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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