MF 1049, C13A, Volume 9, Bobine 14, 1725-1726 [scattered documents 1727, 1730, 1731]

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Microfilm 15

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Correspondence and decisions of the "Conseil superieur de la Louisiana". Criminal affairs, prisons; difficulties created by M. de Pauger. Boisbriant arrives with a group of Canadians with letters of credit on the Illinois. Maritime relations with France; supplies, especially food. Slaves delivered by the ships Aurore, Duc de Maine, Expedition, and Courrier de Bourbon. Arrival of the supply ships Gironde and Loire. Financial, administrative, sanitary, military problems of the colony. Indian affairs; trading posts, forts. Trade with the Spanish. Need for negro slaves. Relations with the French and Indians of Canada. Two British ships call at Mobile. Levies built to canalize the Mississippi. Recommendations made by Saint Denis. News of Fox (Renard) Indians; Bienville's intrigues. Expansion in Natchez country. Efforts to salvage the Bellons. Complaints of workers stationed at La Balise. Salaries of officers and men. Departure of the Dromodaire. The "Conseil" proposes to return to France would-be settlers sent out against their will. Bienville's influence on Illinois and Missouri Indians. German settlers. Slaves. Jerry de Saint Denis murders M. de la Salle. Disorders, Mutiny in colony. Ship timber. The Elephant returns to France. The Swiss companies. Agriculture depends on slave population. Tobacco; indigo; fur trade. La Saone runs aground at Ile a Corna; its cargo is lost. The Beleine arrives; the Mutine delivers 208 Negro slaves. Copies of the minutes of the "Conseil superieur de la Louisiana": 24 Oct. 1725-28, Feb. 1726. Churches built. M. de Verges succeeds Pauger, deceased.

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