Natchez People
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Linquistice group: Muskogean or Algonquian
Original homeland: Sowutywestern Mississippi along the Mississippi River
History[edit | edit source]
Early encounter with explorers 1543 Hernando de Soto, and in 1682 visit from Sieur de La Salle brought missionaries and fur traders.
Brief Time Line[edit | edit source]
- 1713: the French establishe a trading post
- Fort Rosalie established later becoming the center of the Nachez Revolt
- 1718: European colonistst negotiated for land - for large plantations
- 1729- 1731 Nachez Revolt; The French forced aboaut 400 Natchez to surrender; killing some and sending others to Santo Domingo as slaves. Other tribal survivors joined the Chickasaw, Creek, Catawba, and Cherokee
- 1730: French and Chactaw joined forces aginst the Natchez
- 1832: removed with their host tribes to Indian Territory
- Assimilated into their host Tribes and lost their identity.