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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  he 
  proposed 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Rosalie, 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  

   Countess 
  of 
  Pontchartrain. 
  

  

  Sauvolle 
  died 
  in 
  July, 
  1701, 
  after 
  the 
  departure 
  of 
  

   Iberville, 
  and 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  Bienville 
  as 
  governor. 
  

  

  The 
  colonists 
  suffered 
  greatly 
  from 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  disease 
  following 
  in 
  the 
  track 
  of 
  

   famine, 
  many 
  died, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  survivors 
  being 
  re- 
  

   duced 
  to 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty. 
  The 
  return 
  of 
  Iber- 
  

   ville 
  from 
  France, 
  late 
  in 
  December, 
  afforded 
  a 
  timely 
  

   relief 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  supplies, 
  he 
  brought 
  with 
  him 
  also 
  a 
  re- 
  

   inforcement 
  of 
  troops. 
  

  

  Under 
  instructions 
  from 
  the 
  king, 
  Bienville 
  moved 
  

   his 
  head-quarters 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  bank 
  of 
  Mobile 
  River, 
  

   leaving 
  a 
  detachment 
  of 
  twenty 
  men 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   fort 
  at 
  Baluxi. 
  

  

  A 
  fort, 
  with 
  barracks 
  and 
  stores, 
  was 
  also 
  erected 
  on 
  

   Dauphin 
  Island, 
  which 
  possessed 
  a 
  better 
  port 
  and 
  more 
  

   convenient 
  landing 
  than 
  Ship 
  Island 
  afforded. 
  

  

  The 
  seat 
  of 
  government 
  of 
  the 
  Province 
  being 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  beyond 
  the 
  present 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  there 
  

   remaining 
  within 
  it 
  but 
  the 
  small 
  settlement 
  at 
  Baluxi, 
  

   it 
  will 
  suffice 
  to 
  state, 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  

   colony 
  for 
  many 
  years, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  characterized 
  by 
  an 
  

   entire 
  neglect 
  of 
  agricultural 
  pursuits, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   subjected 
  to 
  great 
  hardships 
  from 
  famine 
  and 
  disease, 
  

   the 
  occasional 
  supplies 
  derived 
  from 
  France, 
  St. 
  Do- 
  

   mingo, 
  and 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  being 
  so 
  inadequate 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  

   it 
  necessary 
  occasionally 
  to 
  quarter 
  the 
  troops 
  upon 
  the 
  

   adjacent 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  to 
  gain 
  a 
  precarious 
  subsistence 
  

   by 
  hunting 
  and 
  fishing. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  mean 
  time, 
  Iberville 
  had 
  died, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  

   government, 
  disappointed 
  in 
  the 
  slow 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  

   colony, 
  the 
  limited 
  extent 
  of 
  its 
  trade, 
  and 
  the 
  utter 
  

  

  