﻿6b 
  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  day 
  with 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  six 
  out 
  of 
  eight 
  men, 
  by 
  whom 
  it 
  

   was 
  defended. 
  The 
  two 
  survivors 
  escaped 
  under 
  cover 
  

   of 
  the 
  niglit. 
  

  

  Laloirc 
  himself, 
  who 
  chanced 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  liorseback 
  when 
  

   the 
  attack 
  commenced, 
  defended 
  himself 
  bravely, 
  and 
  

   killed 
  four 
  Indians 
  before 
  he 
  fell; 
  these, 
  with 
  eight 
  

   others 
  killed 
  from 
  his 
  house, 
  twelve 
  in 
  all, 
  constituted 
  

   the 
  entire 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  Chepar, 
  he 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  such 
  contempt 
  and 
  ab- 
  

   horrence, 
  that 
  death 
  by 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  a 
  warrior 
  was 
  

   deemed 
  too 
  honorable 
  for 
  him, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  

   the 
  massacre 
  he 
  was 
  dragged 
  from 
  the 
  garden 
  to 
  which 
  

   he 
  had 
  tied, 
  and 
  beat 
  to 
  death 
  with 
  clubs 
  by 
  the 
  most 
  

   degraded 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  race. 
  

  

  The 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  fort 
  at 
  Natchez 
  being 
  com- 
  

   plete, 
  and 
  the 
  habitations 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  reduced 
  to 
  

   ashes, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Yazoo 
  tribe 
  who 
  were 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  

   massacre, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  Natchez, 
  pro- 
  

   ceeded 
  to 
  the 
  settlement 
  on 
  the 
  Yazoo. 
  The 
  fort 
  was 
  

   garrisoned 
  by 
  only 
  twenty 
  men, 
  and 
  the 
  commander, 
  

   Du 
  Codier, 
  having 
  already 
  perished 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  where 
  

   he 
  chanced 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  a 
  visit 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  massacre, 
  

   was 
  easily 
  surprised, 
  and 
  the 
  soldiers 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  liimi- 
  

   lies 
  settled 
  near 
  it 
  w^ere 
  put 
  to 
  death. 
  

  

  Thus 
  the 
  French 
  settlement 
  on 
  the 
  Yazoo 
  was 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  destroyed 
  about 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  January, 
  1730. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  charged 
  that 
  the 
  Choctaws 
  were 
  to 
  have 
  

   aided 
  in 
  this 
  massacre, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  simultaneous 
  

   attack 
  upon 
  New 
  Orleans; 
  and 
  that, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  

   the 
  derangement 
  of 
  all 
  their 
  plans, 
  and 
  their 
  disappoint- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  not 
  sharing 
  the 
  plunder, 
  by 
  the 
  premature 
  attack 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  Natchez, 
  they 
  determined 
  to 
  avenge 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  by 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  that 
  people. 
  

  

  How 
  far 
  other 
  and 
  better 
  motives 
  may 
  have 
  operated 
  

  

  