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His si)ooch \v:i.s iiTcctcd. liowcxcr, willi a sikMcii discharge vviiich 

 fri<jlit(MUMl him so niiich that lie (led, al)aiiih)iiiii<r his (h»o-. which tho 

 enemy prepared to capliire. 'I'hev mach" a sortie for this piiipo^c hut 

 a soldier, called " the littU' Parisian," on account of iiis short ncss. i-an 

 forward qnickly and hron^jht it hacU, an act of l)raverv which oh- 

 tained for him the rank of serj^eant." Taking ad\antage of the con- 

 fusion which this event occasioned, some female captives escaped to 

 the French lines, and in revenge the hesieged tortured a number of 

 children to death and exposed their bodies on the i)alisades.'' The 

 same day another sortie was made against the temple where De 

 Loubois was quartered, with the intention of surprising him. l)ut it 

 failed in its object.'' The sergeant in charge of the battery, tlisgusted 

 at the small effect of his guns, approached the fort opposed to him, 

 accompanied l»y a sohlicr. with the intention of throwing grenades 

 inside. De Loubois hearing of this, however, called him back, fear- 

 ing some of the ])risoners would be killed.' On the days immediately 

 following other parleys Avere held, but without result.'' 



The night of the 10th to i:!Oth a new trench was opened 2S0 fathoms 

 from the fort, in which four more cannon were placed, and on the 

 following day the camionade was renewed./^ Perrier states that the 

 long delay in opening this was due to " the ill will of our soldiers 

 and some other Frenchmen.''" Early on the 22d, before daybreak, 

 the Xatchez made another sortie to the number of 300. Two hundred 

 of these advanced under cover of the canes, apparently to attack the 

 temple, while a forlorn hope of 100 men threw themselves upon the 

 batterA\'' The latter first encountered an outpost of 30 men and 2 

 officers, who, imagining that they were attacked simultaneously by 

 the Xatcliez and Choctaw, took to flight. The assailants then pene- 

 trated the French works, overthrew the mantelets, and got as far as 

 the last retrenchment. Here they were met, however, by the Cheva- 

 lier d'Artaguette, who, although he had but 5 men at the time, finally 

 repulsed them after a sharp conflict and drove them into the canes, 

 losing but 1 Frenchman.' During the night the works Avere re- 

 paired.-' The same day De Loubois ordered 40 Frenchmen, as many 

 Indians, and some negroes to attempt to storm one of the forts on 



"Charlevoix, Hist. Louisiana, vi, 97-98; Du Pratz, Hist, de La Louisiane, iii, 288-289. 

 " Du Pratz, Hist, de La Louisiane, iii, 289-290. 

 <■ Shea's Charlevoix, Hist. Lbuisiana, vi, 98. 

 " Du Pratz, Hist, de La Louisiane, in, 288. 

 'Ms. in Claiborne. lUst. Miss., i, 46. 



'Charlevoix, Hist. Louisiana, vi, 98; Ms. in Claiborne, Hist. Miss., i, 40-47. 

 " Charlevoix, Hist. Louisiana, vi, 98. 

 '' Charlevoix says thoy attacked in three places. 



* Charlevoix, Hist. Louisiana, vi, 98; Ms. in Claiborne, Hist. Miss., i. 4rt-47 : Dn Pratz, 

 Hist, de La Louisiane. iii, 287. The last mentioned confuses this sortie witli an earlier one. 

 I Ms. in Claiborne, Hist. Miss., i, 46-47. 



