The _Histoire de la Louisiane_[105] by M. Barbé Marbois is so brief in its treatment of the period covered by this chapter that very little can be gained from consulting that portion of the book. A work entitled _De la puissance Américaine_, by M. Guillaume-Tell Poussin, was published at Paris in 1843. A translation was printed at Philadelphia in 1851. The writer, from his familiarity with this country, was especially fitted to give a French view of our history. His chapter on Louisiana shows that he had access to the treasures of the Paris Archives. Its value, however, is diminished by the fact that he is inexact in his details. Daniel Coxe, the son of Dr. Coxe, the claimant of the Carolana grant, published in London in 1722 _A Description of the English Province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call’d Florida, and by the French La Louisiane_.[106] The body of the text is devoted to a description of the attractions of the province to the emigrant. The preface contains an account of the entrance of the Mississippi by the vessel which was turned back by Bienville. The appendix is an argument in favor of the claimant’s title to the grant, and of England’s title to the Mississippi Valley. It contains a curious story of a Massachusetts expedition to New Mexico in 1678, and a claim that La Salle’s guides were Indians who accompanied that expedition.[107] The official correspondence concerning the Louisiana boundary question may be found in Waite’s _American State Papers and Public Documents_ (Boston, 1815-1819), vol. xii. The temperate statements of Don Pedro Cevallos are in strong contrast with the extravagant assumptions of Luis de Orris, who even cites as authority the mythical Admiral Fonte.[108] Yoakum, in his _History of Texas_ (New York, 1856), goes over this ground, and publishes in his appendix an interesting document from the archives of Bexar. _Illinois in the Eighteenth Century_, by Edward G. Mason (Fergus Historical Series, no. 12), Chicago, 1881, has two papers dealing with the topics of this chapter: “Kaskaskia and its parish records” and “Old Fort Chartres.” The recital of the grants, the marriages, and the christenings at Kaskaskia and St. Anne brings us close to Boisbriant, Artaguette, and the other French leaders whose lives are interwoven with the narrative of events in Illinois. The description of Fort Chartres is by far the best extant. The work of rescuing from oblivion this obscure phase of Illinois history has been faithfully performed. The following works have been freely used by writers upon the early history of Illinois and the Illinois villages and forts:— _The Administration of the Colonies_, by Thomas Pownall, 2d ed. (London, 1765). The appendix, section 1, deals with the subject of this chapter. _A Topographical Description of North America_, by T. Pownall (London, 1776). Appendix, no. 4, p. 4, Captain Harry Gordon’s Journal, describes the fort and villages. [Illustration: COXE’S CAROLANA.