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I soothed him as I would a frightened child, and left him standing at the door. Musing on this strange story, and the old man's unwonted fear, I walked on down to the water's edge where my Indian friends, already in the pirogue, awaited me. Another half hour and we were in Biloxi. When we reached the barracks I found orders to attend the governor at once.
Men and women had written their names inside the frail shell, with the dates of her arrival at different localities along the route. I afterwards examined the boat at Biloxi, on the Gulf of Mexico, where it was kept as a curiosity in the boat-house of a citizen of New Orleans. They buried the unfortunate man upon the plantation, and Mr. Clay Gourrier took charge of his effects.
Upon the long march to Biloxi, de la Mora was the life of the command, and drew to our camp fire every straggler who could make a fair excuse to come. He knew good songs, and he sang them well; he knew good cheer, and he kept us all in radiant spirits. All, save myself. I was bitterly dejected. "Cheer up, lad," he'd say, "What ails you?
"But the garrison at Biloxi; is that strong enough to spare so good a soldier? then the Indians, do you not fear them?" I glanced at him quickly, only half betraying my thought, but replied nonchalantly: "No, the Indians are quiet, at least so our scouts tell us, and as for the state of the garrison, you were long enough ashore to know we are strong." "Ah, then, there is another motive; a woman.
If it were not for one thing, I'd have passed it up entirely. Over in the corner are the words 'Biloxi Bayou. Then the rest was as clear as mud." "Let's take a look at it," requested Arnold. "We all want to see what it's like. If it was left by a Spaniard, it's no use to us, for we can't read Spanish and when Harry says he read it, I can't believe he knows what he's talking about.
He had spent forty of his closely-guarded one hundred and seventy-five dollars coming from Biloxi to New York, and now an additional fifteen was required for this coat, leaving him one hundred and twenty-five dollars with which to begin his career anew.
"Oklahoma and Kansas were the home of the Kiowas, the Pawnees and the Comanches. And you see oil has been found here. In Texas, where the big oil fields are, once roved Wichitas. The Dakotas, some tribes of which were the Biloxi, the Opelousas and the Pascagoulas, lived on the gulf plains of Louisiana. Out in southern California, where the oil wells now flow, the Yokut Indians once owned the land.
Louis accepted the results of the English Revolution, but kept his American holdings; and the boundaries between these and the English colonies were not settled. The Five Nations were not pacified till 1700. The French continued their occupation of the Mississippi basin, and in 1699 Lemoine Iberville sailed for the Mississippi, and built a fort on the bay of Biloxi.
Sagean underwent an examination, which resulted in his being sent to Biloxi, near the mouth of the Mississippi, with instructions from the minister that he should be supplied with the means of conducting a party of Canadians to the wonderful country which he had discovered; but, on his arrival, the officers in command, becoming satisfied that he was an impostor, suffered the order to remain unexecuted.
But we waste time in words, like two chattering old women. We need ships and money and men men who fight like gentlemen for glory, not deserters and convicts who fight unwillingly under the lash for gold. "What can I do with troops who would as gladly spoil Biloxi as Havana? "Captain de Mouret, you will sail on le Dauphin to-morrow at daylight.
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