8/23 To this they gave the name of Louisburg. The New Englanders fitted out a great expedition and captured Louisburg without much help from the English. But at the close of the war (1748) the fortress was given back to the French, to the disgust of the New Englanders. The French in the Mississippi Valley .-- The Spaniards had discovered the Mississippi and had explored its lower valley. But they had found no gold there and had abandoned the country. |