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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
to his former narrative a journal of his pretended voyage down the river. This had been published in London at the very moment when the fort at Biloxi was in progress; and, at once, an exploring expedition, 1699. under the auspices of Coxe, a proprietor of New Jersey, sought also for the mouths of the Mississippi. When Bienville, who passed the summer in exploring the forks below the site of New Orleans, descended the river, he met an English ship of sixteen guns, com- Sept. 16. manded by Barr,—one of two vessels which had been sent to sound the passes of the majestic stream. Giving heed to the assertion of Bienville of French supremacy, as proved by French establishments, the English captain turned back; and the bend in the river which was the scene of the interview was named and is still called, English Turn. Thus failed the vast project of Coxe to possess Chap XXI} what he styled the English province of Carolana. But Hennepin—who, had he but loved truth, would have gained