Note [227 — Chapter III
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[227] Savoile reported from Ft. Biloxi, August 4, 1701, that he possessed some slaves from the territory to the west and one Illinois slave, who was probably a runaway, and then adds that the French “voyageurs” would not miss this one runaway since they had so many. Mississippi Provincial Archives, French Domination, Correspondance Générale, 1678–1701, i, p. 152; Archives Nationales, Colonies, C. 13, Louisiane, Correspondance Générale, 1678–1708, i, p. 315.