﻿HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
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  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  chiefs 
  and 
  their 
  followers, 
  

   they 
  co-operated 
  afterwards 
  with 
  the 
  French, 
  not 
  only 
  

   against 
  the 
  Natchez, 
  but 
  subsequently, 
  in 
  the 
  war 
  that 
  

   ensued 
  with 
  the 
  Chickasaws, 
  with 
  general 
  fidelity 
  and 
  

   efficiency. 
  

  

  No 
  sooner 
  had 
  they 
  learned 
  that 
  the 
  Natchez 
  threat- 
  

   ened 
  to 
  put 
  to 
  death 
  the 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  that 
  had 
  

   been 
  captured, 
  than 
  they 
  assembled 
  a 
  considerable 
  force, 
  

   headed 
  by 
  Leseur, 
  a 
  Frenchman, 
  and 
  attacked 
  the 
  

   Natchez 
  on 
  the 
  27th 
  of 
  Januarj^, 
  whilst 
  revelling 
  on 
  the 
  

   banks 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Catharine, 
  killed 
  many 
  of 
  them, 
  rescued 
  

   the 
  carpenter 
  and 
  tailor, 
  and 
  upwards 
  of 
  fifty 
  French 
  

   women 
  and 
  children, 
  recovering 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  about 
  

   one 
  hundred 
  of 
  the 
  negroes. 
  In 
  this 
  attack 
  fell 
  the 
  

   chief 
  who 
  had 
  instigated 
  the 
  Natchez 
  massacre. 
  

  

  Perrier, 
  the 
  governor, 
  who 
  was 
  assembling 
  a 
  force 
  at 
  

   Tunica 
  to 
  march 
  against 
  the 
  Natchez, 
  was 
  less 
  prompt 
  

   in 
  his 
  movements. 
  

  

  The 
  Choctaws 
  had 
  marched 
  a 
  great 
  distance 
  by 
  land, 
  

   and 
  were 
  compelled 
  to 
  wait 
  for 
  many 
  days 
  for 
  the 
  ar- 
  

   rival 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  with 
  whom 
  they 
  were 
  to 
  co-operate; 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  fourteenth 
  that 
  Loubois, 
  the 
  

   French 
  commander, 
  after 
  fruitless 
  parleyings, 
  had 
  posted 
  

   his 
  artillery, 
  and 
  made 
  his 
  arrangements 
  for 
  an 
  attack 
  

   upon 
  the 
  forts 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Natchez 
  had 
  entrenched 
  

   themselves. 
  The 
  guns 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  mounted 
  on 
  

   the 
  mound 
  on 
  which 
  stood 
  the 
  great 
  temple, 
  and 
  com- 
  

   manded 
  the 
  forts 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  ; 
  they 
  were, 
  however, 
  

   only 
  four 
  pounders, 
  hardly 
  fit 
  for 
  service, 
  and 
  so 
  badly 
  

   managed 
  that 
  they 
  made 
  little 
  impression. 
  The 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  opposed 
  three 
  pieces, 
  which 
  were 
  still 
  more 
  clum- 
  

   sily 
  handled. 
  More 
  than 
  ten 
  days 
  were 
  consumed 
  in 
  

   this 
  siege. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  15th, 
  intimidated 
  by 
  the 
  more 
  active 
  prepara- 
  

  

  