Note 67 — AN Historical Journal OF THE Late Monsieur de la Sale’s LAST VOYAGE INTO North America To Discover the River MISSISIPI.
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St. Louis Bay, St. Bernard’s Bay, Matagorda Bay, Espíritu Bay—are all names by which this Bay has been known. La Salle had a peculiar penchant for naming his forts, and after his royal master, Louis XIV; New Fort, St. Louis of the Illinois, Fort St. Louis of Texas, etc.