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Louisiana had been named from a king: was it not in keeping that those lakes should be called after ministers? From the Bay of St. Louis, Ibervile returned to his fleet, where, after consultation, he determined to make a settlement at the Bay of Biloxi.
With what admiration they looked at his person, and with what increasing interest they listened to his long recitals of what he had done and had seen on that broad continent, the threshold of which they had hardly passed! After having rested three days at the fort, the indefatigable Tonty reascended the Mississippi, with Ibervile and Bienvile, and finally parted with them at Natchez.
Ibervile had been gone for several months, and the year was drawing to a close without any tidings of him.
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