ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn, dʒˈiːnpɪˈɛɹ pˈʌɹi, ɐ dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹ æt ðə kˈʌmpəni ʌvðɪ ˈɪndiz, pɹəpˈoʊzd ɹᵻkɹˈuːɾɪŋ dʒˈɜːmənz ænd dʒˈɜːmənspˈiːkɪŋ swˈɪs fˈɑːɹmɚz tə luːˌiːzɪˈænə ænd ðæt sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ wɪð ɐ twˈɛntifˈaɪvjˈɪɹ tʃˈɑːɹɾɚ, lˈɔː mˈɜːdʒd ðə kˈʌmpəni ʌvðə wˈɛst wɪð hɪz kˈʌmpəni ʌvðɪ ˈɪndiz.
In 1719, Jean-Pierre Pury, a director at the Company of the Indies, proposed recruiting Germans and German-speaking Swiss farmers to Louisiana and that same year with a twenty-five-year charter, Law merged the Company of the West with his Company of the Indies.