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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  and 
  distress 
  which 
  had 
  ensued 
  in 
  France. 
  This 
  intelli- 
  

   gence 
  was 
  received 
  with 
  great 
  dismay, 
  and 
  an 
  appre- 
  

   hension 
  was 
  felt 
  that 
  the 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  colony, 
  if 
  not 
  

   wholly 
  neglected, 
  would 
  be 
  prosecuted 
  with 
  less 
  vigor; 
  

   an 
  apprehension 
  soon 
  realized 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  

   failure 
  of 
  supplies. 
  To 
  provide 
  against 
  impending 
  famine, 
  

   the 
  troops 
  were 
  distributed 
  in 
  small 
  detachments 
  on 
  

   Pearl 
  River 
  and 
  Pascagoula, 
  among 
  the 
  Indian 
  tribes, 
  to 
  

   procure 
  subsistence 
  by 
  hunting 
  and 
  fishing. 
  

  

  Exasperated 
  by 
  hunger 
  and 
  distress, 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  

   mutinied, 
  and 
  attempted 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  English 
  settlements 
  

   in 
  Carolina. 
  The 
  Indians 
  were 
  sent 
  in 
  pursuit, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  

   them 
  were 
  captured 
  or 
  slain. 
  The 
  arrival 
  of 
  a 
  ship 
  in 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  afforded 
  some 
  relief, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  learned 
  that 
  the 
  

   Regent, 
  after 
  the 
  failure 
  and 
  flight 
  of 
  Law, 
  had 
  placed 
  

   the 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  three 
  

   Commissioners. 
  

  

  In 
  December 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  Father 
  Charlevoix 
  descended 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  from 
  Canada; 
  he 
  visited 
  the 
  fort 
  on 
  

   the 
  Yazoo, 
  and 
  spent 
  his 
  Christmas 
  in 
  Natchez. 
  At 
  that 
  

   time, 
  according 
  to 
  his 
  account, 
  the 
  company 
  had 
  a 
  ware- 
  

   house, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Seur 
  Le 
  Noir, 
  at 
  the 
  latter 
  place 
  ; 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  he 
  describes 
  as 
  very 
  agreeable, 
  

   extensive 
  meadows 
  and 
  handsome 
  clumps 
  of 
  trees 
  pre- 
  

   senting 
  themselves 
  on 
  every 
  side, 
  after 
  surmounting 
  the 
  

   hill 
  at 
  the 
  landing-place. 
  Fort 
  Rosalie 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  

   him 
  as 
  a 
  hind 
  of 
  redoubt 
  inclosed 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  palisade. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  village 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  was 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  

   St. 
  Catharine, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  about 
  mid- 
  

   way 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  French 
  grants 
  which 
  formed 
  a 
  tri- 
  

   angle 
  with 
  the 
  fort, 
  being 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  

   each 
  other 
  about 
  one 
  league 
  ; 
  the 
  St. 
  Maloes 
  grant 
  being 
  

   the 
  lowermost 
  on 
  the 
  creek, 
  which 
  discharged 
  itself 
  into 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  about 
  three 
  leagues 
  below. 
  He 
  describes 
  

  

  