No Man's Land: A History of El Camino Real
CELEBRATION OF OPENING OF THE MUSEUM AT FORT JESUP—1959.
A History of El Camino Real by Louis Raphael Nardini
PELICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW ORLEANS—U. S. A.
© Copyright 1961 by Louis R. Nardini
Printed in the United States of America by the American Printing Co., New Orleans
To Orine Inez
In acknowledging the sources of information and the assistance of the many persons I consulted in the preparation of this book, the author wishes to thank the following: The staffs of the Sabine Parish, the Natchitoches Parish and the Northwestern State College Libraries—with especial thanks to Miss Catherine Bridges who so patiently and ably assisted me in gathering data for this writing. Acknowledgment is gratefully and appreciatingly given to those excellent authors and their publishers listed in the bibliography at the back of this book, for it was through their talent and efforts that a whole new experience was opened to me.
I must remember too my History Teacher, Mrs. Lucille Roy Caffery, who so thoroughly planted in my mind the desire to read and study History, for it was she who told me, “It is the History and the Present which foretells the Future.”
I am likewise grateful to Miss Margie Harrison and Mrs. Mabel Fletcher Harrison who corrected and typed this book and to Mrs. Bernice A. Authur of Many, La., who also assisted in the typing of this manuscript.
Louis R. Nardini
There are two ways to write the history of an area. First, the actual-fact-data way, which gives dates, important events and the names of the leaders. But this does not fully explain the reasons for their occurrence, nor show the effect of mass participation. It omits many of the names of others involved in the incident or incidents, so that a clear picture of all the people involved is lacking. Even while one is reading, he is conscious of a mass effect and realizes that a sort of team is present. He then stops and asks himself, “Who were the others?”
Louis Raphael Nardini
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NO MAN’S LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
The Caddo Federation of Indians
1689.
1690-1691
1700
1701-1707
A Legend of the Flores Family
The Letter
The Gaines Military Road, 1827-1828
TREATY WITH THE CADDO INDIANS
ADDENDA
LAND GRANTS
Claim of Pedro Dolet, Frenchman (Pierre Dole)
Claim of Edward Murphy
Claim of Edward Murphy for the Firm of Murphy, Smith, Barr and Davenport
Claim of Michel Crow
Claim of the Heirs of Widow Tontin
Claim of the Heirs of Anthanase Poissot
Claim of the Firm of Murphy, Smith, Davenport and Barr
Claim of the Heirs of Pierre Gainnie (Pedro Gane) (Pier Gagnier) Hipolite Bordelon Francois Grappe (Francisco Grebb) (Franquis Grebbe)
Families of the Neutral Strip (1805)
SOLDIERS IN NATCHITOCHES—1742
MERCHANTS, FARMERS AND TRADERS IN NATCHITOCHES—1742
Traders
Merchants
Horse Traders
Farmers
Soldier Farmers
Merchants at Los Adais
SOLDIERS AT LOS ADAIS—1742
Farmers
REFERENCES
PERSONALITIES
Clifton Robert Ammons
Bernice C. Arthur
John Milton Belisle
Jack and Albert Bell
Lloyd Vernon Blunt
Sidney Williams Bright
Joseph Frederick Brosset★
Mrs. Eli Houston Butts★
James Coco
Lloyd Earl Dean
Alvin J. DeBlieux, Sr.★
Jack Lestan DeBlieux★
Mrs. Lawrence Cleveland DeLatin★
Mrs. Percy Roberts Dillon★
Mrs. Herbert Dorfer, Ph.★
Ambrose Charles Flores★
C. B. Funderburk
Mr. and Mrs. Clive Glover
Joseph Jesse Grappe★
Hon. Lloyd James Harrison★
Loyd Bernard Harrison
Thomas James Harrison★
Thomas Ortenburger Harrison★
Mrs. Earl Hernandez★
Edmond Prudhomme Hughes★
Mrs. Maxie Mae Jinkins★
Dr. Edward Everette Jordan★
Frank Marion Kees, Jr.
Mrs. W. M. Knott
Luddie Lavespere★
Samuel LeCaze, Sr.★
Samuel LeCaze, Jr.★
Henry Howard Lemoine★
Henry Oscar Lestage, Jr.★
William Tell (W.T.) Lestage★
George Washington Lucius
Christopher C. McCaa★
Arthur R. McClery
Giles W. Millspaugh
Carson Meade Nardini, Sr.★
Louis Raphael Nardini, Jr.★
Rollie Edwin Patrick
The Perrier Family★
Elmer Lawrence Poche★
James Woodrow Prudhomme★
Ray Joseph Raines
Stephen Clyde Rambin★
Mrs. Elaine R. Smith★
Riley John (R.J.) Stoker
John Coleman Tarver★
Thomas Lester Ward
Mrs. Kent Wardlow★
Jack Eazel Whitley
Mrs. Irma Sompayrac Willard
Mrs. Lee Terry Williams
Dr. William Kenneth Wimberly
Marshall Ellis Winn
Glen Lawrence Wyatt
Footnotes
Transcriber’s Notes
