Le Page du Pratz sailed from La Rochelle in 1718 and spent years in French Louisiana, much of it among the Natchez. His history describes the lands on both sides of the Mississippi, their rivers, soils, plants and animals, the colony’s early fortunes and the customs, government and religion of the Native nations he came to know.
The standard early source on colonial Louisiana, consulted by every later historian of New Orleans and the Natchez. Download the free EPUB.