le sueur sailed to france to secure a commission to serve as a local magistrate in what is now alabama. "le sueur was supposed to leave france on the loire in 1703 but he did not actually sail until the spring of 1704 aboard the pélican. the ship, which was carrying nurses and women to louisiana, stopped at havana where le sueur contracted yellow fever. he had to be left behind and, after drawing up his will, he died on 17 july and was buried in the parish church of san cristóbal."