Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7Joutel, Henri
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Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7
Joutel, Henri
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; Louisiana -- History -- To 1803; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
VI. We Grant to the _Sieur Crozat_, his Heirs or those claiming
under him or them, the Property of, in and to all Settlements and
Manufactories which he shall erect or set up in the said Country for
Silk, Indigo, Wooll, Leather, Mines, Veins and Minerals, as likewise
the Property of, in and to the Lands which he shall cause to be
Cultivated, with the Mansions, Mills, and Structures which he shall
cause to be built thereon, taking Grants thereof from Us, which Grants
he shall obtain upon the Verbal Process and Opinion of our Governor
and of the Subdelegate of the Intendant of _New France_ in the said
Country, to be by him Reported unto Us.
We will that the said _Sieur Crozat_, his Heirs, or those claiming
under him or them, shall keep in Repair the said Settlements,
Manufactures, Lands and Mills; and in Default thereof during the Space
of three Years, he and they shall Forfeit the same, and the said
Settlements, Manufactories, Lands and Mills shall be Reunited to our
Domaine fully and amply, and in the same Manner as is mentioned above
in the Third Article concerning the Mines, Veins and Minerals.
VII. Our Edicts, Ordinances and Customs, and the Usages of the
Mayoralty and Shreevalty of _Paris_, shall be observed for Laws and
Customs in the said Country of _Louisiana_.
VIII. The said _Sieur Crozat_ shall be oblig’d to send to the said
Country of _Louisiana_ Two Ships every Year, which he shall cause to
set out in the proper Season, in each of which Ships he shall cause to
be imbark’d, without paying any Freight, 25 Tun of Victuals, Effects
and necessary Ammunition, for the Maintenance of the Garrison and Forts
of the _Louisiana_; and in Case we should cause to be laden above the
said 25 Tun in each Ship, we consent to pay the Freight to the said
_Sieur Crozat_, at the common Merchantile Rates.
He shall be oblig’d to convey our Officers of _Louisiana_ in the Ships
which he shall send thither, and to furnish them with Subsistance and a
Captain’s Table for 30 Sols per Day, which we will cause to be paid for
each.
He shall likewise give Passage in the said Ships, to the Soldiers,
which we shall please to send to the said Country; and we will cause
the necessary Provisions for their Subsistance to be furnish’d to
him, or will pay him for them at the same Price as is paid to the
Purveyor-General of our Marine.
He shall be furthermore oblig’d to send on Board each Ship, which he
shall cause to set out for the said Country, Ten young Men or Women, at
his own Election.
IX. We will cause to be deliver’d out of our Magazines to the said
_Sieur Crozat_, 10000 Weight of Gunpowder every Year, which he shall
pay us for at the Price that it shall cost us, and this for so long
Time as the present Privilege shall last.
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