The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-26

Having demonstrated that Setue-
ment of DeLuna was the original Pen
sacoIa, that of Ariola was apparently
the second, though actually a resusci-
tation of the colony of 1853 for the
same people. though not the same gen
Grafton, and the place being one, but
the mere lapse of time should not be
permitted to destroy the unity which
may justly be attributed to the two
settlements.
Originally, SPANS dominion was as
serted over the entire circle of the
shores of Mexico as well as over all
the islands richly girdled, but upon the
voyage Of IaSalle from the upper
waters of the Mississippi to the sea
France asserted a new claim under the
name of Louisiana from the entire
valley of the river from east to west,
huge gap in SPANS North American
| empire, but where We're the eastern
boundary Of Louisiana and the west
ern boundary of Florida to be seen.
Had the French expedition under her
vile reached Florida before ArioIa's,
Pensacola would have been included
! in Louisiana, and afterwards in the
state of Alabama, but ArioIa's set
Element was the first in point of time
and It is to him must be attributed
the establishment of the Perdido at the
boundary line between the French and
Spanish colonies, and the consequent
exclusion Of Pensacola from the limits
| of the great state of Alabama. 1t is,
| therefore. an interesting reflection that
| the settlement of Ariola may not have
been the absolute, though it was the
apparent cause of the consequences
1
| shadow of a century, and there may by
| chance be discovered the ultimate
cause the consequences of a settle
ment by DeLuna. He planted the first
! colony, and because he did so, Ariola
! settled his on that spot upon which
| the lost chart and tradition properly
considered in fixing the Pensacola of
1859
The French expedition referred to in
previous chapter, the delay of which
was so faithful to the growth and
commercial feature of Pensacola, APP
peared at the mouth Of the harbor
! in January, 1859, but observing the
| Spanish flag flying from the masthead
| of two war vessels lying in the bay,
and from the flagstaff of Fort San
] Carlos they did not enter the harbor.
| but cast anchor off the Island of
| Santa Rosa; then application was
made to the Spanish governor for
permission to enter, which was
promptly refused.
After that curt refusal of the Span |
! lard, the fleet, consisting of three YES
sells, under the command of Lemoine |
de IberviIIe, accompanied by his |
| brother, Bienville Sienvien, took out a |
/ colony with the necessary supplies to |
| the settlement of Louisiana, sailed
westward and took formal possession
| of the country west of the Perdido |
| river, to the ascendancy of Philip v, |
prince to the Spanish crown, while |
Lewis XIV. was the king who reigned |
| in France, must be attributed to
strangely peaceful settlement to Per-
dido as the boundary line between |
Louisiana and Florida Hence it was
thus we find Intellectual expedition Of
Governor Rovilla of Pensacola, in 100, !
to expel the French from Ship island /
was the last instance of hostility be- |
tween the Louisiana French and the
Florida Spaniards.
For a period of nineteen years, In
deed, so intimate were the relations
between the two colonies that de Iber-
VlLle, coming IIOIl i III IfV@g VIII
two warships taking succor TO thei
French colonies mentioned, terminated
their voyage at Pensacola, and then
sent supplies to Mobile in small YES
sells.
Again, in 1908. he began the voyage
to France by sailing from Pensacola.
The war of the Spanish succession, in
which England was the antagonist of
Spain and France, heightened the bond
of unity between the two colonies of
the latter; in anticipation Of an Eng
lish expedition against Pensacola,
Governor MARITIME readily procured
from Bienville a needed supply of !,
arms and ammunition; on the other
hand, in 1904, Governor MARITIME
promptly furnished food from his
stores at Pensacola to the famished
threatened colonies at Mobile, and just
requitaI of like humanity which had
been exercised by Bienville in 1902 to !
the starving garrison of San Carlos
In 1906 and 1907, eighteen Englishmen i
from Carolina, heading a large body
of Indians, made inroad from the
Spanish settlement in Florida, and ex-
tended their operations as far west
ward as Pensacola.
In the latter year BienviIle was ap- D