. Historic towns of the Southern States. bble exploited the province they were oftenjail-birds and prostitutes. Starvation facedthem every now and then ; mutiny was not un-known ; and quarrels of priest and command-ant, governor and intendant, were going onalmost all the time. And yet in war and diplomac) they didmuch. It was mainly with the Indians, al-though once Pensacola was captured from theSpanish, and Dauphine Island suffered fromboth Spanish and English attacks. TheChoctaws and Creeks were held in alliance bycontrresses at Mobile; the Cherokees andChickasaws were sometimes friendly, an
. Historic towns of the Southern States. bble exploited the province they were oftenjail-birds and prostitutes. Starvation facedthem every now and then ; mutiny was not un-known ; and quarrels of priest and command-ant, governor and intendant, were going onalmost all the time. And yet in war and diplomac) they didmuch. It was mainly with the Indians, al-though once Pensacola was captured from theSpanish, and Dauphine Island suffered fromboth Spanish and English attacks. TheChoctaws and Creeks were held in alliance bycontrresses at Mobile; the Cherokees andChickasaws were sometimes friendly, andthe Mississippi River was kept open for free -J ??. H - ^^ ? :..--i/-*i •«».-i -^t»-,- i—^ r :-g,J- ; V ; ; i ;—1 ^T~T ; ^ i—-J---- ] il^h .. .-r^il. -r-^r- -t -y ? ;? I . I , -?-»? ;-i, -^ _,? : lo^ : f—I—I— — . ^ ? ?^ :»^ ,W<1 -«»;.;;±;:;.:::..; r ??• ; •? : ... ..A:*,. ,-1 : -^•. .^?. !•, <i <4i -^4--- rt I ^1 e- 338 Mobile intercourse with Canada and the , Tombecbe, Biloxi, Natchez, Nat-chitoches, and, later. New Orleans and FortChartres and other Mississippi outposts, showthe extent of French influence from the capi-tal at Mobile. In 1710, the site of this town had beenmoved from 27 Mile Bluff to where the riverjoins the bay. There the new Fort Louis wasbuilt, at first of logs, as shown on the plan ofnext year, and afterwards of brick, as FortConde. Its foundations still exist below thesoil of the block bounded by Church, Theatre,Royal and St. Emanuel Streets, with bastionsprojecting across Royal and Church. Aroundit was laid out the town, with Royal, Conti,Dauphin and other streets just as to-day; andlots were assiofned to Bienville, the sailorChateaugue, the soldier Blondel, the explorerSt. Denis, the engineer La Tour, to the priestsand others. For several years affairs weregenerally prosperous. The shoaling of the port on Dauphine Islandin 1717 led to the
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