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Historical Collections of Louisiana and Florida
Historical Collections of Louisiana and Florida Author:ed., Benjamin Franklin, French Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ANNALS LOUISIANA, From The Establishment Of The First Colony Under M. D'iberville, To The Departure Of The Author To France, In IJ22. INCLUDING AN... more » ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND RELIGION OF THE NUMEROUS INDIAN TRIBES OF THAT COUNTRY. By M. PENICAUT. TRANSLATED FROM A COPV OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DEPOSITED IN THE BIBLIOTHEO.UE DU ROI, PARIS. LOUISIANA, FROM 1698 TO 1722. BY M. PENICAUT. TRANSLATED FROM A COPY OF THF. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DEPOSITED IN TUI BIBL10THEO,UE DU ROI, PARIS. CHAPTER I. I WAS born at La Rochelle, France. When I was fifteen years of age, I felt a strong desire to see foreign countries; and, to gratify my passion for travelling, I entered the service of his Majesty, in 1698, on board of the frigate Le Marin, commanded by M. Le Comte De Surgeres, and sailed from La Rochelle on the month of September of the same year, in company with the flag-ship La Badine, commanded by M. D'iberville (who had received orders from the King to sail to the Gulf of Mexico, and take possession of Louisiana), and 1698.1699. from Brest on the 24th of October. We had favorable winds as far as Cape Francois (St. Domingo), where we remained some days to take in fresh supplies, and sailed again, on St. Thomas' day, for the Gulf of Mexico, where we arrived on the King's The first land we discovered were two islands, to one of which M. De Surgeres gave his name. This island is five leagues in length, and about a quarter of a league in width- We cast anchor in the roadstead between this and the other island, which M. D'!berville called Cat Island, because we found on it a great many cats. This island is seven leagues in length, and about one quarter of a league in width, and distant about one league from Surgeres Island...« less