MF 1055, C13A, Volume 13, Bobine 20, 1731 [scattered documents 1730, 1732]
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Retrocession of Louisiana and the Illinois country to the King. The life and state of the colony thoroughly reviewed. Commerce with French islands and with Spanish colonies. Agriculture, especially tobacco. Population, settlements, public buildings. Memoranda on Indian Tribes. Navigation on the Mississippi. English intrigues in Wabash and Cherokee territories. The Fox destroyed by the Illinois with the help of Canadian tribes. The Natchez virtually destroyed also. The Prince de Conty wrecked. Ministerial dispatches brought by the Dromodaire and Gironde. Unrest is evident among Indian tribes and Negro slaves; many tribes threaten to go on the war path. Defense, fortifications, officer personnel, soldiers. Chronological study of movements of Indian tribes in 1731. Shipping between Saint Domingue and Louisiana. La Gironde due to sail to Louisiana bearing a portrait of the King; M. de Salmon is aboard. His first reports deplore the faulty sanitation of New Orleans. Missionaries requested for various posts. Saint Denis at Natchitoches reports on Indian battles. Arrival of the Saint Paul from La Rochelle. Diron's correspondence concerning the Mobile region; Indian affairs.
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