CONTENTS
Louis Raphael Nardini
Page
Preface
IX
Chapter I
El Camino Real
1
II
Some Early History
4
III
Dachicoin—A Noble Indian—Los Adais, 1723
33
IV
St. Denis and the Spanish
42
V
Doctors and Early Medicine—1722 to 1744
45
VI
Romance at Los Adais
51
VII
Incidents of the Years, 1735-1742
60
VIII
The Three Cabins
63
IX
After St. Denis
74
X
After the Louisiana Purchase
80
XI
The Devil’s Play Ground
83
XII
Satan’s Agent—John A. Murrell
89
XIII
The Break-up of the Neutral Strip
92
XIV
The Filibuster of 1812-1821
95
XV
Fort Jesup
103
XVI
Texas and Independence, 1831-1836
116
Addenda
Land Grants
129
St. Denis’ Family Tree
137
Baptismal Records of Natchitoches, 1734-1740
138
Soldiers in Natchitoches—1742
141
Merchants, Farmers, Traders in Natchitoches, 1742
142
Reference Bibliography
145
Personalities
149
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