Note 55 — Chapter III · {XI}[48] Red River—Exploring Expedition of 1806—Return to the Arkansa—Earthquakes
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In 1700 M. de Bienville ascended the Red river to the country of the Natchitoches and Yatassee Indians, but could find no Spanish establishments in that quarter. The Yatassee village was about forty miles north-west of the present town of Natchitoches, in the settlement of Bayou Pierre.
Darby, on the Authority of La Harpe.—James.
Comment by Ed. See Margry, Découvertes et Établissements des Français, vi, pp. 241-307.