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also the Manner of
coming off with Advantage and little Expence in them

CHAP. XV. Pensacola taken by Surprize by the French. Retaken by the
Spaniards. Again retaken by the French, and demolished
BOOK II. Of the Country and its Products.
CHAP. I. Geographical Description of Louisiana. Its climate
Description of the Lower Louisiana, and the Mouths of the Missisippi.
CHAP. II. The Author's journey in Louisiana, from the Natchez to the
River St. Francis, and the Country of the Chicasaws
CHAP. III. The Nature of the Lands of Louisiana. The Lands on the
Coast.
CHAP. IV. Quality of the Lands above the Fork. A Quarry of Stone for
building. High Lands to the East: Their vast Fertility. West Coast: West
Lands: Saltpetre
CHAP. V. Quality of the Lands of the Red River. Posts of Nachitoches.
A Silver Mine. Lands of the Black River
CHAP. VI. A Brook of salt Water: Salt Lakes. Lands of the River of
the Arkansas. Red-veined Marble: Slate: Plaster. Hunting the Buffalo.
The dry Sand-banks in the Missisippi
CHAP. VII. The Lands of the River St. Francis. Mine of Marameg, and
other Mines. A Lead Mine. A soft Stone, resembling Porphyry. Lands
of the Missouri. The Lands North of the Wabache. The Lands of the
Illinois. De La Mothe's Mine, and other Mines
CHAP. VIII. Of the Agriculture, or Manner of cultivating, ordering,
and manufacturing the Commodities that are proper Articles of
Commerce. Of the Culture of Maiz, Rice, and other Fruits of the
Country. Of the Silk Worm
CHAP. IX. Of Indigo, Tobacco, Cotton, Wax, Hops, and Saffron
CHAP. X. Of the Commerce that is, and may be carried on in
Louisiana. Of the Commodities which that Province may furnish in
Return for those of Europe. Of the Commerce of Louisiana with the
Isles
CHAP. XI. Of the Commerce with the Spaniards. The Commodities
they bring to the Colony, if there is a Demand for them. Of such as may
be given in Return, and may suit them. Reflections on the Commerce of
this Province, and the great Advantages which the State and particular
Persons may derive therefrom
Some Abstracts from the Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, by M.
Dumont.

I. Of Tobacco, with the Way of cultivating and curing it
II. Of the Way of making Indigo
III. Of Tar; the Way of making it; and of making it into pitch
IV. Of the Mines of Louisiana
Extract from a late French Writer, concerning the Importance of
Louisiana to France
BOOK III. The Natural History of Louisiana.
CHAP. I. Of Corn and Pulse
CHAP. II. Of the Fruit Trees of Louisiana
CHAP. III. Of Forest Trees
CHAP. IV. Of Shrubs and Excrescences
CHAP. V. Of Creeping Plants
CHAP. VI. Of the Quadrupedes
CHAP. VII. Of Birds and flying Insects
CHAP. VIII. Of Fishes and Shell-Fish
BOOK IV. Of the Natives of Louisiana.
CHAP. I. The Origin of the Americans
CHAP. II. An Account of the several Nations of Louisiana
SECT. I. Of the Nations inhabiting on the East of the Missisippi
SECT. II. Of the Nations inhabiting on the West of the Missisippi
CHAP. III. A Description of the Natives of Louisiana; of their Manners
and Customs, particularly those of the Natchez: Of their Language,
their Religion, Ceremonies, Rulers, or Suns, Feasts, Marriages, &c
SECT. I. A Description of the Natives; the different Employments of
the two Sexes; and their Manner of bringing up their Children
SECT. II. Of the Language, Government, Religion, Ceremonies, and
Feasts of the Natives
SECT. III. Of their Marriages, and Distinction of Ranks
SECT. IV. Of the Temples, Tombs, Burials, and other religious
Ceremonies of the People of Louisiana
SECT. V. Of the Arts and Manufactures of the Natives
SECT. VI. Of the Attire and Diversions of the Natives: Of their Meals
and Fastings
SECT. VII. Of the Indian Art of War
CHAP. IV. Of the Negroes of Louisiana
SECT. I. Of the Choice of Negroes; of their Distempers, and the
Manner of curing them

SECT. II. Of the Manner of governing the Negroes
INDEX
List of Illustrations
Indian in Summer Time Indian in Winter Time Indian Woman and
Daughter Plan of New Orleans, 1720 Beaver, Beaver lodge, Beaver
dam Indians of the North Leaving in the Winter with their Families for
a Hunt Indigo Cotton and Rice on the Stalk Appalachean Beans. Sweet
Potatoes Watermelon Pawpaw. Blue Whortle-berry Sweet Gum or
Liquid-Amber Cypress Magnolia Sassafras Myrtle Wax Tree. Vinegar
Tree Poplar ("Cotton Tree") Black Oak Linden or Bass Tree Box Elder
or Stink-wood Tree Cassine or Yapon. Tooth-ache Tree or Prickly Ash
Passion Thorn or Honey Locust. Bearded Creeper Palmetto Bramble,
Sarsaparilla Rattlesnake Herb Red Dye Plant. Flat Root Panther or
Catamount. Bison or Buffalo
Indian Deer Hunt Wild Cat. Opossum. Skunk Alligator. Rattle Snake.
Green Snake Pelican. Wood Stock Flying