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First Adaes Settlement

Guillaume Delisle's 1718 map is likely the first to depict an Adais Indian settlement, marked as "Adaïe," just west of the larger village of Natchitoches in Louisiana.

First Adaes Settlement

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First Adaes Settlement. Delisle, Guillaume (cartographer)

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Date 1718
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