Author(s): John Hanno Deiler
Series: German American Annals; 17, 1-4
Publisher: The German-American Historical Society
Year: 1909
Language: English
Pages: 154
City: Philadelphia
Tags: German-American relations
The Discovery of the Mississippi i
The First German on the Lower Mississippi 3
The First French Settlement on the Gulf Coast 6
A Grave Error 8
The Western Company and the Compagnie des Indes—John Law lo
A German Description of Louisiana in the Year 1720 11
Ten Thousand Germans on the Way to Louisiana 14
How Many of These Reached Louisiana IS
French Colonists 17
Arrival of the First Immigration en Masse 18
A Misstatement 19
How the Immigrants Were deceived and Provided For—A Terrible State
of Affairs 21
Germans in Pascagoula 25
Pest Ships 27
Charlotte von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel 31
John Law, a Bankrupt and a Fugitive 36
The Germans Leave Law's Concession 37
The Family of D'Arensbourg 38
The German Coast 46
The First Villages on the German Coast 50
Karl Friedrich D'Arensbourg and the Founders of the Second German
Village on the German Coast 52
Hardships and Difficulties Encountered 56
Troubles With the Indians 59
Better Times 62
Churches of the Germans 62
The Census of 1721 66
Koly 70
Continuation of the Census of 1721—Remarks and Observations 73
Names of German Habitants—Official Census of 1724 "j-j
Map of the Principal Forts and Trading Posts 78
Additional German Names of This Period Not in the Census 96
The Zweig-Labranche Family 100
Additional German Names 102
A Census Without a Date 103
Reinforcements for the Germans—Manchac 105
The Germans from Matyland 107
The Kleinpeter Family 108
The Ory Family 109
The Creoles of German Descent—Definition of the Word "Creole" iii
What is the Probable Number of the Creoles of German Descent ii6
The German Language Among the Creoles of Louisiana ii8
l^The Fate of the German Family Names Among the Creoles 119
German Names in the Spanish Marriage Register of St. John the Baptist.
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126
Conclusion 127
Official Acknowledgment of the Worth and Value of the Gerthan Pioneers
of Louisiana—Laussat's Letter 129
Appendix—The German Waldeck Regiment and the Sixtieth or "Royal
American Regiment on Foot" in the War of 1779 to 1781 131
