Chapter 1
Indians and Explorers Pre 1719. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Introduction… Mississippi River… Indians… 
Prehistoric Indians… Exploration by Europeans… 
Spanish Explorers… French Explorers… Historical Indians… Quinipissa… Tangipahoa… Taensas… Washa/Chawasha… Choctaw

Chapter 2
The German Golden Coast: 1719 to 1803. . . . . . . . 28
Demeuves Concession… John Law and Company…
The German Coast… Indian Attacks… The Acadians… Rebellion of 1768… Government… The River… 
Life in the Period… Education… Agriculture… Slavery… Prominent Personages… Karl Friedrick D’Arensbourg… Jean Noel Perret… Etienne de Bore…
Governor Jacques Philippe Villere…
François Valcour Aime… The Study of the Period

Chapter 3
New Parish and New Start 1803-1861. . . . . . . . . . 66
United States Purchase… Local Government…
St. Charles Borromeo… Slavery… Slave Insurrection of 1811… War of 1812… Life in Period…
Levees and Crevasses… Agriculture… Church… Education… Newspapers… Prominent Personages… Jean Baptiste d’Estrehan… Jean Noel d’Estrehan… Nicholas Noel d’Estrehan… Stephen Henderson… Alexandre and Alcee LaBranche… Pierre Trepagnier… Jean Francis Trepagnier… Pierre Auguste Baudet St. Martin… Francois Charles Delery… A. E. P. Albert