MF 1078, C13A, Volume 36, Bobine 43, 1752 [scattered documents from 1750-1753]
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The Rochefort runs aground at La Balise. Changes in the "Conseil superior de la Louisiana", death of the "procureur general" Fleuriau. Death of M. Michel. Settlers needed. Personnel for Mobile. News of the Cote des Allemands. Vaudreuil considers he has reconciled the two warring factions of the Choctaw tribe; urgent need for large quantities of Indian barter merchandise. Questions of personnel, officer and enlisted. Swiss troops. Wabash and Illinois uprising; timely return of convoy. Trouble with the Cherokees; the Ohio country in a state of unrest. Celebration of the birth of the Duc de Bourgogne. Necessity of regaining the friendship of the Illinois. Arrival of the supply ship Le Rhinoceros. Doctors and botanists. The Choctaws raid Chickasaw villages. Auberville replaces Michel. The Illinois again calm. M. de Kerlerec appointed governor; his voyage to Louisiana; his instructions. Michel's final reports: financial affairs, production, trade, imports. Trade with the Illinois, the Spanish. Food. Slaves. Law and order. Guns and ammunition demanded by the Choctaws. Missions and Missionaries. Correspondence of Auberville, after Michel's death. Detailed report by MacCarty on the Wabash-Illinois uprising. Excellent harvest; supplies sent to Canada; abundance of furs in the Missouri region; relations with Canada. Navigation on the Mississippi. Cotton, wax. Introduction of sugar cane by M. de Villars du Breuil; his remarks on Louisiana's trade potential.
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