James Lawyers

Houston circa 1873 Texarkana Texas (36,411), In 1697 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville sailed for France and was chosen by the Minister of Marine to lead an expedition to rediscover the mouth of the Mississippi River and to colonize Louisiana which the English coveted Iberville's fleet sailed from Brest on October 24 1698 on January 25 1699 Iberville reached Santa Rosa Island in front of Pensacola founded by the Spanish; he sailed from there to Mobile Bay and explored Massacre Island later renamed Dauphin Island He cast anchor between Cat Island and Ship Island; and on February 13 1699 he went to the mainland Biloxi with his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville on May 1 1699 he completed a fort on the north-east side of the Bay of Biloxi a little to the rear of what is now Ocean Springs Mississippi This fort was known as Fort Maurepas or Old Biloxi a few days later on May 4 Pierre Le Moyne sailed for France leaving his teenage brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne as second in command to the French commandant; (41) The Emperor commissioned bishop Pedro de la Gasca to restore the peace naming him president of the Audiencia and providing him with unlimited authority to punish and pardon the rebels Gasca repealed the New Laws the issue around which the rebellion had been organized Gasca convinced Pedro de Valdivia explorer of Chile Alonso de Alvarado another searcher for El Dorado and others that if he were unsuccessful a royal fleet of 40 ships and 15,000 men was preparing to sail from Seville in June.[clarification needed]. .

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