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Documents Covering Impeachment of Bienville 33
Questioned whether he was still in the pay of the King, he said ?No.?
Questioned whether he saw that Sieur de Bienville has disposed of goods of the King that were in the warehouses and whether some were not delivered to him, the deponent, without Sieur de La Salle having knowledge of it, at how much and what quantity, he said ?No.?
Questioned whether it is not true that Sieur de Bienville has sold or caused to be sold the wine that he sent for for his own use, at what price, by whom and how much, (p. 307) he said that he knows nothing about it.
Questioned whether he has knowledge that the King sends wine for the sick, he said ?No:?
Questioned whether it is not true that Sieur de Bienville drinks the wine of the sick and causes it to be drunk and sold, he said that he knows nothing about it.
Questioned whether he knows the man named Humery and what sort of a man he is, he said ?Yes? and that he has been a warehouse-keeper.
Questioned whether he has no 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 ?No.?
Questioned whether he, the deponent, has not bought from them, what sort and for how much, he said ?No.?
Questioned whether it is not true that they have even (p. 308) sold them back to the King at a price four hundred pei" cent above the price at which they had been delivered to them, he said ?No.?
Questioned whether it is not true that goods have been unloaded from the King?s vessel L?Aigle for the account of Mr. De Noyan and his officers and how much, he said ?Yes? and that there were more than two hundred quarts of them; [that he had] heard it said that they belonged to Mr. De Noyan, and a great deal of other dry merchandise.
Questioned whether he, the deponent, did not buy any at all, how much and at what price, he said ?No..?
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 knows nothing about it.
Questioned whether it is not true that they have sent them to Vera Cruz by the King?s vessels to be sold, he said that he knows nothing about it but that he heard it said [that they have done so].
Questioned whether it is not true that on all the voyages the vessels have brought goods for the account of these two brothers, (p. 309) he said ?Yes,? but that he does not know the quantity.