CONTENTS
Page [Preface] IX [Chapter I El Camino Real] 1 [II Some Early History] 4 [III Dachicoin—A Noble Indian—Los Adais, 1723] 33 [IV St. Denis and the Spanish] 42 [V Doctors and Early Medicine—1722 to 1744] 45 [VI Romance at Los Adais] 51 [VII Incidents of the Years, 1735-1742] 60 [VIII The Three Cabins] 63 [IX After St. Denis] 74 [X After the Louisiana Purchase] 80 [XI The Devil’s Play Ground] 83 [XII Satan’s Agent—John A. Murrell] 89 [XIII The Break-up of the Neutral Strip] 92 [XIV The Filibuster of 1812-1821] 95 [XV Fort Jesup] 103 [XVI Texas and Independence, 1831-1836] 116 [Addenda Land Grants] 129 [ St. Denis’ Family Tree] 137 [ Baptismal Records of Natchitoches, 1734-1740] 138 [ Soldiers in Natchitoches—1742] 141 [ Merchants, Farmers, Traders in Natchitoches, 1742] 142 [Reference Bibliography] 145 [Personalities] 149