Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico (Classic Reprint)
Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico (Classic Reprint)

Author: John R. Swanton

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-15

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9781527960565

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Excerpt from Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico Bossu. Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster, 2 vols, London, 1771. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico

Author: John Reed Swanton

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781230412139

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Natchez chiefs, awaited us at the Little Gulf with 150 men in order to break our heads. This speech did not surprise me, because one of their minor chiefs, a friend of mine, had already warned me before leaving their village, although he had not spoken so clearly. I had already spoken of it to M. de la Loire, but we had not placed enough faith in this first warning to interrupt our journey. This second intelligence obliged us to pay more attention to the matter. We took council together, and afterward we called the 8 Natchez savages who were guiding us, to whom we promised a considerable present if they would tell us the truth, with promises of never declaring that it was they who had warned us. All the 8 savages declared to us openly that 6 leagues above on the shore at the left, where the canoes are obliged to pass close to the land, on account of a very rapid gulf which whirls in the middle of the river, 150 Natchez, armed with guns, at the head of whom was The Bearded, awaited us, and that we could not fail to perish, although there were six times the number of people. "La Harpe In Jour. Hist., 123, simply states that M. de la Loire had barely escaped by the advice of a chief who had given Mm the means to save his lite. This avowal of 8 persons, all of whom assured us of the same thing, obliged us to give up. M. de la Loire, the elder, was above all much embarrassed how he should withdraw his brother, who had remained in the village of the Natchez as guard of the storehouse of goods of the company. He spoke to me about it, appearing very sad. I told him that, if he would permit me, I would go alone to find him, and that I would bring him back with me or perish there. After having laid our plans above, we parted three hours...

American Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley
American Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley

Author: Daniel H. Usner, Jr.

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780803295636

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During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Native peoples inhabiting the Lower Mississippi Valley confronted increasing domination by colonial powers, disastrous reductions in population, and the threat of being marginalized by a new cotton economy. Their strategies of resistance and adaptation to these changes are brought to light in this perceptive study. An introductory overview of the historiography of Native peoples in the early Southeast examines how the study of Native-colonial relations has changed over the last century. Daniel H. Usner Jr. reevaluates the Natchez Indians? ill-fated relations with the French and the cultural effects of Native population losses from disease and warfare during the eighteenth century. Usner next examines in detail the social and economic relations the Native peoples forged in the face of colonial domination and demographic decline, and he reveals how Natives adapted to the cotton economy, which displaced their familiar social and economic networks of interaction with outsiders. Finally, Usner offers an intriguing excursion into cultural criticism, assessing the effects of popular images of Natives from this region.