{"product_id":"natchez-indians-a-history-to-1735-paperback","title":"Natchez Indians: A History to 1735 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames F. Barnett  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Natchez Indians: A History to 1735\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the Natchez Indians as revealed through accounts of Spanish, English, and French explorers, missionaries, soldiers, and colonists, and in the archaeological record. Because of their strategic location on the Mississippi River, the Natchez Indians played a crucial part in the European struggle for control of the Lower Mississippi Valley. The book begins with the brief confrontation between the Hernando de Soto expedition and the powerful Quigualtam chiefdom, presumed ancestors of the Natchez. In the late seventeenth century, René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle's expedition met the Natchez and initiated sustained European encroachment, exposing the tribe to sickness and the dangers of the Indian slave trade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Natchez Indians\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the way that the Natchez coped with a rapidly changing world, became entangled with the political ambitions of two European superpowers, France and England, and eventually disappeared as a people. The author examines the shifting relationships among the tribe's settlement districts and the settlement districts' relationships with neighboring tribes and with the Europeans. The establishment of a French fort and burgeoning agricultural colony in their midst signaled the beginning of the end for the Natchez people. Barnett has written the most complete and detailed history of the Natchez to date.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames F. Barnett Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Control: The Mississippi River's New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMississippi's American Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Mississippi History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMississippi Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. He retired as director of the Historic Properties Division with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734940192831,"sku":"9781496807861","price":60.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6fc51e8e051bc3ff55423c718d27595e.webp?v=1765141635","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/natchez-indians-a-history-to-1735-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}