The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1905-02-04

3 s. ~ pa the soft skin Of wolf ar
stndyine a parchment suspended befor
them upon an improvised easel Of sticks
whereon are traced by the crude hand o
the rod,man eubjects for the young say.
ages receptive mind to grasp.
This scene is evidently pictured from
the heart of theYoodland and, it is pos.
sible and probable, may have resll,
been enacted upon the very site the
Bank, say, some two centuries ago.
Yet, at this later day, we can not
fancy the corner of Main and Front
streets harboring such a scene, for the
poor Choctaw, like the rest Of his nation.
gave way to the white man long apo.
who brought with him civilizatis and
progress.
II seems pathetic to have driven the
red man from his haunts Of thousand
years or more, but, in the course OF
events, 1t had to be; for progress con-
\ quers all before it, and, unless we march
with its victorious forces, we would meet
extinction in time, as has been the fate
Of the savage.
A century or more ago our now beau
tiul little City of Bay st. Louis was a
mixed settlement, called by the red man
"Chpu-cou- -pou-lou'', and by the white
mai-.ethe District of the Bay of st.
Louis",
In l7GS, when The French and Indian
War came to an end and peace was made
between France and England, France
gave up all her territory, part of which
was given to Spain. Spain afterwards
4 gave It secretly back to France. Thus
fora time the little village OF "Chou-
cou-pou- u-lou" was governed by the
4 Spanish.
About that time, to encourage imipra-
ton, the almorument gave grants of
hnd to wh9eg6eyer would cultiyate the
eolnd and make their homes here in
The District of the Bay Of st. Louis.
Many men OF French. and Spanish ex-
tactiOn availed themselves Of the Gov
sfnnent's offer and became the owners
defensive tracts of land.
After Spain had returned France her
lenitory it was necessary for all these
Spanish grants to be confirmed by the
French Government.
In the early part of the year of 1904
sAe Baron de Carondeiet, then Governor
o. these provinces, had the Spanish
giant OF one Louis Alexo Lessassier
made good by the French Government,
which he represented.
Later in the same year, upon return
Np iTom France, this Louis Alexo Les
asSler suffered ship wreck and lost his
papers, among them his grant to lands
onou-cou-pou-lou in the District of
Bay ST, Louis.
ID The year of 179S Louis Alexo Les
ha'lef applied to Manual Gayoso de
LenoS, Brigadier Of the Royal Army
nu Governor General of those prov
nSeS, and, at the request Of his excel
slcy, the Baron de Carondelet, General
Auual Gayoso de Lemos directed his
'1'eary, Don Andrew Lopez Armesto, |
search for a record of the Lessassler |
'sin' 1t was found copied, and Louis |
a'iO Lessassier again gained possess
an Of his lands.
lue aoove mentioned old documents
~ 'ne writer's possession and was ex
" one hundred and seven years old |
y 18th OF last December. Time has ,
,Nned It's former white pages with the
q oi saffron, but It is otherwise as per-
as When it was signed by the fol- !
'ug men, prominent III the history of |
y ofieans: = First, his excellency,
baron de Carondelet, one OF the
''s'' hearted noblemen OF his time;
u Don Manual Gayoso de Lemos,
andrew Lopez Armesto, Don
s'O Y, Montes de Oca, Franco Masco
!" mareant and Hernando Domingo !
'neSe signatures are we'll written,
= . evident that these old Spanish
YVES and French noblemen we're
y character and intellect.
S'iclent deed bears many marks
" the proverbial "red tape"
y Jaw OF the land, having been re-
sSNo less than four times at differ
I ~ NseS In its career of century.
!. 40u cou pou lou" continued a
/ "llage of Spanish, French and
|. inhabitants until the year of
sAen a storm, much more violent
! } fat oi 1893, accompanied by a
ijkfN ffllsa. Elage out of ex-
!gRyz# "a most of its inhabit-
|QI gyt liter families from other
B |v Sited States, and some
II acame TO the shores Of
F 2pnis and made their
4 |I arose another vii
Afrom the ashes OF
& e bu''. TWAS named