Louis Raphael Nardini

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

I EL CAMINO REAL

II SOME EARLY HISTORY

III DACHICOIN A NOBLE INDIAN LOS ADAIS, 1723

IV ST. DENIS AND THE SPANISH

V DOCTORS AND EARLY MEDICINE 1722 TO 1744

VI ROMANCE AT LOS ADAIS

VII INCIDENTS OF THE YEARS, 1735-1742

VIII THE THREE CABINS

IX AFTER ST. DENIS

X AFTER THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE

XI THE DEVIL'S PLAY GROUND

XII SATAN'S AGENT JOHN A. MURRELL

XIII THE BREAK-UP OF THE NEUTRAL STRIP

XIV THE FILIBUSTER OF 1812-1821

XV FORT JESUP

XVI TEXAS AND INDEPENDENCE 1831-1836

ADDENDA

LAND GRANTS

FAMILY TREE OF ST. DENIS (Born Sept. 17, 1676, Died June 11, 1744.)

BAPTISMAL RECORDS OF NATCHITOCHES 1734 TO 1740

SOLDIERS IN NATCHITOCHES 1742

MERCHANTS, FARMERS AND TRADERS IN NATCHITOCHES 1742 Traders

REFERENCES

PERSONALITIES

Footnotes

Transcriber's Notes

CELEBRATION OF OPENING OF THE MUSEUM AT FORT JESUP—1959.

© Copyright 1961
by Louis R. Nardini

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