#15 The fort is a single palisade, but well defended by the situation of the place. He received us in a very friendly way, and we cabined in his courtyard. Our two boats, one of which carried Father Souel Missionary to the Yayous, arrived two days after us; the fort paid him the same honors which had been given to us. This dear Father had been dangerously ill during the voyage from Natchez to Yayous, and had begun to recover; but since my arrival here I have heard from him, that he had suffered a relapse of his illness, but was again convalescent when he wrote me. During our stay at Yayous, he purchased a house, or rather the cabin of a Frenchman, while waiting till he could make his arrangements to settle himself among the In...