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The SiiMir rayon, wlio liiid been iiifDriiicd by tlic inMipb' of llic concession of 

 St. Callicriiie tlu-niselvi'S that the Itlow had iiKh-cd been sIimicU by the savaKes 

 of the Apph' village. rei»lied to the ;.'rand chi«'f throiii;h tlir Sinir rapiii, iider- 

 preler. tliat he liked his arK<inieiits, and that they appeared .just and le;,'itiniatG 

 to him; hut tliat it had cost nincli, as also to treat the Frenchman wlio had 

 been wonnded. and if lie wished to have iteace, it was fair that he imrchased it 

 by payiiifi some dama;:es. The Tattooed-serpent consented tt) this: he taxed 

 the savages of the three villajres of the Apple, of Jenzenaque. and <>i' the Cris, 

 making each cabin furnish a certain nnmber of fowls, which were broii^bt ; and 

 after they had been placed in the boats, the troops reenibarked and betook 

 themselves to the capital. Thus was terminated this first expedition throuj^li an 

 accommodation, which they preferred to make with savages who still appeared 

 to desire our friendship, than to exiiose themselves to tlie uncert.iin outcome 

 of war." 



The third Natche/, waf followed closely iijx)!! the second, in the 

 aiittiiiiii ol' the siu'ceediiio- year. Diiiiioiil describes it in greatest 

 detail: 



This peaee was not of long duration, and 1 might almost say that the 

 French general and his troops had .scarcely returned to the capital when the 

 savages thought of recompensing themselves for the many fowls they had 

 furnished against their will. It is true that at this time they did not carry 

 their undertaking against the person of any Frenchman, but they desolated the 

 concession of St. Catherine, killing the cattle, and even the horses which 

 belonged to it, when they met them. This settlement had for defense only 

 a small number of workmen and some negroes, so tliat seeing themselves every 

 day an object of persecution by the savages of the Apple, Jenzenaque, and 

 the Gris. they addressed themselves to the commandant-general of the country, 

 begging him to take them under his protection and put an end to the insults of 

 the barbarians. This officer, desiring to preserve order, decided to go in person 

 to this canton; he chose to accompany him among the troops of tlie colony 

 those which suited him, had five boats and some pirogues armed, left toward 

 the middle of October, and reached the Natchez at the end of the month. In 

 ascending the river St. Louis [the Mississippi] this little army rested four 

 days at the Tonikas, the chief of whom, w'ho was a Christian and a good 

 warrior, joined the French with a party of his people, and wished to follow 

 them in this war. * * * 



As soon as the commandant-general had arrived at Natchez he repaired with 

 all his officers to the house of the Sieur Barnaval, who then conunanded at Fort 

 Kosalie. where he supped. After supper he had many pieces of cloth of Rouen 

 torn up for bandages and he had them distribute these cloth bands to all the sav- 

 ages who followed the army with orders to fasten them to their arms In order 

 that the French who accompanied him and who did not know what dis- 

 tinguished the different barbarous nations might at least recognize by this 

 mark those of these peoples who were friends. Besides the Tonikas of whom 

 I have spoken the army had beeii joined by some Yazou savages and by a party 

 of Choctaws commanded l).v Red Shoe. 



The next day the commandant, not wishing to give the enemy time to fortify 

 themselves or even to escape from him. made all the troops march in two 

 columns to report at the concession of St. Catherine, where he estahlished the 

 general rendezvous for all the army. It was composed of troops of the company. 



« Dumont, M6m. Hist, sur La Louisiane, ii, 93-98. 



