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Iberville sent Bienville to build a fort at Mobile
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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In January, 1702, after Iberville had reached Louisiana on his third voyage, he sent Bienville to begin work upon a fort on Mobile River, and soon afterwards followed him in person. This fort, as Hamilton informs us, was located at what is now known as Twenty-seven Mile Bluff.4 (Swanton)
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