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Table of Contents
Preface..........................................................vi
Acknowledgements...............................................vii
Introduction...................................................viii
1.	La Salle's First Indian Alliances in the ............	2
Mississippi Valley—1682
2.	Bountiful Provisions from the Taensas—1682 ...................5
3.	La Salle Claims the Mississippi—1682 .........................8
4.	"Crocodiles" of the Mississippi...............................9
5.	The Versatile Persimmon................................... 12
6.	An Arkansas Fable......................................... 14
7.	La Salle Reaches the Gulf—1685 ........................... 16
8.	Lost Man and Missed River—1685 ........................... 17
9.	La Salle Searches by Land and by Sea—1685 ................ 19
10.	Murder of La Salle—1687................................... 20
11.	Iberville Explores the Barrier Islands—1699 .............. 23
12.	Ship Island Anchorage—1699 ............................... 25
13.	Rattlesnake Bite and Native Remedy........................ 26
14.	Iberville lands on the Mississippi Coast—1699 ............ 28
15.	Hunting at Bay St. Louis—1699 ............................ 33
16.	Accidental Discovery—1699 ................................ 35
17.	Frenchmen Discover "Baton Rouge"—1699 .................... 38