Lower Mississippi

acres American Arkansas army Aubry Balize banks Baton Rouge Bayou Sara became Ben Green Bienville bluffs boat Boré British brothers Captain Capuchins Chickasaws citizens Colonel colony Confederate cotton Creole Dagobert death Delta Ellicott engineers English Father Dagobert feet fifty fight flatboat flood control followed France French Frenchmen Galvez Gayoso governor Greenville gulf horses hundred Iberville Indians Jackson Kemper killed Lake land later levee lived lottery Louisiana Louisianians Lower Mississippi lower river Luke Mafia Manchac Memphis miles Milhet military militia Mound Bayou Natchez navigation Negro night O'Reilly officers Oliver Pollock Orleanians Orleans Percy pilots pirates plantation planters political protect Reelfoot Lake returned Reuben Kemper Seguine Allen settlers ships Sicilian slaves soldiers Soto South Spain Spaniards Spanish steamboat story Tennessee territory thousand tion town trade troops Ulloa United upriver valley Vicksburg West Florida William women yellow fever