The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No32 (August 11, 1922)] . dwas sent back on his shipwith his family and re-tainers. In reprisal, the nextSpanish governor, ORielly(pronounced Oh-ray-he) —down in New Orleans his-tory as Bloody OReilly—had the six Creole lead-ers lined up against a walland shot. This action en-gendered a fiery hatred be-tween the two Latin peo-ples which became fusedinto a common flame onlyafter the cession of the ter-ritory to the United Statesin 1803. Then both Span-ish and French Americans,who held the same bond ofculture and refinement, be-came united against the progre
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No32 (August 11, 1922)] . dwas sent back on his shipwith his family and re-tainers. In reprisal, the nextSpanish governor, ORielly(pronounced Oh-ray-he) —down in New Orleans his-tory as Bloody OReilly—had the six Creole lead-ers lined up against a walland shot. This action en-gendered a fiery hatred be-tween the two Latin peo-ples which became fusedinto a common flame onlyafter the cession of the ter-ritory to the United Statesin 1803. Then both Span-ish and French Americans,who held the same bond ofculture and refinement, be-came united against the progressive,and to their minds uncouth, men of theStates who entered the city, pushed itforward and brought their own govern-ment to it. The coolness between thetwo peoples was perhaps the greatestfactor in the development of New Or-leans into its present dual it not be understood, however, Jackson Square,showing, left toright, Pontalbabuildings ( withgrilled galleries),the Cabildo, Ca-thedralof the presby-tery of the Capu-chin priests. that this estrangement had formed be-fore that great event in the citys his-tory, the Battle of New Orleans. Onthe bloody fields of Chalmette, a fewmiles downstream from New Orleans,the little American unit fought as oneagainst the flower of Englands armyjust after the latter had triumphedover Napoleon. Under General Andrew The first skyscraper in the LouisianaPurchase (above), built in 1774. At left,courtyard in the home of Paul Morphy,former worlds chess champion original French settlement, destroyedthe richest dwellings, the town hall, thejail, the parish church, the quartersof the Capuchin priests and 19 squares,including 816 homes. Six years later,another fire consumed 212 buildings. Then, like Rome, New Orleans madeprogress. A Spanish financial wizard,Don Andres Almonaster y Roxas, di-rected a large part of the rebuildingto such good purpose that his magnifi-cent structures still stand. The Ursu-line convent, which
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