Campement de l'armée à Tombecbe. [1747]

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Campement de l'armée à Tombecbe. [1747]

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Map of Fort Confederation (also known as Fort Tombécbee, Fort Tombigbee, and Fort York) on the Tombigbee River near the later site of Epes in Sumter County, Alabama; originaly built by the French as a Choctaw Indian trading post. Details the 1736 occupation by French and Choctaw forces during their campaign against Chickasaw Indians allied with the English. Keyed to 9 references. From French army officer Dumont de Montigny's 1747 manuscript memoire of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737 (Ayer MS 257).

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 177 x 268 mm.

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