Francois Simars de Bellisle

Francois Simars de Bellisle (1695-1763) was a Frenchman who shipwrecked on the Bolivar Peninsula, near present-day Galveston, Texas, in 1722. He had been sailing for New Orleans. He was captured by Akokisa natives, and had to subsist for some time on the land. His documentation of this ordeal is considered the first account of the Akokisa tribe. cite book
last = Wiggins
first = Melanie
title = They Made Their Own Law
publisher = Rice University Press
date = 1991
pages = 6-7
id = 0892633077] cite web
title = Bellisle, Francois Simars de
work = The Handbook of Texas Online
url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbe42.html
accessdate = 2007-03-09 ]

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