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An Address DeliveredNby/.Ion. J. i’. H. Ci&^borne , of Bay St. Louis, at tho Hecuest\/o?’ ths ^Itisons,- anta(in conplianc3
th? r^o.-mendation
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ox the/sta'be of i-ississippi, July 4th,
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^cr years and years, beyond the nsnory of nan, this sea board and the bluffs and haimaocks of its beautiful rivers end bayous, were occupied by J-ndisns, members of the sreat Ghostsn family, who were chiefly concentrated at the Old ‘-?qwns and —uggaiusheG Fields,., in the present counties of J as per and Neshoba* --------
|t>3 tradition of the Choctaws is* that tbs Maniwyha-Mll, (ns&r*Tfc3 source of -^earl Kiver, and geographical centre of the kfcr-t?, in t 1‘j3 comity of Winston/ pSrs birth to two children, that they were suckled by a bear, an^ &ftar\;eraa supplied wiin laeat by a panther and a volf. The boy'c^aw up So be a mighty hunter and . warrior, the girl became the not her of tl'3 .trice.
[ The Ohoctaws mere in tne habit of visiting this coast, from, the same indacsrpnts that bring visitors to it no\7. Some of then remained permanentlyt giving the musical names to our streams find losalitios that -nany of iiiem are-new known by. -'his place , whar9 we are now assembled, was balied A-chouc.-poulou, or Bad-Grass-place, in reference to a veVy ■^’oublesoiB burr, which still annoys us* 'J-'his shore wes/ for thes\ children of nature, a .paradise. ~‘he woods abounded with sans—the\wa\ers with fish—no enemies could approach 'thesi by ambuscade—thYir'ared end infirm felt , as we now feel, the elixir of' t he air — r.n\j?y tnese murmuring waves, and in those fragrant proves, the young warriors vcc3d end won the darkened maidens of the tribe I It was savage life , such as Chateaubriand has painted in the globing pas-3s of Attala—remote tron irar—a prolific fcrest--a tropical cliioete fanned by exhilarating breezes and perfumed by the pines—=s:id this beautiful bay, offspring of two rivers, looming cut into the depths of trie misty sea, beyond which lay the "happy hunt ins grounds" of the bloesedl
l£n a bleak day in Jcnuary, soae 175 years ago, a startling vision presented itself, as the fog rolled away, and the sun beans gilded the waters, it was the fleet of D’j-bervillG at anchor in Ship Island harbor, which he had safely entered without a pilot or . a chart—nn evidence of its capacities which shculd not be overlooked. £3 had b3en sent from -ranee to explore the i-iosissippi i-‘iver and colonize Louisiana. Placing his people on the island, and leaving his ships, he proceeded in his boats to search for the mouth of the river; ascended i./j <~o the cutlet of ^anchac, (since called Iberville); thence descended it to a river which he named •^nits; through tie lakes, which* he named Maurepas and rent char train to this place, which he	3*.v	St.	Louis, ^"e soon after trans-