Colonial Mobile; an historical study largely from original sources, of the Alabama-Tombigbee basin and the old South West, from the discovery of the Spiritu Santo in 1519 until the demolition of Fort Charlotte in 1821 . e determined on another expedition, andspent several years in preparation. As it was by way of theMississippi, however, it is somewhat outside the scope of ourstory, and we can only note that it was made in 1740. Al-though, from a soldiers point of view, it was not brilliant and * Picketts Alabama, p. 334. ^ Gayarr^s History of Louisiana, pp. 475, 489, etc. ; Bossus Travels,p.
Colonial Mobile; an historical study largely from original sources, of the Alabama-Tombigbee basin and the old South West, from the discovery of the Spiritu Santo in 1519 until the demolition of Fort Charlotte in 1821 . e determined on another expedition, andspent several years in preparation. As it was by way of theMississippi, however, it is somewhat outside the scope of ourstory, and we can only note that it was made in 1740. Al-though, from a soldiers point of view, it was not brilliant and * Picketts Alabama, p. 334. ^ Gayarr^s History of Louisiana, pp. 475, 489, etc. ; Bossus Travels,p. 312. 130 COLONIAL MOBILE. even hardly creditable, it impressed the Chickasaws. It atleast resvdtcd in their pacification and the safety of the was, however, disappointing to Bienville, and he did notconceal the fact. He wrote to the minister that in some wayhis plans of late years all miscarried, and that he would liketo retire. His request was granted, and Louisiana was soonto lose in him her governor and father, too. Although theydid not know it, the Chickasaws really drove Bienville intoprivate life, for, unlike his two involuntary retirements in theyears before, his resignation this time was ^ CHAPTER XV. THE PROVINCIAL TOWN. Although Mobile, after it ceased to be the capital, wasat first cut oif from the active competition with the Englishcolonies which we find in the Mississippi valley, yet this alsoat last reached the Alabama basin. As the English werepushing over the mountains into the Ohio valley and givingthe French uneasiness in the lake region, so in the souththeir influence increased. The Georgia colony, under the sea-to-sea charter of 1732, was a distinct advance in this that we find Oglethorpe, on January 20 of next year,on the site of Savannah and making treaties with the Creeks,Cherokees, Chickasaws, and even Choctaws. On the 11th ^ ofAugust, 1739, he even held an Indian conference at Cowetaamong the Creeks of Alabama. The Engl
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