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[Source 3, pg. 135] The attorney chosen was Commandant de La Houssaye, who was deputed to act in a probate matter at Pointe Coupée for Étienne de Vaugine de Nuysement and his wife Antoinette Pelagie Petit de Livilliers....in this instance de La Houssaye detained in Arkansas due to illness, simply transferred the power of attorney to a member of the Superior Council "to act in my place as myself." [source 3, pg. 136] A few months after the execution of this contract (1/6/1752) Commandant de La Houssaye wrote the governor that Mons. Étienne Vaugine, a French officer, was of a mind to marry Madame de Gouyon, the commandant's sister-in-law, and he sent along "the proposed conditions for the marriage contract ...de La Houssaye asked the governor to pass "l'exemplair du Contrat" along to the New Orleans notary Chantaloux if the governor decided to give his permission for the marriage. [Source 3, pg. 137] Étienne de Vaugine de Nuysement, who executed the "procuration" of 1753, was a member of one of the most distinguished French families of Louisiana; and he executed the procuration in favor of Commandant de La Houssaye, soon to become a Major of New Orleans and a Knight of the Royal Military Order of St. Louis. Vaugine & de La Houssaye married sisters. [Source 3, pg. 66] Étienne Vaugine, an officer at the Post, married Madame de Gouyon, sister-in-law of Post Commandant de La Houssaye; and Marie Félicité Vallière, daughter of the Post commandant from 1787 to 1790, became the wife of Francois Vaugine, who was the son of Étienne and an officer in the Post militia. [Source 4, p. 74] Étienne Vaugine witnessed a Quapaw Indian treaty at John Harrington's house [ca.?] 1829