However , because of its flooding , he had been unable to find a suitable location during his first voyage of discovery up the Mississippi in March 1699 .
M. d'Iberville originally intended to establish a French colony along the Mississippi River .
Because of its flooding , M. d'Iberville had been unable to find a suitable location during M. d'Iberville 's first voyage of discovery up the Mississippi in March 1699 .
M. d'Iberville originally intended to establish a French colony along the Mississippi River .