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Author Barnett, James F., 1950-

Title The Natchez Indians : a history to 1735 / James F. Barnett, Jr
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 185 pages)
Contents Warrior boatmen -- European reconnaissance, 1682-1715 -- European occupation, 1715-1729 -- The rebellion
Summary The Natchez Indians: A History to 1735 is the story of the Natchez Indians as revealed through accounts of Spanish, English, and French explorers, missionaries, soldiers, and colonists, and in the archaeological record. Because of their strategic location on the Mississippi River, the Nat-chez Indians played a crucial part in the European struggle for control of the Lower Mississippi Valley. The book begins with the brief con-frontation between the Her-nando de Soto expedition and the powerful Quigualtam chiefdom, presumed ances-tors of the Natchez. In the late seventeenth century Ren--and--ea
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-173) and index
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Subject Natchez Indians -- First contact with Europeans
Natchez Indians -- Government relations
Natchez Indians -- Wars, 1716.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- Native American.
Natchez Indians
Natchez Indians -- Government relations
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021695043
ISBN 9781604733099
1604733098