When was Valenzuela called Brulis or Brules, and who first used it?

Research question: When does the Brulis or Brules label for the Valenzuela community first appear in dated 18th-century or 19th-century Louisiana sources, and who used it?

The earliest dated appearance in the verified facts is March 1879, in two legal notices in the Pioneer of Assumption (Napoleonville, La.) dated March 15, 1879. One spells the term 'Bruld' in the succession of Clairville Pelletier, and the other spells it 'Brul6' in the succession of Pierre Boudreaux ¹². The Pelletier auction was conducted by E. P. Helluin on March 13, 1879 ³. The facts show no earlier 18th- or 19th-century use and do not name who first used the label ⁴. A separate source calls the Isleño variety along Bayou Lafourche 'Brule Spanish' but gives no date or originator for that label ⁴. The facts never tie the 1879 notices to the Valenzuela community, so that connection is unconfirmed ¹²⁴. The newest dated fact is from March 1879, about 147 years before October 2026 ¹².

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