+FRENCH MEN & FRENCH WAYS+ +IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY+ john francis mcdermott, ed. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +(COLLECTION OF EXELLENT ESSAYS)+ >just retrieved from my storage has been a favorite book for many years ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRANCOIS SAUCIER+ +ENGINEER OF FORT de CHARTRES+ by walter j. saucier and katherine wagner seineke ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +(SAUCIER RELATED TO PERRYS)+ >is a valuable discovery here< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THIS DETAILED HISTORICAL ESSAY+ >is a particularly valuable insight re: the surveyor-engineer of the degruy, coutourier, foucher, bore and +RELATED PLANTATIONS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >who was related by marriage to< +JEAN FRANCOIS PERRY+ >(thus an important degruy link)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PERRY-SAUCIER CONNECTION+ >(adelaide saucier's first husband was jean francois perry... she was the eldest daughter of +JEAN BAPTISTE SAUCIER+ youngest son of +FRANCOIS SAUCIER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >francois saucier was born in mobile in 1712 making him slightly older then +ANTOINE JEAN BAPTISTE+ +VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +COUSINS IN THE JUNGLE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >in 1739 the year antoine arrived from france, both served in the war against +THE CHICKASAW INDIANS+ >an ongoing debacle led by bienville but w/ improved military strategy >by the newly arrived< ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SIEUR de NOAILLES de AIME+ >(who was antoine's commander and ship mate aboard the kings troop ship. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(a noble sent by the french court who will figure in our history in several profound ways. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +REVISED DATE OF ARRIVAL+ >a journal kept by a shipmate of noailles and degruy dates their arrival in june (not march) of 1739 so they must >have been delayed in san domingue< possibly by storms in the n. atlantic. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAUCIER'S VALUABLE CHART+ >francois saucier serving under engineer broutin had made the land chart for >(BROUTIN DESIGNED THE NEW OFFICERS BARRACKS) >the french army fighting indians. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH COLONIAL NOBILITY+ >one of the french noblity serving with +SIEUR de NOAILLES+ broutin, saucier and degruy was +SIEUR de CELURAN+ >relative of toulouse lautrec's mother< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SIEUR BERNARD de VERGES+ >the famed french colonial engineer was also involved and would found the +NOLA FOOTBALL STAR+ >famous family of warren verges geat nola athlete of the 1950s. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LE GARDEUR, DELERY & DEGREUX+ >are important names mentioned in the history of the chickasaw wars that relate to our verloin degruy. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +EVERISTE DEGREUX+ >(probably degruy), was the author of +"LOUISIANA JOURNAL HISTORIQUE"+ (all new to me) >and secretary to the famed +BERNARD de LA HARPE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH JUNGLE EXPLORER+ >de la harpe, french explorer, had been first european oh galveston island in 1721 and the founder of +"LE PETITE ROCHE"+ ^^^^^^^^^^ +LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 1722+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DE LA HARPE WAS GIVEN A CROWN+ +LAND GRANT AT NEW ORLEANS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >but what about our< ???+EVERISTE DEGREAX+??? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAUCIER MISPELLINGS+ >note: saucier's name is spelled in french records, : saucier, saucie, saussier, sossie, sossier, socie, etc. similar to the +DEGREUX-DEGRUY MIXUP+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CROWN LAND GRANTS+ >saucier was given a crown land grant on the river in plaquemine parish... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ADJACENT TO VERLOIN DEGRUY+ >lost crown grant< +BY FRENCH KING LOUIS XV+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to be continued.... gene ray, san diego, california