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Fort Toulouse the French outpost at the Alabamas on the Coosa

Situated at the head of the Alabama River systemat the juncture of the Coosa and Tallapoosa riversFort Toulouse in 1717 was planned to keep the local Indians neutral, if not loyal, to the French and contain the British in their southernmost Atlantic colonies. Unlike the usual frontier settlements, Fort Toulouse was both a diplomatic post, since its officers acted as resident ministers, and a military post. Because it was located in a friendly territory adjoining an area under a rival (British) influence, the post participated in psychological warfare rather than in blood-letting. It used tra.

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