Natchez eclipse : the making of French Louisiana and the destruction of an Indian nation / Ken Lizzio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lizzio, Kenneth P., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natchez Indians--First contact with other peoples--Louisiana.

Natchez Indians.

Natchez Indians--Wars, 1729.

French--Louisiana--History.

French.

Ethnic relations.

Colonization.

Bienville, Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de, 1680-1767.

Bienville, Jean Baptiste Le Moyne.

Louisiana--History--To 1803.

Louisiana.

Mississippi--Natchez Region.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

v, 185 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm

illustrations.

Other Title:

Making of French Louisiana and the destruction of an Indian nation

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2026]

Summary:

"On November 28, 1729, Natchez warriors walked into Fort Rosalie, Louisiana, and opened fire on French colonists. Within an hour, nearly 250 French were dead, and as many women and children were taken hostage. After several punitive expeditions against the Natchez, the French finally decided to enact a permanent solution. In 1731, French forces attacked Natchez villages on the Black River. Their leader, Great Sun, as well as fifty chiefs and warriors and over two hundred women and children were captured and sold into slavery. Those who managed to escape fled east, taking refuge with the Cherokee and Chickasaw. Astonishingly, within thirty years of the arrival of the first French settlers, the place that had been home to the Natchez for a thousand years had ceased to exist. This book tells the tragic story of the French colonization of Louisiana and the destruction of the Natchez nation. Beginning with the arrival of the first French settlers, the narrative traces their desultory attempts to establish a colony to their encroachment on Natchez lands and ultimate economic dominance over them. Drawing from first-hand accounts in the form of government documents and diaries of missionaries and colonists, this book is the first narrative history of one of the largest massacres ever of natives and whites in North America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

His Majesty's Dream

Hard Times

The Company of Louisiana

The People of the Sun

The Drums of War

John Law & The Mississippi Company

The Poultry War

The War of 1723

Changing of the Guard

Commandant Chépart

The Massacre

Hunting the Natchez

Surrender at Fool Creek

The Chickasaw Wars.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182) and index.

ISBN:

9781476699462

1476699461

OCLC:

1521884684

Publisher Number:

90104829359