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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.

Brountin, engineer, reports on construction work in Natchez territory. Memoir on Ile Dauphine. Church affairs: letter from Mar de Saint Vallier, bishop of Quebec. An establishment of Ureulinea planned for Louisiana. Conflict between Capuchine and Jesuits. Quarrels opposing various Louisiana officials. Church authorities report on the state of the colony. 12 nuns sent to Louisiana. English intrigues in the Mississippi Valley. M. de Merveilleux proposes to establish a trading post in Choctaw country. Arrival of the Girande; the Loira and the Saint Andre condemned. The Prince de Conty arrives with 266 sick Negroes aboard. Fur trade. Trade with the Spanish. Reports on the different French posts. Correspondence of M. de Boisbriant. English incursions into Choctaw country. The Ursulines arrive at New Orleans.

Perier, governor of Louisiana, reports on aid sent to the Spanish at Saint Augustine and to the Talapoosa and the Coweta Indians to help them resist English pressures. Religious affairs: success of the Jesuit order in the posts. Perier opposed to Indian slavery. Lack of food, merchandise, supplies of all kinds; local harvest insufficient to meet needs; tobacco and rice harvests promising. Indian wars; the Fox (Renards) and Nipissings (Puants) against the French. Middleton, governor of Carolina, protests against French aid to the Spanish. Difficulty encountered in enforcing regulations against traders and trappers in Canada and in Louisiana; contraband. Epidemics at New Orleans: death of Mandeville. Arrival of the Duc de Moailles with 262 Negroes aboard (70 died during the voyage). War between the Fox and the Illinois. A vessel bound for Illinois country lost due to ice; establishment of a post in Wabash territory now appears to be impossible. Construction work at La Balise, the Ile de Saint Esprit. The English attach Saint Augustine. Economic and financial problems of the colony. The Venus arrives with 341 Negroes; return cargo: wood, tobacco and furs. Operating expenses of the Mobile settlement. M. de Vincennes visits the Miamis. Arrival of la Baleine. River, sea and land routes for inter-colony communications. Biloxi evacuated; military problems. Settlers; fur traders; agriculture. Diron reports on Mobile. Rivalry between the Caquchin and Jesuit Orders. French and Indian marriages. Sister Irancheoain de Saint Augustin. Maritime relations with Saint Dominque: la Galathee. Slave ship arrive.

Quarrels among church authorities. Relations with Indian tribes; the Fox are defeated. The fur trade. A post established on the Missouri. A frigate sails up river to the Natchez post. Importance of the Illinois tribe. A census report and maps to be sent to the Minister. Progess made in agriculture. Navigation on the Mississippi, especially at the entrance, greatly facilitated. Diron (Mobile) and the Choctaws. 237 victims of the massacre at the Natchez post; the instigators are presumed to be English. M. de la Livaudais sent on a secret commercial mission to Mexico. Regis reports on his visit to the Choctaw nation. Diron's correspondence on Indian tribe, the Alabamas, Choctaws and Chickasaws; British competition. Duels. Company affairs. Missionary efforts. Defense; fortification of New Orleans; relations with the Indians; a naval station should be established. Diron responsible for the Chickasaw rebellion; the Illinois remain friendly; the Natchez blockaded up the river; tribal assemblies held by the Choctaws and the Chickasaws. Vincennes wants to settle the Miamis in Wabash country. Correspondence of M. Hocquart, "Intendant" of Canada. Construction work at New Orleans, at La Balise. A gold medal to be struck for meritorious Louisiana citizens.

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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Arrival of the Saint Paul. Reports from Mobile. Negro slaves needed. Soldiers and officers on duty in the colony; arms and ammunition; fortifications. An increase in budget requested in order to finance indispensable public works. Fort Saint Jean Baptist due Natchitoches. Indian tribal warfare, and attacks against French settlements. Shipbuilding in Louisiana. Artaquiette's successful mission to the Illinois. Return cargo of the Saint Paul: furs, tobacco, rice, and cotton. A new hospital needed; medical care; sanitation problems; fees received by Surgeons Alexandre and Manade. Three-way commerce: Saint Domingue-Louisiana-Ile Royale. Salmon plans to visit Mobile. Wood and tar. La Somme arrives. The Swiss detachment. The English make inroads into Illinois territory; role of the Iroquois. Navigation on the Mississippi. The Choctaws on the point of abandoning the French, guilty of not keeping their word; they also repulse English overtures. A plan to introduce settlers from Alsace, Lorraine and Germany is under consideration. Plans for a parish church at New Orleans, also for an Ursuline convent.

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