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  the 
  loss 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  their 
  number, 
  Guenot, 
  the 
  di- 
  

   rector 
  of 
  the 
  grant 
  on 
  St. 
  Catharine, 
  was 
  fired 
  upon 
  and 
  

   wounded; 
  some 
  negroes 
  were 
  shot; 
  two 
  planters 
  were 
  

   taken 
  and 
  their 
  heads 
  cut 
  off, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  cattle 
  

   and 
  horses 
  were 
  stolen. 
  When 
  Dustine, 
  an 
  officer 
  of 
  

   the 
  garrison, 
  arrived 
  at 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  bringing 
  this 
  in- 
  

   telligence, 
  two 
  suns 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  were 
  on 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  

   Bienville. 
  No 
  punishment 
  was 
  inflicted 
  upon 
  the 
  

   offending 
  Indians; 
  but 
  these 
  chiefs 
  were 
  dismissed 
  with 
  

   presents, 
  under 
  a 
  pledge 
  to 
  put 
  a 
  stop 
  to 
  these 
  outrages. 
  

  

  In 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  spiritual 
  wants 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   vince, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Jesuits, 
  and 
  monks 
  of 
  other 
  orders, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  nuns, 
  were 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  colony, 
  and 
  

   liberally 
  provided 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  company, 
  and 
  curates 
  were 
  

   also 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  missions. 
  

  

  For 
  several 
  years, 
  great 
  distress 
  was 
  felt 
  in 
  the 
  colony, 
  

   growing 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  Law's 
  Scheme^ 
  and 
  the 
  

   attempts 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  government 
  to 
  regulate 
  the 
  

   currency, 
  and 
  to 
  palliate 
  the 
  consequent 
  embarrassment 
  

   by 
  the 
  alteration 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  money. 
  

  

  The 
  colony, 
  notwithstanding, 
  had 
  made 
  rapid 
  strides 
  

   since 
  it 
  passed 
  under 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  company. 
  The 
  

   military 
  force 
  had 
  increased 
  to 
  eight 
  hundred 
  men. 
  

   Twenty-five 
  hundred 
  redemptioners, 
  and 
  eighteen 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  Africans 
  had 
  been 
  introduced, 
  and 
  agriculture 
  had 
  

   engaged 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  extent 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  European 
  

   capitalists. 
  

  

  In 
  1724, 
  Bienville 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  France 
  to 
  answer 
  to 
  

   charges 
  preferred 
  against 
  him. 
  Notwithstanding 
  his 
  

   able 
  defence, 
  he 
  was 
  removed, 
  and 
  Perrier 
  was 
  appointed 
  

   in 
  his 
  stead 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  of 
  August, 
  1726. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  occupying 
  the 
  country 
  at 
  the 
  

   period 
  of 
  its 
  settlement 
  by 
  the 
  French, 
  the 
  Choctaws, 
  

   Chickasaws, 
  and 
  the 
  Natchez 
  were 
  the 
  most 
  numerous. 
  

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