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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  1731, 
  issued 
  the 
  necessary 
  ordinances 
  for 
  winding 
  up 
  

   the 
  aifairs 
  of 
  the 
  company, 
  which, 
  after 
  a 
  struggle 
  of 
  

   fourteen 
  years, 
  had 
  failed 
  to 
  fulfil 
  its 
  sanguine 
  but 
  

   visionary 
  expectations. 
  

  

  The 
  hostile 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  Indians, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   so 
  disastrous, 
  and 
  which 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  extending 
  to 
  all 
  

   the 
  tribes, 
  was 
  attributed 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  degree 
  to 
  the 
  harsh- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  Perrier 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  Bienville 
  was 
  urged 
  

   under 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  his 
  mildness 
  and 
  humanity 
  would 
  

   conciliate 
  the 
  Indians, 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  whom 
  he 
  had 
  ever 
  

   been 
  a 
  favorite, 
  and 
  possessed 
  great 
  influence. 
  Accord- 
  

   ingly, 
  under 
  the 
  new 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  colony, 
  Bien- 
  

   ville 
  was 
  reappointed 
  governor 
  in 
  1734, 
  and 
  on 
  his 
  ar- 
  

   rival, 
  which 
  was 
  hailed 
  with 
  much 
  joy 
  by 
  the 
  colonists, 
  

   Perrier 
  returned 
  to 
  France. 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  period 
  until 
  near 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  

   rule, 
  the 
  country 
  embraced 
  in 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   was 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  theatre 
  of 
  Indian 
  hostilities 
  and 
  

   warfare. 
  

  

  The 
  Natchez 
  and 
  the 
  Yazoos, 
  who 
  had 
  taken 
  refuge 
  

   among 
  the 
  Chickasaws, 
  resumed 
  their 
  predatory 
  w\ar 
  

   upon 
  the 
  remote 
  settlements 
  of 
  the 
  colony, 
  in 
  Vvdiich 
  the 
  

   Chickasaws 
  frequently 
  united 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  intercept- 
  

   ed 
  or 
  obstructed 
  all 
  communication 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mississippi. 
  Bienville, 
  therefore, 
  sent 
  an 
  officer 
  to 
  the 
  

   Chickasaws 
  to 
  demand 
  that 
  the 
  Natchez 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  

   up. 
  This 
  being 
  refused, 
  he 
  commenced 
  the 
  preparation 
  

   of 
  an 
  expedition 
  against 
  them. 
  Leblanc, 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  

   officers, 
  was 
  sent 
  with 
  orders 
  to 
  the 
  Chevalier 
  d'Arta- 
  

   guette, 
  who 
  was 
  in 
  command 
  at 
  Fort 
  Chartres 
  in 
  the 
  

   Illinois, 
  to 
  repair 
  to 
  the 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  Chickasaws, 
  with 
  

   all 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  Indians 
  he 
  could 
  collect, 
  to 
  co-ope- 
  

   rate 
  with 
  the 
  troops 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  from 
  New 
  Orleans 
  by 
  

  

  