MF 1067, C13A, Volume 25, Bobine 32, 1740 [one document from 1741]

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Microfilm 15

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The Charente arrives in New Orleans, the merchant vessel Andromede also. Military matters: mortality, housing, rotation between home and colonial duty, food, clothing, Swiss troops. Financial problems. New letters of credit must be issued. Negro slaves; a regular slave ship once a year would be sufficient to meet the colony's needs. Construction of the Chartres fort in Illinois country suspended; advantages of having a fort in Wabash country. A church to be built at Kaskaskia. The quality of Louisiana tobacco to be strictly controlled. Loss of the frigate Atlas. Supplies received aboard the Atlas, Louis Erasms, Sultane, Profond, and Charente. Navigation of the Mississippi. Bienville's detailed report on the Chickasaw campaign. Activities of Georgia's governor among Indian tribes in his region. British intrigues against the Spanish at Saint Augustine. News from Mobile; the fort to be repaired. Service records of officers on duty in Louisiana. Surviving Natchez Indians take refuge among the Cherokees. Epidemics at New Orleans. Indian tribal warfare. Cost of the campaign against the Chickasaws. Ships from France: la Reins des Anges, l'Aimable Suzanne, la Comte de Maurepas. State of the colony's finances after the Chickasaw campaign. Religious affairs. News from the Alabama trading post. English incursions into regions hitherto under French influence; "Soulier Rouge" and 16 other Choctaws reported to have been killed by the Chickasaws.

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