Law’s Recruitment Broadside. (Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection. Acc. No. 83-382)
“Pamphlets and handbills were published, but the descriptions of Louisiana were not correct. They said that four crops could be raised each year; that the Indians were friendly and did most of the work; that there was plenty of game, including deer and bear. Many Frenchmen and other Europeans believed these descriptions and came to Louisiana.”—Edwin A. Davis, Louisiana: The Pelican State
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