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The lirst negroes were brought in by a ship from the. coast of Africa; and some two hundred Germans arrived. The first coinage , was introduced. It was of copper, d_ated 1721, and specimens* ' ?.. t have often been found in this vicinity. ?	|	'
The first priests that anpearea .?on this coast, were fathers,"	^
Montegay and Davion, who fiad left Canada some > years before,1'' and had been instructing numerous savage tribes in the faith of h Christ. Father Davion had. erected a chapel, at what is npw known as Fort Adams, on the Mississippi, but-which was then called La Iloche a Davion. '
In 1722, Law?s company having fallen to pieces?no sup?plies : came from France?little attention had been paid here to the Cul- ?' tivation of the soil, and great distress prevailed. The troops,were ?? distributed in small posts among the IndiAns to procure subsistence,'* ;', and the traces of these posts may yet be seen on the bluffs of Pearl, Pascagoula and other streams.	.	;	?
In 172-5, Bienville transferred his headquarters to the present . sito of New Orleans ; and Biloxi and this coast, was known as the r ' Third Military District, under the comraaqd of Loubois, a veteran* ' oflicer, and a knight of St. Louis. The order to'move from these pleasant shores to the swampy banks of thg Mississippi, occasioned;,. the same discontent we should experience, were we ordered to trans-* ; ' for our residence there to-day. Many ddserted,.and a company of - ?. Swiss, in the French service, soldiers distinguished for fidelity,,. having embarked at Biloxi for New Orleans, as soon as they got.-into deep water, put the vessel about and made for	'
South Carolina. We must condemn .the mutiny, but . the incident shows that the men of that day properly appreciated the advantages { of this delightful region.	?	,	.	;.	.	r
The prosperity of this sectibn and 'of all Louisiana,1' was seri- ?; ously affected by the disastrous wars of Louis JQV.	'
In 1758-9, Quebec and Montreal, and all?Canada, had been surrendered to Che English. On the 10th of March, 1763, by the. - - ?? treaty of Paris, France surrendered to England all her possessions -
West Florida extended from Apalachicola river to the JVIississippi,;-^^^j and was bounded on 4he north by the 31st degree., of:-l^itude^^^' south, by the Gulf of Mexico, ana an imaginary line channel, through lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas,'and^tH^ri.fer^^# Amite and Iberville, (Manchac) to-the Mississippi.. Pehsacma\be-wf^'
came the provincial seat of government, with a garrison ahd-militarv
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government at'Mobile.