MF 1070, C13A, Volume 28, Bobine 35, 1743-1744 [scattered documents from 1742]
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5 English prisoners held at New Orleans. Indian barter merchandise; superiority of English products. Administrative and legal questions affecting Louisiana inhabitants. Religious and church affairs; missions. Depreciation of card money. M. de Vaudreuil: governor. Disastrous effect of alcohol on Indians. Cargoes of the Charente and the Vestale. Bienville reports on the state of the colony; emphasis placed on Indian policy; arrival of Vaudreuil; his first reports: incoherent Indian policy; French Indian merchandise more costly than and inferior to British products. Finances. The Spanish again close their doors to Louisiana produce. Officers named to duty in the various posts and in New Orleans. Trade in Illinois country; changes to be made. Trade in Missouri Valley. Arrival of slaves. Negotiations with major tribes: Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Alabamas, Abenakis. Oglethorpe said to lead an offensive against Florida. Tropical woods sent to Rochefort. Salmon reports on financial and budgetary problems. Work at La Balise; navigation on the Mississippi. Mobile exposed to English attacks; troops needed. The gum tree. Concessions granted in Missouri territory. The fur trade in Canada and Louisiana. A post may be Kansas country. The sale of alcohol to Indians is forbidden. Arrival of Elephant. Rumors of war with England. News from the Wabash and the upper Mississippi Valley. Exploitation of mines in Illinois country. Saint Denis dies at Natchitoches. Some trade resumed with Spanish colonies. Le Normant, new "commissaire ordonnateur" reports on his trip and the situation in Louisiana; financial and administrative disorder.
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