History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 73
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EXPEDITION TO MATAGORDA BAY. 73
In pursuance of this order, De Bienville, on the 10th of Au-
gust,1721, proceeded to send out a vessel with a suitable force
to plant at the bay the arms of the king, and to build a fort.
Belisle, having previously been a prisoner there, nd ac-
quainted with the Indian language, was appointed to the coni-
mand of the twenty soldiers despatched, and La Harpe went
out as commandant of the bay of St. Bernard. The order was
obeyed, and a settlement formed ; but, such was the hostility
of the Indians, that the detachment did not long remain on the
bay.*
* American State Papers, vol. xii., p. 147. Gayarre, History of Louisiana,
vol. i., p. 264._
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Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1, book, 1855; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/m1/81/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.