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Language:French
Date:1699-1723
Contributor:La Harpe, Bernard de, 1683-1765
Subject:Colonies | Expeditions | Louisiana--History
Type:Text
Genre:Journals | Travel narratives
Extent:1 volume
Description: Journal from first French contact through failure of settlement at St. Bernard, commanded by La Harpe. Contains brief essays at end, including a summary of various theories of the origins of the American Indians.
Collection:Journal historique concernant l'etablissement des Francais a la Louisianne (Mss.976.3.B43)
Date:1803
Contributor:Anmours, Chevalier d' | Cain, Robert H.
Subject:Expeditions | Mounds | Louisiana--History | Hunting | Commerce | Trade
Type:Text
Genre:Memoirs | Travel narratives | Translations
Extent:44 pages
Description: "Memoire sur le district du Ouachita dans le province de la Louisianne." No. 1 in Explorations in the Louisiana Country. Charles Francois Adrien Le Paulmier, Chevalier d'Annemours was France's general consul to Virginia and Maryland. His journal provides a detailed account of the geography of the Louisiana territory, especially its waterways. The Ouachita District is the primary focus of his report. He describes its geography, crops, and economic potential, and provides a series of observations about indigenous cultures and histories in the area, including trading cultures, hunting patterns, and mounds. Particularly mentions the Catahoulas. These references may pertain to the Caddo, Choctaw, Tunica, and Ofo.
The original is in French, but the APS has a translation done by Robert Cain in 1973.
Collection:Mémoire sur le district du Ouachita dans la province de la Louisianne, [1803] (Mss.917.6.Ex7)