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“M. de la Salle arrives from France with a colony of 170 persons exclusively of the sailors attached to his squadron, with the intention of forming an establishment at the mouth of the Mississippi. But owing to the want of a proper knowledge of the coast they enter the Bay of St. Bernard, & land at the mouth of the Guadaloupe on the 18th February. A fort is built at the place of their landing, to shelter them from the hostilities of the Indians. All their vessels are wrecked in the bay, and a large portion of their provisions is lost. - The village & garrison usually denonimated the port of Arkansa, are established by the French. At this time the nation of the Arkansas is esteemed one of the most numerous and powerful in the country.” Leng’s Chr: 85 | |||
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“M. de la Salle arrives from France with a colony of 170 persons exclusively of the sailors attached to his squadron, with the intention of forming an establishment at the mouth of the Mississippi. But owing to the want of a proper knowledge of the coast they enter the Bay of St. Bernard, & land at the mouth of the Guadaloupe on the 18th February. A fort is built at the place of their landing, to shelter them from the hostilities of the Indians. All their vessels are wrecked in the bay, and a large portion of their provisions is lost. - The village & garrison usually denonimated the port of Arkansa, are established by the French. At this time the nation of the Arkansas is esteemed one of the most numerous and powerful in the country.” Leng’s Chr: 85