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  the 
  term 
  of 
  its 
  privilege, 
  six 
  thousand 
  whites 
  and 
  three 
  

   thousand 
  negroes. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  powerful 
  and 
  privileged 
  company, 
  John 
  Law 
  

   was 
  appointed 
  Director-General. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  acts 
  of 
  the 
  company, 
  in 
  February, 
  

   1718, 
  was 
  to 
  recall 
  L'Epinay, 
  and 
  to 
  reinstate 
  Bienville 
  

   as 
  governor 
  — 
  a 
  measure 
  which 
  gave 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  

   to 
  the 
  troops, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  generally. 
  

  

  The 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  plans 
  of 
  Crozat 
  induced 
  the 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  to 
  turn 
  its 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  agricul- 
  

   ture, 
  as 
  promising 
  better 
  results 
  than 
  the 
  fruitless 
  search- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  mines, 
  or 
  prosecuting 
  a 
  commerce 
  so 
  trivial 
  as 
  

   that 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  traffic 
  with 
  the 
  Indian 
  tribes. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  most 
  effectual 
  mode 
  of 
  encouraging 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  enterprise, 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  expedient 
  to 
  make 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  concessions 
  of 
  land 
  to 
  wealthy 
  and 
  powerful 
  

   personages 
  : 
  among 
  these 
  were 
  grants 
  of 
  large 
  extent, 
  

   on 
  the 
  Yazoo 
  River, 
  to 
  a 
  company 
  consisting 
  of 
  Le 
  

   Blanc, 
  Count 
  de 
  Belleville, 
  Leblond, 
  and 
  others 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  

   St. 
  Catharine's 
  Creek, 
  near 
  Fort 
  Rosalie, 
  to 
  Hubert, 
  and 
  a 
  

   company 
  of 
  merchants 
  of 
  St. 
  Maloes. 
  The 
  Bay 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Louis 
  was 
  granted 
  to 
  Madame 
  de 
  Mezieres, 
  and 
  Pasca- 
  

   goula 
  Bay 
  to 
  Madame 
  de 
  Chaumont. 
  

  

  The 
  condition 
  of 
  all 
  such 
  grants 
  was, 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   of 
  a 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  emigrants 
  upon 
  them 
  within 
  a 
  

   stated 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  experiment 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  wholly 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  destitute 
  peasants 
  were 
  first 
  sent 
  out 
  to 
  

   improve 
  these 
  lands, 
  many 
  of 
  whom 
  were 
  prematurely 
  

   swept 
  away 
  by 
  the 
  diseases 
  attending 
  the 
  improvement 
  

   of 
  a 
  new 
  country 
  and 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  climate. 
  

  

  Experience 
  also 
  showed 
  that, 
  although 
  these 
  large 
  

   grants 
  facilitated 
  the 
  transportation 
  of 
  settlers, 
  little 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  labor 
  of 
  men 
  broudit 
  over 
  from 
  a 
  dis- 
  

  

  