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.