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to make them eafy, nothing was heard of but 

 fchemes for deferring. Befides, the floop which 

 we had met on the route from St. Mark to St. Jo* 

 feph, all the Swifs, who were at Biloxi with their 

 captain and officers at their head, having been or- 

 dered for New Orleans on board a coafler, which 

 had been extremely well victualled and fitted out on 

 purpofe for them, inflead of fleering for the Miffif- 

 fippi, had been feen with their colours flying, fland^ 

 ing for the eaftward % and it was not doubted, in-* 

 tended for Carolina, as being all proteflants, there 

 was no probability of their flopping any where 

 among the Spaniards * 4 



Finally, I difcovered on the 8th of June a con- 

 fpiracy formed to carry off the Spanifh brlgantine* 

 About feven o'clock in the evening, I got fecrefi 

 information of it, and was affured that before nine 

 o'clock it would be put in execution, the com- 

 mander of the brigantine not being ufed to go on 

 board before that time* The confpirators were to 

 the number of an hundred and fifty, and their in* 

 tention was, if they fucceeded in their enterprize, 

 to turn pirates* I immediately fent to give notice 

 of it to M. de Bienville, who was then at table 

 with D. Augufline Spinola, who rofe up that 

 inflant and went on board, and the major of 

 Biloxi had orders immediately to go the rounds. 



From thefe different movements the confpirators 

 perceived their defign had taken air, and the major 

 could not obferve above four or five men toge- 

 ther, who making off as foon as he faw them, he 

 was not able to lay hold on any of them, fo that it 

 was believed I had given afalfe alarm ; but befides 

 that for fome time after, the foldiers and inhabi- 

 tants were every day difappearing, fome of thefe 



* We have fince learned that they have gone there. 



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