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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  State, 
  formerly 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  French. 
  An 
  earthen 
  

   vessel 
  of 
  Indian 
  fabric 
  containing 
  several 
  pieces 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  

   dug, 
  some 
  years 
  since, 
  from 
  an 
  Indian 
  mound 
  near 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  Pearl 
  River. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  these 
  coins, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  reputed 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  

   governor's 
  quarters 
  in 
  New 
  Baluxi, 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  cabinet; 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  one, 
  from 
  the 
  mound, 
  in 
  the 
  

   cabinet 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  university. 
  These 
  coins 
  bear 
  date 
  

   in 
  1721 
  and 
  1722. 
  They 
  bear 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  the 
  cipher 
  

   of 
  Louis, 
  the 
  French 
  monarch, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  crown, 
  

   and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  legend, 
  " 
  Sit 
  nomen 
  domini 
  bene- 
  

   dictum." 
  Across 
  the 
  reverse 
  is 
  inscribed 
  : 
  " 
  Colonies 
  

   Francoises," 
  with 
  the 
  date 
  below.* 
  

  

  The 
  seat 
  of 
  government 
  was 
  again 
  removed 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  present 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  Bienville, 
  in 
  accom- 
  

   plishment 
  of 
  his 
  long-cherished 
  desire, 
  fixed 
  his 
  head- 
  

   quarters 
  at 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  

  

  In 
  September, 
  a 
  destructive 
  tornado 
  desolated 
  the 
  

   Province, 
  prostrating 
  many 
  houses 
  in 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  and 
  

   extending 
  to 
  Baluxi 
  and 
  Natchez; 
  the 
  crops 
  were 
  de- 
  

   stroyed, 
  and 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  were 
  menaced 
  with 
  im- 
  

   pending 
  dearth. 
  An 
  unexpected 
  crop 
  of 
  rice, 
  however, 
  

   springing 
  from 
  the 
  seed 
  scattered 
  by 
  the 
  hurricane, 
  

   promised 
  some 
  relief. 
  

  

  The 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  were 
  becoming 
  more 
  open 
  in 
  their 
  

   hostilities. 
  

  

  In 
  1723, 
  a 
  predatory 
  band 
  of 
  Chickasaws 
  killed 
  a 
  

   sergeant 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  garrison 
  at 
  St. 
  Peter's, 
  and 
  his 
  

   wife. 
  The 
  Natchez 
  also 
  became 
  involved 
  in 
  an 
  affray 
  

   with 
  a 
  sergeant 
  at 
  Fort 
  Rosalie, 
  in 
  which 
  an 
  Indian 
  was 
  

   killed; 
  the 
  Indians 
  retaliated, 
  and 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   force 
  attacked 
  the 
  settlement, 
  but 
  were 
  repulsed 
  with 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  Plate. 
  

  

  