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22	The Louisiana Historical Quarterly
Questioned whether he saw that Sieur de Bienville disposed of the King?s goods that were in the warehouses and whether none at all were delivered to him, the deponent, without Sieur de La Salle having knowledge of it, at what price and what quantity, he said ?No,? that everything he got from the warehouse was always by order of Mr. De Bienville, seen by Sieur de La Salle or by the keeper of the warehouse in the absence of Sieur de La Salle.
Questioned whether it is not true that Sieur de Bienville sold or caused to be sold the wine that he sends for for his own use, at what price, by whom and how much, he said that he never bought any of it except the cask declared above.
Questioned whether he has knowledge that the King sends wine for the sick, he said ?Yes.?
Questioned whether it is not true that Sieur de Bienville drinks the wine of the sick and causes it to be drunk and to be sold, (p. 275) he said ?No,? that Sieur de Bienville has always given some of his own to the sick.
Questioned whether he knows the man named Humery and what sort of man he is, he said ?Yes.?
Questioned whether he does not have reason to complain of this man, he said ?No.?
Questioned whether it is not true that the Canadians have sold at an exorbitant price goods that were delivered to them from the warehouses at a moderate price, he said that he has no knowledge of it.
Questioned whether he, the deponent, has not bought some from them, of what kind and for how much, he said only that he took a little powder from the soldiers in exchange for a bed.
Questioned whether it is not true that they have even sold them back to the King at an advance of four hundred per cent over the price at which they had been delivered to them, he said that he had no knowledge of it at all.
Questioned whether it is not true that some goods were landed from the King?s vessel Aigle for the (p. 276) account of Mr. De Noyan and of his officers, and how much, he said that he had no knowledge of it at all.
Questioned whether he, the deponent, did not buy any at all, how much and at what price, he said ?Yes,? that he bought from en ensign and from the first pilot twelve quarts2* of brandy at thirty-two piastres and at thirty, and some clothes for his own use, and that he does not know at all whence they came.
Questioned whether it is not true that Sieur de Bienville, the commandant, and Sieur de Chateaugue, his brother, bought some, how much and at what price, he said that he thinks that Mr. De
24The quart was equivalent to approximately 20.56 gallons. Surrey gives the ? capacity of the quart as the equivalent of 15 gallons in 1720, Commerce of Louisiana, page 162. Littr6?s dictionary defines quart as a ?small cask containing not one1 fourth but about one-half of a cask of ordinary size.?