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loSt, a?Iberville placed a J.'cv families here in ( Jay Stl Louie) with a sergeant and 15 men, in a small fort, near where the To line" r.'ansion (Judge Chandler's ) nov; stands. ?
(Toulme Mansion ras located where the Horton residence is now.
On January 3, 1721,. two. ships. La Gironde and La Volage,. arrived wit about ?00 persons for concessions ofM. LeBlanc and Court* bell vilie on th Yazoo River, and La dame Lezieres on the Bay of St. Louis, and Madame Chaumont of Pascagoula Bay. From the record of lana grants it woulc appei that the colony of -?.adame i..ezieres settled on a 17,084 acre grant north of Felicity Street. The colonists ser.t over by a'Iberville and Modar.e Mezieres, were the pioneed- settlers of Bay St. Louis.
Dunn,- this period the Oaskert Girls arrived from France. These women were imported to furnish brit.es for the colonists. Some were sent by force, others cane willingly; seme were of questionable mo rails, others were of irreproachable character. Each young lady, earring a tronsseau packed in a little chest, anxiously waited as representative of the Ursu-iinesarranged a suitable marriage. The descendents of the Casket Girls are still found on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi.
The treaty of Paris, February 1C, 1765, brought to an end' the long,
CTt	fight between France and ingland for supremacy in North America. The Moil
V	Christian King: of France ceded to Ms Brittan&c Majesty, the Lississippi
? ^	River, the fort of Loblfeeax and all the possessions on the left side of
? ^	the Mississippi* with the exception of New Orleans, which he ceded to
j? f-Hj?	Spain. The lilies of France over fort Conde at Iv'obile w<-re lowered and
the British Flag was raised to the music of bagpipes.
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The British were nov/ in possession of the coast; but their rule was destined to be of short duration. On May S, 1779,. His Catholic Majesty of Spain declared war against England; and Galvez forced the capitulation of every English stronghold on the River and along the Gulf Coast. Spain again came into possession of the territoty of T7est Florida.
In the fall of 1800, Spain secretly ceded Louisiana to Napoleon, by the Treaty of San Ildephonsb, Spain, However, remained in actual possession of this territory. A diplimatic triple play was executed at New Or* leans in "he fall of 180S,, when Louisiana went fr m Spain to France to the United States within the space sf twenty days.
When the war of 1812 was on the horizin, Gov, Claiborne sent Dr. William Folld to organfeexx the parishes of ?iloxi and Pascagoula. On banks of the Pearl River, Flood chose Simon Favre*. an educated aiatxx and prosperous farmer to serve as justice of the peace. He then moved to Bay St. Louis where he commissioned Philip Baucier, a venerable gentleman of prepossi ssing manners with a patriarchal influence. The flag of the Xx*?
U. S. was raised over the Bay on the 5th of JanuerytlSll. Similar appoint ments were made at Biloxi and Pascagoula; but it was impossible to find any inhabitant of these placer "ho could read or ? rite.
Floodfes report si.ows that he w; s a ketn observer with a judgment borderinf on t he prophetic. Let us cuote -art of his report: "They are, all alomg this beautiful coast, - primitive people of mixed origin; retaining the gaiety and politeness of the French, blende wi : h the abstemlious ness and inaoence of the Indian. The people are universally honest... a more innocent ana inoi'iensive people may no ? be found._______1 am greatly