The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-06

non belonging to this country. Within the works were structures for officers and guard. and in the centre d parade. in which foated the white flag of France. On the bluff was the powder pit. to the left 150 paces the barracks. Below. at the landing surveyor lad out the town. named like the fort and country IT m Louis NlN. and there. on an cminC;Ice overlooking the rest, was the residence priest in gown. and civilian with the noe and aX, had come. The State. the church h and the home. the three forlndatl ms of all society and pToGrt Ss, were established on the C Ilf orevtrnore.
 . Looking on in stJlid' but not Indifferent silence were red mrn. armed with bow $. arrows and tom ,h4Ek7. whose ailccstU"s had so long hunted and warrod in thus country Most uf them were from what the stream. and bore the nduyc NIohilian, which the Spar.-h Do Soto 10 year be- fore had known too ", Y, and which in his time marked an extensive emc:rC; q name Wpich was to survive even .th,S French attempt at ueTpetuating the mem- ory of theiu great King. and tD cllng 10 the river. bay and its chief ycttlemf forever On our waters met saVaetry and ciVillZa tion. the AmeriCanT Stone Age stood face to face with the Iron Age of Europe e-but not in conflict. Frencl dl- plomacY brought 1ere for conference amongst others these Mobilians. the Choc- 1d WS lTOIl lHt VI fSI tue t<All "A fs AN IT Oil the headwaters of the TombigOee, and the Aliogmons from uD the river which has named ol?r State. Inc French leader, Pierre LfMrYn,. r9licd CheVGlie" D Ibcr- vile. pres 'ded anI bToaGAt tenn into peace with each other and alliance with his country. The legends of the red men were now insensiDlV to blend with the his tory of the whites.
 What did they seek in that wilderness. these sol Hers of Pare and Versailles, faninO S3 tSRDtlnR antiquity which was far in Europe's past. all lo pk- ing out upCr an unknown flture? what brought those Frenchmen SO far from the Rhine which their King coveted? IL was part of the world moN ement of that cen turv an expansion that has never ceased the struggle for dependencies. The Att lantic coast of AmCri a had Tor almost century been developing as English colo nies. some of Roundheads who fled from persecution at home tO persecutc abroad, some of Cavaliers in search of fortune and adventure. The valley of the St. Lawrence had almost as long been claimed for France and the Canada growing up which had now given the Le- Moyne brothers as her best return to the mother country. To the south were older colonies. Yet.-Cuba. discovered by Co., lumbus: MeXi Q and Peru. the outgrowth of Spanish exploration; and Florida, just occupied for Spain. For Columbus had stumbled on new world while trying to open mp to China and India some other than lnt mtultFTTdtlHdn lTdnt route, which after creating Venice. Genoa, and other ports was. with the capture of Constantinople. closed by the Ottoman Turks All Europe Catholic and reform ed. entered on the race for new posses sions, supposed to contain mines, foun- talns of youth and other attractions The French LaSalle, under the patronage or the great Minister Colbert had from can ada discovered the mouth of the Missis- sippi River and taken possession of the great interior. naming 1t all Louisiana; ina ;; .corne bis tragic end and the European wars vars of i ambition which Colbert had yainly tried to prevent. Now the peace of Rvs wick between France and England al had al last taken mp the colonization of the county named for him. France sent the famous sailor, Ihervtile. to anticipate the English in settling the Mississippi Valley. Leaving the unknoEn Pacific slope out of view, America is made up of the Atlantic ssaboard, then already