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  OUTLINE. 
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  their 
  persevering 
  and 
  victorious 
  assailants. 
  This 
  

   was 
  done 
  chiefly 
  by 
  keeping 
  the 
  traffic 
  with 
  them 
  in 
  

   their 
  own 
  hands, 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  traders 
  

   of 
  the 
  Carolinas, 
  and 
  by 
  supplying 
  them 
  with 
  goods 
  

   suited 
  to 
  their 
  wants. 
  

  

  Perrier, 
  as 
  the 
  successor 
  of 
  Bienville, 
  proved 
  more 
  

   harsh 
  and 
  less 
  politic 
  in 
  his 
  intercourse 
  with 
  his 
  Indian 
  

   neighbors; 
  and 
  when, 
  from 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  necessary 
  

   remittances 
  from 
  France, 
  it 
  became 
  impossible 
  to 
  supply 
  

   all 
  the 
  wants 
  of 
  their 
  red 
  allies, 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  the 
  

   customary 
  presents, 
  a 
  considerable 
  faction 
  of 
  the 
  Choc- 
  

   taws 
  became 
  disaffected, 
  and 
  united 
  with 
  the 
  Chickasaws 
  

   in 
  a 
  scheme 
  of 
  general 
  and 
  concerted 
  hostility 
  with 
  a 
  

   view 
  to 
  the 
  total 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  colony 
  in 
  all 
  

   its 
  settlements; 
  and 
  although 
  this 
  design 
  was 
  suspected, 
  

   and 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  disconcerted 
  and 
  postponed, 
  the 
  day 
  

   was 
  approaching 
  when 
  the 
  French 
  colonists 
  were 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  a 
  severe 
  and 
  ruinous 
  blow. 
  

  

  The 
  commandant 
  at 
  Natchez 
  under 
  Perrier, 
  an 
  officer 
  

   named 
  Chepar, 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  intemperate 
  habits, 
  and 
  

   of 
  overweening 
  vanity 
  and 
  self-importance. 
  Professing 
  

   an 
  utter 
  contempt 
  for 
  the 
  Natchez, 
  his 
  conduct 
  towards 
  

   them 
  was 
  severe 
  and 
  exacting. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  beautiful 
  and 
  elevated 
  plain 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  

   margin 
  of 
  Second 
  Creek, 
  about 
  ten 
  miles 
  from 
  Fort 
  

   Rosalie, 
  was 
  situated 
  the 
  " 
  Whiteapple 
  Village." 
  A 
  

   group 
  of 
  mounds, 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  considerable 
  elevation 
  

   and 
  extent, 
  yet 
  clothed 
  with 
  stately 
  elms 
  and 
  evergreen 
  

   oaks, 
  which 
  have 
  spread 
  their 
  umbrageous 
  shades 
  over 
  

   them 
  for 
  centuries, 
  and 
  which 
  the 
  good 
  taste 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  

   and 
  present 
  proprietors 
  have 
  religiously 
  preserved, 
  still 
  

   marks 
  the 
  spot. 
  The 
  land 
  embracing 
  this 
  favorite 
  vil- 
  

   lage 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  was 
  coveted 
  by 
  Chepar. 
  

  

  Alleging 
  the 
  orders 
  of 
  Perrier, 
  the 
  surrender 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  

  

  