Note 191 — Evans’s Pedestrious Tour of Four Thousand Miles—1818 (continued 4)

For the early history of the city of Natchez, see F. A. Michaux’s Travels, vol. iii of our series, note 53.

The Natchez Indians, of Maskoki stock, were first encountered by the French near the present city of their name. In 1729 they fell upon the French garrison and massacred them all. The following year the French army took a terrible revenge, a remnant only of the tribe escaping. For full account, see Gayarré, History of Louisiana (rev. ed., New-Orleans, 1903), i, pp. 396–440.—Ed.