The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-13

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bpf 81 people among them toh sol.
Idiefa many wofkmen teamen and
ia number ~ women. also domestic
Iauimalf. grain and agricultural im-
.plomsufs Three years before this b.
lhad discovered the Mississippi had
Iretufned to France and sss nov re-
turning 20 the American continent
for the purpose of founding a colo
lny near the mouth of that great riv-
Ter Unfortunately he sailed past its
estuary and mistakinE the Pass Ca
Ivallo for one Of the channels of the
Mississ ippi he sailed into what he
termed St Bernard and which today
is known as Matagords Bay. Infor-
itunatcly. there is no room here for
Ian account OF the many trials La
Sale underwent and which finally.
leading to discomfort and mutiny
Iamong his followers. resulted in his
murder at the hands OF Duhaut and
! Lietot.
The first settlement made by La
Sale was a temporary one and con
sisted of a fort built from the timber
lof the wreck OF the L'Amiable. Here
! the first crops ever sown in Texas
soil were planted. At this point also
Twas celebrated the first marriage be-
tween whites in the Lone Star state
land here the first white blood was
isled by the Indians on Texas soil
Tory and Besloges, two members OF
] La Sales party wer, led in an
Iaffray with the I, n-u. Like many
janother explorer on the American
continent. La Sale had succeeded in
a very short time to turn the hospi-
itality of the indians to bitter enmi-
Ity
Fort La Sale was abandoned
jshortly after this and Fort St Louis
was established in the vicinity of
what is known today as Dimmitts
Point. The death of La Sale caused
litis abandonment two years after
wards and with this, the French
ceased to be a factor in the early set
Element OF Southwest Texas 1t is Of
Interest note here that La Sale
followed the system of colonization
the Spaniards had already extensive
L. exploited. There We're in his COM
Dany seven missionaries and a num-
Der of French noblemen, called vol
unteers, who were to assume the
government OF the colony he was to
found.
At this time, the northermost set
tlement made by the Spaniards was
some forty leagues north of Tampi-
co. II has been said that the Spanish
friars established mission called La
Trinidad near what is today the town
of Alabama on the Trinity river.
The date for this is given as 1901,
but there is little to prove the accur-
acy of this statement,
The reports given to France of
the new discovery were rather glow
ing and resulted in large measure
in France claiming all territory to
the Rio Grande but no other settle
ments were attempted The famous
bill OF Pope Alexander. issued IN
1494 and giving to CASTLE and Por-
tugal all territory beyond a meridian !
$40 miles to the west of the Azores /
was still considered in force by these |
two countries. A royal degree by
King Phillip of Spain threatening |
death to anyone who should enter !
upon the forbidden waters Of the ,
Gulf Of Mexico except in the service !
of CASTLE, put a damper on further (
attempts at colonizine in Texas by
the French
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