon tue
runs OF that lnuian village.
At all earlier period, however this coo.
1'on had' 1t Seems, much attraction for
'ne oarIy pioneer. LaHarpe tells Us that
IN My, 100, Bienvi.le, by order Of Iber-
Vile, assembled Red river to Na,chi1ocl,es,
aud found the Nacatosche aud Yata,sr.,
Indians Ill possession of tho country, A p,
'noft t'mo afterwards St. Denis followed :
and remained with his expedition six =
months IN the Yatassee village; tho lat 81
'er settlement was situated tortv miles f
of this city in what was then cj
inown as the "Bayou Pierro Country
'tlll LATER in September, TIA, St. Denis vi
! rived at the village of Assinaye, now 6.
..,s' oo'ues' !e1as' 4 seems that these ye
-. - eSpeo.',ous'"ere prompted by a isl
:. = spanish enoroachments upon the
a.laea fre1cn doinlnisns west Of the st
Il, So ~ y. s1 ~ 1or we Ind both Bssn- ex
~ e. ~. pofs anxioas to ~ Ia,
u, ~ 81 s J. s loono than to de- pie
- $ ! sSps'a b1iHol1eR Nhich their be,
as,oae 1900 Hss, Us s e. abefieiaAl In ~
.ss. i ~ \. IA
: ~ 49,. ID ! ssh gov e
$3.50 II n, i, - Z! .osl''oe VOW lm
,,,,,. y, 49,. : 81 So e = e.
n,lar, but not ), 'ro,dr /. ~ n.
,ished betva,n E..s.' % 0as 'uss g.
j Halifax awars rn slu ps1AssIy on -
c1dsntal tothe subject np,n ,,l.,h =. ~,
) now engaged - - -,
ru, So. -. :. /. s.,
!. =, q, "a J, - sA'l1hA1NI. -.
- = WON, tne'l, that the date Of i
s ~, '.Ns"e.s 81 1nis city begins a !.
:. - nv w. .asao'.es possession in Jan. tho
49,; 1870. - 'o"e~nat earlier than the sot,
~ nv ovaat' W." olleaos' and not as s;er
lnh;, ' 'un'y.nve years as Phil of r
ny of our peonle comno,o 49,. wha
[; is 50 n pv,p'o '. compare ours n
a st'o ~ "uu churches sprung up ~ "
Oh a.. "0 '"0 same Time; the sites of .040
90 o., '7 ~" not even to be found. On ,,suf
49,. 49, . 100. tue Mission OF st. Michel, q Na' D,
lded BY order of 1;n,r.. .h ' was east
iex;co: Nv rat VI .'oares' ten 7iceroy srs",
~ az pa w ,a'ne, Augustine, of the ''e''
a,s " ~. ,'oo ' MOI stone remains At
Tho a' pnsu VI e!',llzat'on on that there
mast. +hs;. 'nnao'tants arc of Of q a.
nds o,o .;,,, s nolneS ana hunting OF n
,sa+s ", 20 ..,'ea larms' while Of the de- ern
Int nw rs,. Io"que.ols' the Span V,ll e,
from +ho ,,, "nu 'ney are scat Oh M
cir nior.or cs.. ~ 'no se'tlement acc,
,.a;s oIo1i ia'oers along the shores latlor
a. A 1ota h na 'no oank a, OF Bayou 'o''0'
mont - . AO"o'of' az 1905 a large erfof
'illage knowp.as "snan;sh rau .
tbrea ,,;,..1. Ao"n' III I
-. ~. "0yoho Adayes, or total ]
90 ~" "rltten. In that year thew toche,
10 titles to their lands. and how. !, !. =
scattered, no one know. ,rho. '0 =" .no
60 a,r,,r ..+.,n.-. "ncte' luton
'0'iements were not i'm repres
no settlements of civilized .n.on,o .,.
all preside ~ 1 M,' -. aaayes' except and re
90 A..;no, s so. formerly the ap1