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Bienville established Fort Toulouse/the Alabama Fort in response to the Yamasee War
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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The removal of the Tawasa I believe to have been due to the establishment of Fort Toulouse, or the Alabama Fort as it is also called, at the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa. Penicaut sets this down among the events of the year 1713,5 but some of the other happenings recorded by him for the same year, such as the removal of the Taensa noted above and the outbreak of the Yamasee war, belong properly to 1715. I cannot avoid the conclusion that the establishment of this post took place in the year 1715, Bienville having taken advantage of the Yamasee uprising to strengthen himself in that quarter. (Swanton)
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