Longstreet, Judge, author of “Georgia Scenes,” i. 52. Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland, resists Napoleon’s decrees, v. 146; his interview with Armstrong, 147, 148; threatened by Napoleon, 236, 237, 240; stipulates seizure of American ships, 240, 274; abdicates, 242. Louisiana, ceded by France to Spain in 1763, i. 353; retrocession asked by Talleyrand in 1798, 357; retrocession again asked by Bonaparte in 1800, 363–368; retroceded by Spain to France in the treaty of San Ildefonso, Oct. 1, 1800, 370; Bonaparte plans an expedition to occupy, 399; boundaries fixed by Decrès, ii. 5; commercial relations and sentiments prescribed toward the United States, 8; ceded by France to the United States, 42; price of, 45; importance of cession, 49; Napoleon’s reasons for selling, 53; Talleyrand’s explanation of, 55; treble invalidity of sale, 56; constitutional question debated in Congress, 96 _et seq._; plans with regard to the status of, 116; admitted without an amendment, 118; bill for temporary government of, 120; Breckinridge’s bill defining boundaries and government, 120 _et seq._; bill defining territorial government of, 125, 130; Spain protests against sale of, 252 _et seq._; people regarded as unfit for selfgovernment, 399; they urge the execution of the treaty, 400; report of Randolph upon their claims, 400; political effects of purchase of, iii. 17; boundaries of, 33–35; disaffection in, 297 _et seq._; dislike of Claiborne’s administration, 299; admitted to territorial rights, March 2, 1805, 302; first territorial legislature of, 302–304; government offered to Monroe, v. 162; proposed as a kingdom for the French Bourbons, 239; admitted into the Union, 323–326; vi. 235; objects of British expedition to, viii. 313, 314; Nicholl’s proclamation to natives of, 320, 321; Jackson’s proclamation to people of, 324, 325; Jackson’s proclamation to free negroes of, 325; Monroe warns Jackson of expedition to, 326, 327; population of, 334; militia in the night battle at New Orleans, 345, 346; militia in want of arms, 368; militia placed on the Chef Menteur road, 369; militia on the west bank, 370, 371; militia routed, 377, 378; to be restored to Spain, ix. 4, 6, 8; Calhoun’s question regarding purchase of, 149, 152. (See New Orleans.) “Louisiana,” American 16-gun sloop-of-war at New Orleans, viii. 344; descends the river, 355; hauled beyond range of British guns, 356, 359; not brought into action, Jan. 1, 1815, 361; supports Jackson’s line, 368; not in action of Jan. 8, 374. “Louisianacide,” Napoleon’s, ii. 37.