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The Louisiana Historical Quarterly
some, how much and at what price, he said ?Yes,? that they bought the entire lot,28 that he does not know at all whether it was for cash or on credit or for how much.
Questioned whether it is not true that they sent them by the King?s vessels to be sold at Vera Cruz, he said that he is not certain of it but that he heard it said that they had sent some, without knowing how much or of what sorts.
Questioned whether it is not true that on all the voyages the vessels brought goods for the account of these two brothers, he said that he knows nothing about it.
Questioned whether it is not true that Sieur de Bienville dispatched a ship?s boat after another that was carrying the letters of Mr. La Vente, the curate, to the Aigle, he said that he knows nothing about it.
Questioned whether it is not true that the ship?s boat dispatched by Sieur de Bienville having overtaken the one dispatched by Sieur de La Vente, he had the letters (p. 286) delivered to him, he said that he knows nothing about it.
Questioned whether he does not know at all the people who were in these ship?s b.oats, he said ?No.?
The present interrogatory having been read to him, he said that his replies contained the truth and that he did not wish to add to it or to detract from it, maintained it and signed with us. Thus signed, Guillaume Boutin.
Collated with the original.
D?Artaguette. (p. 287)
Louisiana
Interrogatory officially held by order of my lord the Count de Pontchartrain by us Commissary of the Navy, sent by order of the Court to the Inhabitants of this toivn.
OP THE 26th OF FEBRUARY, 1708.
Questioned as to his name, surname, age, quality and religion, he said, after having taken and received the oath required and customary in the case by which he promised to tell the truth, that his name is Estienne Burel, fifty-one years of age, a pastrycook, of the Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion.
FACTS CONTAINED IN MY FIRST INSTRUCTIONS.
OF THE 30th OF JUNE, 1707.
Questioned whether he does not have knowledge of the voyages that the King?s vessels made to the sea, he said ?No.?
Questioned whether he did not send goods belonging to him on these vessels to the ports of Mexico, of what they consisted and what return he got from them, he said ?No.?
?The French expression is qu?ils ont achetGs Le tout.