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  “M. de Bienville & St Dennis, by order of Iberville, [?gov?]: of Louisiana, ascend Red River as far as Natchitoches, for the purpose of ascertaining if the Spanish had made any establishments in that part of the country.  It eventually proved that no establishment had been made by them East of the Rio del Norte.”  Ling’s Chron: p: 86.