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HISTORY OF PASS CHRISTIAN,
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Copr. 1975, R. . Caire CHAPTER n (CONTINUED)
THE AC ADLANS ARRIVE
Juan de Cuevas, son of a noble Andalusian family in Spain, was exiled to military service at Pensacola in 1781 for some scrape in Spain. He married Christian's daughter, and began living on the island with the L'Adniers. He later was captured by the English just before the Battle of New Orleans and escaped to warn the Americans at Rigolets of the British approach. For this deed, he is supposed to have Been awarded title to the island by the U.S. government. He became lighthouse keeper on the island, and passed the job on to his son, Raymon
Suddenly Iberville got orders to build a fort on Mobile River to defend against the English who had declared war on France in 1702. Iberville built two forts at Mobile. The first one (Ft. Louis) was abandoned when flood waters inundated the site, the second was built at the site of the present city of Mobile.
Meanwhile, Iberville's men were exploring the area.
A lieutenant, the Compte de Lisle, discovered the Bay of St.
Louis and named it for the king. He explored the bay and named various streams on the east side as follows: Bayou DeLisle, Riviere des Loups (Wolf River). Bayou Acadien, Bayou Portage and Bayou Bois d'Ore (Mallini Bayou). The later name means Golden Woods.
He did not name first bayou or second bayou which entered the bay near Henderson Pt.
In 1699 d' Iberville placed a few families and a sergeant and 15 soldiers in a fort at the present site of the City of Bay St.. Louis, and in 1721, the settlement was enlarged by the arrival of concession ships with further colonists, Madam Mezieres being in charge at Bay St. Louis.
Meanwhile John B. Saucier (pronounced sew-shay) began working his claim in the DeLisle area. Marshall Joseph Nicaise settled on j the Saucier claim in 1781. Philip Saucier owned the land next, in	j
1794, Other early settlers working claims were: Charles Ladner,
1811, Chevalier Dedeaux, 1810, Pierre Moran, 1796, and Raymond Lizana, 1807.
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