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Pierre Le Moyne was the first to settle in Mississippi and he establisht a French settlement at Old Biloxi.
The first country to begin a settlement in the New World, if you discount the settlement started by Leif Erickson, would be Spain with Colombus' efforts in the Bahamas.
According to an internet search, the second European settlement in Mississippi was La Mobille.
St. Augustine was the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States. It was founded by Spain in 1565.
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Fr. Jacques Marquette, S.J., a Jesuit priest was the leader of the expedient that explored the Mississippi and founded the first white settlement in what is now Wisconsin.
Fr. Jacques Marquette, S.J., a Jesuit priest was the leader of the expedient that explored the Mississippi and founded the first white settlement in what is now Wisconsin.
He sailed for Spain and was in the southeastern US. He was the first European to see the Mississippi River.
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