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jurisprudence is based on the Roman or civil law instead of the common law of England, and the counties are called parishes. Robert Cavalier de la Salle descends the Mississippi to its mouth, names the country Louisiana, and takes possession in the name of the King of France......April 9, 1682 Pierre Le Moyne d'iberville enters the Mississippi......March 2, 1699 D'Iberville, having settled Biloxi, sails for France, leaving his lieutenant, Sauvolle de la Villantry, in command......May 3, 1699 Jean Baptist Le Moyne Bienville (born in Montreal, Feb. 23, 1680), brother of D'Iberville, returning from an expedition north of Lake Pontchartrain, finds an English ship at the mouth of the Mississippi, which sails away after being notified by Bienville that France had taken possession......Sept. 15, 1699 Sauvolle appointed governor of Louisiana......Dec. 7, 1699 D'Iberville returns from France in company with Bienville, and establishes a fort on the Mississippi, where they are