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11 principally) lured to it for hunting & fishing. It was the occasional resort & ? of the Sea-rovers who frequented these Seas more particularly from the time & ? to Jean Lafitte establishing his head quarters at Barrataria, a noted locality to the Westward of the Mouths of the Mississippi. (X Here a few words Life of Lafitte relative to this individual may be interesting. Jean Lafitte crossed out: appears to have been a was a Native of France crossed out: Brest or Bordeaux, he ran away from his paternal roof & after some time We find him in command of a Privateer ? the Venezuelan flag against the Spaniards or against their property in the shape of their Marshal Vessels, establishing his Head Quarters with others of his calling at Barrataria about the year 1805 (some accounts say 1809). But just before the battle of New Orleans in 1814 his ? and depredations called forth the interference of the authorities of Louisiana, a flotilla was dispatched from N. Orleans by Gov. Claiborne which succeeded in routing out of their nest the freebooters of Barrataria.