The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and The Creoles of German Descent

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The Discovery of the Mississippi i The First German on the Lower Mississippi 3 The First French Settlement on the Gulf Coast 6 A Grave Error 8 The Western Company and the Compagnie des Indes—John Law lo A German Description of Louisiana in the Year 1720 11 Ten Thousand Germans on the Way to Louisiana 14 How Many of These Reached Louisiana IS French Colonists 17 Arrival of the First Immigration en Masse 18 A Misstatement 19 How the Immigrants Were deceived and Provided For—A Terrible State of Affairs 21 Germans in Pascagoula 25 Pest Ships 27 Charlotte von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel 31 John Law, a Bankrupt and a Fugitive 36 The Germans Leave Law's Concession 37 The Family of D'Arensbourg 38 The German Coast 46 The First Villages on the German Coast 50 Karl Friedrich D'Arensbourg and the Founders of the Second German Village on the German Coast 52 Hardships and Difficulties Encountered 56 Troubles With the Indians 59 Better Times 62 Churches of the Germans 62 The Census of 1721 66 Koly 70 Continuation of the Census of 1721—Remarks and Observations 73 Names of German Habitants—Official Census of 1724 "j-j Map of the Principal Forts and Trading Posts 78 Additional German Names of This Period Not in the Census 96 The Zweig-Labranche Family 100 Additional German Names 102 A Census Without a Date 103 Reinforcements for the Germans—Manchac 105 The Germans from Matyland 107 The Kleinpeter Family 108 The Ory Family 109 The Creoles of German Descent—Definition of the Word "Creole" iii What is the Probable Number of the Creoles of German Descent ii6 The German Language Among the Creoles of Louisiana ii8 l^The Fate of the German Family Names Among the Creoles 119 German Names in the Spanish Marriage Register of St. John the Baptist. . 126 Conclusion 127 Official Acknowledgment of the Worth and Value of the Gerthan Pioneers of Louisiana—Laussat's Letter 129 Appendix—The German Waldeck Regiment and the Sixtieth or "Royal American Regiment on Foot" in the War of 1779 to 1781 131