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Abstract : June 9, 1736. Mobile. Diron to the minister. Bienville\'s defeat; aggressions of English traders; prices of furs. 4 pp. AC., C 13, 21:352; F 3, 24:296.

Abstract : June 14, 1736. New Orleans. Bienville and Salmon to the minister. Indian trade, quality and price of merchandise; cloth; price of deerskins. Surgeon Manadé remains in the colony. Sabran\'s bonus. 5 pp. AC., C 13, 21:41. (Miss.)

Abstract : July 23, 1736. Compiègne. Minister to Rasteau. Payment of subsidy on cargoes of the Perle and the Comte de Maurepas; he has no freight for the Perle\'s return to Louisiana; his sale of beaver skins to Company of the Indies is to be adjusted with the company. 1p. AC., B 64:247.

Abstract : July 15, 1738. Mobile. Bizoton to the minister. Asks that supplies be shipped direct from France to Mobile. The St. Charles\' cargo of pitch, tar, and furs. 3 pp. AC., C 13, 23:195. (Miss.)

Abstract : September 6, 1704. Fort Louis. Bienville to the minister. Bienville, St. Denys, and Tonty lead force against Alabama Indians; English arm Chickasaws; voyageurs on the Missouri; Wabash post; peltries; provision and recruits; animals, farmers, Negroes, flour mill; relations of English with Apalachees and Spaniards, Choctaws; condition of forts; Pensacola provisioned; death of Becancour, Levasseur, Juchereau, and Tonty; Pierre Michel. 17 pp. AC., C 13, 1:449. Margry, V.368.180 (extracts). (LC.) AC., F 3, 24:47.

Abstract : February 22, 1705. Paris. Historical memoir for Pontchartrain on some evils of the beaver trade, by Riverin. Trade at Duluth post; coureurs de bois; trade permits and their suppression; Indians, etc. 40 pp. AC., C 11, 22:356.

Abstract : July 25, 1707. Fort Louis. La Salle to the minister. Detailed report showing irregularities in commercial transactions of Iberville and his brothers; trouble caused by coureurs de bois; trade in Indian captives; death of Father Caume [Cosme] at Natchez; irregularities at storehouse under Humery; Poirier named as storekeeper; supplies from Vera Cruz. 21 pp. AC., C 13b, 1:n.p. (LC.)

Abstract : February 26, 1708. Fort Louis. Artaguiette to the minister. Troops needed; friction between Bienville and La Salle; Illinois copper mines; Missouri tin and lead deposits; French women for wives of coureurs de bois; lard, salt, and cheese; domestic animals from Havana; the fort; asks to be recalled to France. 11 pp. AC., C 13, 2:237. (LC., Miss.)

Abstract : September 12, 1708. Fort Louis. La Salle to the minister. Expenditures, boats, peltries, pilots, forts, merchandise, expedition to Chickasaws, danger from English, Bienville, disposition of powder, the surgeon, etc. 19 pp. AC., C 13, 2:193; C 13, 2:213 (ext., with notes by the minister). (LC., Miss.)

Abstract : April 15, 1710. Paris. Father Lamberville to Minister. Coureurs de bois. Note by Pontchartrain. (Ext.) 4 pp. AC., C 11, 30:462.

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