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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  many 
  others, 
  however, 
  though 
  too 
  feeble 
  

   and 
  insignificant 
  to 
  merit 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  passing 
  notice. 
  

  

  Among 
  these 
  were 
  the 
  Baluxis 
  and 
  Pascagoulas 
  to 
  

   the 
  south. 
  The 
  Yazoos, 
  lonicas, 
  Coroas, 
  Offagoulas, 
  

   Otasees, 
  Chachoumas, 
  Outayhis, 
  and 
  the 
  Tapouches 
  were 
  

   distributed 
  along 
  the 
  Yazoo 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  larger 
  tribes, 
  the 
  Choc 
  taws 
  w^ere 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  

   most 
  numerous 
  and 
  powerful. 
  They 
  owned 
  fifty 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  villages, 
  and 
  could 
  assemble 
  twenty 
  thousand 
  

   warriors. 
  They 
  were 
  first 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  French, 
  who 
  

   managed, 
  by 
  their 
  diplomacy 
  and 
  presents, 
  to 
  retain, 
  

   throughout, 
  a 
  large 
  majority 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  interest. 
  

  

  The 
  Chickasaws 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  turbulent, 
  warlike, 
  

   and 
  ferocious 
  racej 
  from 
  their 
  intercourse 
  and 
  trade 
  

   with 
  the 
  English 
  of 
  Carolina, 
  they 
  espoused 
  their 
  in- 
  

   terest, 
  and 
  were 
  readily 
  engaged 
  in 
  hostilities 
  towards 
  

   the 
  French, 
  and 
  were 
  consequently 
  embroiled 
  in 
  con- 
  

   tinual 
  warfare 
  with 
  the 
  Choctaws. 
  

  

  The 
  Natchez, 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  enlightened 
  and 
  furthest 
  

   removed 
  from 
  barbarism, 
  were 
  rapidly 
  declining 
  from 
  

   the 
  condition 
  of 
  a 
  numerous 
  and 
  once 
  powerful 
  tribe. 
  

   The 
  institution 
  of 
  human 
  sacrifices 
  engrafted 
  into 
  their 
  

   theology 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  efficient 
  cause 
  of 
  their 
  rapid 
  

   course 
  towards 
  extinction. 
  They 
  were 
  pacific 
  in 
  their 
  

   disposition 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  French, 
  by 
  their 
  harshness 
  and 
  en- 
  

   croachments 
  upon 
  their 
  rights, 
  forfeited 
  their 
  friendship 
  

   and 
  provoked 
  their 
  deadly 
  hostility. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  the 
  policy 
  of 
  Bienville, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   governors, 
  for 
  the 
  security 
  of 
  the 
  colony 
  from 
  the 
  united 
  

   hostilities 
  of 
  the 
  Indians, 
  against 
  which 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  

   have 
  existed, 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  feuds 
  among 
  themselves. 
  

  

  The 
  Choctaws, 
  the 
  most 
  powerful 
  of 
  these, 
  were 
  con- 
  

   ciliated, 
  and 
  aided 
  in 
  repelling 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  their 
  chief 
  

   enemy, 
  the 
  Chickasaws, 
  until, 
  in 
  turn, 
  they 
  became 
  

  

  