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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bienville , Jean Baptiste le moyne , 1680 -1701 (search)
Bienville, Jean Baptiste le moyne, 1680-1701
Pioneer; brother of Le Moyne Iberville, who founded a French settlement at Biloxi, near the mouth of the Mississippi, in 1698; born in Montreal, Feb. 23, 1680.
For several years he was in the French naval service with Iberville, and accompanied him with his brother Sauville to Louisiana.
In 1699 Bienville explored the country around Biloxi.
Sauville was appointed governor of Louisiana in 1699, and the next year Bienville constructed a fort 54 miles above the mouth of the river.
Sauville died in 1701, when Bienville took charge of the colony, transferring the seat of government to Mobile.
In 1704 he was joined by his brother Chateaugay, who brought seventeen settlers from France.
Soon afterwards a ship brought twenty young women as wives for settlers at Mobile.
Iberville soon afterwards died, and Bienville, charged with misconduct, was dismissed from office in 1707.
His successor dying on his way from( France, bienville retaine