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Index Acansas, 18 aft hold, 25, 90 agriculture, 39, 52, 55 Akokisas, 37 alkaline electrolyte bath, 106 American Indians. See specific tribes Angelina River, 39 Apalachee Bay, 20 Archivo General de las Indias, 13 Arkansas, Caddo in, 39 Arnold, III, J. Barto, 7 Aruba, 13 Atakapas, 37 Auspice Maria, 43 axe heads, 47 Aztecs, 12 bandolier, 76 Barbados, 13 barrel maker, 88 barrels, 69 Barroto, Juan Enríquez, 98 Bay Saint Louis, 67 beads, 42 Beaujeu, Taneguy Le Gallois de, 18, 20, 91 Beauvaisis, 79 bells, brass hawk, 43 Bernou, Claude, 18 Big Bend, 40 blocks: fiddle, 34; single, 33 Bocquin, Jean-Adolphe, 12 Bouillan, Jean Philix, 56 bow compartment, 25 bowsprit, 25 Brock, Michelle, 8 Bruseth, James, 7 buffalo, 20, 52, 60 Bullock, Bob, 8 buttons, 85 Cabot, Sebastian, 12 Caddos, 37, 39–40, 41 Calhoun County Museum, 96 Canada: French settlement of, 13, 14; La Salle’s expedition, 18. See also New France and specific cities candlesticks, brass, 84 cannons: bronze, 71, 68, 93, 99; iron, 61; list of, 72; markings, 71 Cape Saint-Antoine, 20 Caribbean, 13, 18 Carlos II, 61 Cartier, Jacques, 12 case bottle, 81 casting, artifact, 106 Catholicism, 11 Cavelier, Jean, 17 Cavelier, Robert. See La Salle Cayman Islands, 20 ceramics, 56, 73 Chapa, Juan Bautista, 63 Charlesfort, South Carolina, colony at, 12 chart compass divider, 28 Chihuahua, Mexico. See Nueva Vizcaya City by the Sea Museum, 96 cloth, 85 Coahuiles, 39 Cocos, 37 cofferdam, 94-96, 100 colander, brass, 83 colonists: dangers, 38, 50, 52, 53, 61, 62; difficulties settling, 52; introduction to new environment, 20 Colorado River, 40 combs, 46 Company of New France, 14 Company of One Hundred Associates, 14 compass, 28 concretion, 106 Conservation Research Laboratory, 105 conservation, artifact, 106 cooking kettle, brass, 84 cooper, 69, 88 Copanes, 37 Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 12 Corpus Christi Bay, 39 Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, 96 crucifix, 86 Cuba, 17, 20 Cujanes, 37 Curaçao, 13 Danning, Amanda, 104 de Avilés, Pedro Menéndez, 12 deadeye, 35 deer antlers, 54 de León, Alonso, 61, 62, 97 Delisle, Guillaume, 13 de Oñate, Juan, 12 Douay, Anastase, 17, 40 drumsticks, 78 electrolytic reduction, 106 encroachment, 12–13 England: explorations of North Atlantic region, 11; Spain and, 12–14 entertainment, 58 excavation, 7 eye hook, 31 falconry, 43 ferrous materials, conservation of, 106 fica, glass, 58 fire pots, 73 fishing practices, 38 Fix, Peter, 108 foremast, 25 forensics, 62, 102, 104 forks, brass, 82 Fort St. Louis, 38, 50, 52–54, 61–63, 97 France: claims ownership of La Belle, 7, 96; explorations of North Atlantic region, 11; incursion into Texas, 9; Spain and, 12–14; standardization of weapons, 75. See also Louis XIV Franquelin, Jean-Baptiste Louis, 20, 22 freeze-drying method, 108 Fuerte, 61 fusil ordinaire, 75 galley brick, 57 games, 58 Garcitas Creek, 38, 50 Góngora, Carlos Sigüenza, 97 Grand Camp, 50, 53 Great Lakes. See New France Guadaloupe, 13 Guapites, 37 Guerrero, Coahuila, 14 Gulf of Mexico, 14, 18, 20, 64 gunflints, 77 gunpowder cartridge, 76 Haiti, 17, 21 halberd, 74 Hasinais, 39, 40 health concerns, 56, 68, 80 Holland, 13 household items, 68, 79–87 114 Bullock Texas State History Museum 115 Huguenots, 86 hunting practices, 20, 37–38, 40, 54 Illinois River, 17, 18, 59 Incas, 12 inkwell, 87 Inter cætera, 11 Intracoastal Waterway, 93 iron stock, 91 Jamaica, 13 Jean, Jacques, 91 Jean phily, 56 Jesuits, 14, 43 Joutel, Henri, 17, 19, 21, 23, 52, 80; events in La Salle’s absence, 81; guide excavation attempts, 93; hand-drawn map, 67, 68; names Fort St. Louis, 54; trading, 42; on weaponry, 45, 75 Juchereau, Louis, de St. Denis, 14 Jumanos, 13, 37, 40–41 Kadohadacho, 39 Karankawas, 13, 37–39, 41; violence against colonists, 50, 52, 53, 61, 62 knives: case, 45; clasp, 45; draw, 88 L’Aimable, 17, 49; cannons aboard, 61; efforts to salvage cargo, 53; wreck, 49, 91; wreckage La Bahía, 64 La Belle: assembly, 19, 26; cargo, 50, 51, 55–58, 67–69; death of crew members, 50; design, 24, 25, 26, 27; hull preservation , 107; impact of lost cargo, 52, 55; logbook, 13; measurements, 51; significance of excavation, 67, 95; wreck, 49, 58, 67 La Chapelle des Pots, 79 La Salle, 17–8; attempts to profit from trade, 42, 67; efforts to relocate colonists, 52, 59; murder, 51, 52, 60; recruiting and support for expedition, 10, 49 La Salle Odyssey, 96 Lago de...

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