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(It xoould eonear 500. oeople corr.-Tir.isec... the.. .r.uir/csr.-.-of „
-settTer? along the rississirvoi Gulf Coast from the
"■ Passacouls! River to the*Bay of StT/T.ouis.)
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Biloxi ’•’?s in the British wzr: od occupied ty only a f ev f-"Hies "the o-'fsfring of the- original settlers,M vho vere chiefly er'oloy°c i raising cattle snd stock and making ’oitch and tar.
n’here v:ere ^^^nch	ies	on	the '^otile River and on th° shores
of Tp'.:e Pontch-rtrain, : nd ~n ever-increasing r.v-'ber of English fair i lies on the Pearl, Ppscagouls, Alabama, To~fcigtee, Ar.ite, ~r.d the ! 'is sisririT1!'.
Point Comes, ?5 -<-M es r.orth of ! anch»c, ’-v.s = thriving French ctv on thc ir'1 ri^e of the 1 isFicFiTT:i. Bertram r?vs a ■o'1 ^ - sin p "icture c’"1 thr character ^nd condition of the inhsbitP.nt s:
"The French her* are pt"1 <?, ingenious, r,n^ Industrious olanters. ~hev live ~?si? y, r'l~ntifu1 ly and ore fcr more regular and c 0” "en': a tie in the enjoyment of their earnings than their neighbors, the English. Their dress of their ovn manufacture is ■■’el'' ’•,roV'ht r-r.d neatly rade v*?, yet not extravagant or foolish, 1'anr.srs and conversation are easy, moral end entertaining."