Life and Times of Jean Laffite (Texas Digital Library - TDL E-Journals)
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Jean Laffite, Buccaneer, Had Most Colorful Career
No full textJean Laffite, gentleman buccaneer, cultured, severe and respected, swept Spanish commerce from the Gulf of Mexico, not only because piracy was profitable, but rather because revenge was sweet
Indian Troubles
No full textWhile Galveston island was occupied by the well-known pirate Laffite, some of his men in 1818 abducted one of the Karankawa women. To revenge this injury, about three hundred of these Indians landed on the sand-bar, near the "Three Trees.
Jean Laffite's Plan To Betray The Lallemand Expedition: Felipe Fatio's Report, June 27, 1818
No full textMost Excellent Senor: Don Juan Lafita who has just arrived from Galveston and with whom we have had a secret conference in the house of the Reverend Padre Sedalla has gived is in detail what he has seen at that place relative to the expedition of General Frances Lallemand and of his statements concerning which we hasten to bring to the attention of Your Excellency
Book Review: The British at the Gates
No full textThe British at the Gates is one of a number of recent books about the Battle of New Orleans which use eye-witness accounts from British sources, integrated wtih material concerning political, social and economic conditions in lower Louisiana at the time of the British invasion
The Houma Indians and Jean Laffite's Treasure
No full textThe Houma Indians have inhabited the coastal marshes of the Mississippi River Delta since about 1800. Their occupation of this area, which ranges from Bayou Dularge in Terrebonne Parish to as far east as St. Bernard Parish, accounts for a great deal of the tribe's oral history and folklore about Jean Laffite
LAG Member Retraces The Courses Of Laffite's Crusers
No full textWindle Dyer of New Orleans enjoys sailing and has visited ports frequented by Laffite's buccaneers. he notes that Yucatan is directly south of Barataria and could be reached in five days sailing time
Notes and Documents
No full textJean Lafitte National Historical ParkHistorical MarkerThe Capture of the "Le Brave" Schooner"...and gold alone was their religion..."History of the U.S. Schooner "Firebrand"Old News ClippingsLaffite and the OccultJohn Lafflin: Famous American ForgerRecent Publications of InterestAt the Theatr
The Evils of Piracy, 1814
No full textA federal grand jury met in New Orleans during the summer of 1814 to consider a number of cases involving acts of piracy and smuggling committed by the Baratarians. The jury issued the following presentment on 27 July 1814.
Will The Real Jean Laffite Please Stand And Be Recognized?
No full textA Houston, Texas, couple. Roger and Karin Kwiatowsky, have written a 647-page novel they style as "conjectural history." entitled The Eleventh Commandment, giving a new history of Jean Laffit
News and Notes
No full textWelcome new members. Welson to new LSG members Philip Brieden, Andy Galilano, Karin and Roger Kwiatkowski, and Anna Shepeard