The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 1, July 1897 - April, 1898 Page: 305
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Notes and Fragments.
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as far as hitherto published, and the Goldsmid edition of
the Voyages o the English Nation to America, from the Iakluyt
collection. Unfortunately, the appropriations by recent Legisla-
tures for the purchase of books have been extremely small, but the
little that has been given has been judiciously spent. In time, if
the money needed to buy books be provided somewhat more lib-
erally, the library may become in some degree worthy of the State
to which it belongs.
Louis JUCHEREAU DE SAINT DENIs.--"One of the most striking
figures on the stage of Texas history undoubtedly is Sieur Louis de
Saint Denis, called Huchereau for the first time by Yoakum in his
History of Texas."
Concerning the latter clause of the above quotation from an in-
teresting article in a late issue of the Texas Historical Quarterly, I
desire to say that Henri Martin (H1-ist. of La.) and Charles Gayarr6
(Hist. of La.) both of whom preceded Yoakum, as well as several
Sariit ,l i riter', ,terainly referred to the Saint Denis sent to Mexico
i)\ Cadillac a. J)uchereau de Saint Denis.
Juchereau would seem indeed to have been a family name, com-
mon to all belonging to a certain branch of the Saint Denis family;
as Barbe Juchereau de Saint Denis, Louis Juchereau de Saint
I)enis, etc., all of which names are found in the early chronicles.
The following note from Justin Winson, vol. V, p. 25, may
throw some light on the subject:
"Charlevoix speaks of Saint-Denys, who made the trip to Mex-
ico, as Juchereau de Saint-Denys. Dr. Shea, in the note, p. 12,
vol. VI, of his Charlevoix, identifies Saint-Denys as Louis Juche-
reau de Saint-Denys. The founder of the settlement on the
'Ouabache' signed the same name to the Memorial in Margry, v.
350. The author of Nos Gloires Nationales asserts (vol. I, p. 207,
of his work) that it was Barbe Juchereau who was sent to Mexico.
Spanish accounts speak of the one in Mexico as Louis. Charlevoix
says he was the uncle of Iberville's wife. Iberville married Marie-
Th6rese Pollet, grand-daughter of Nicholas Juchereau, Siegneur
of Beuport and St. Denis (see Tanguay). This Nicolas had one
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