[Campement] de l'armée franc̦ois [devant u]n village des ennemis, las Chicachas le 26 [de Mais] 1736. [1747]

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[Campement] de l'armée franc̦ois [devant u]n village des ennemis, las Chicachas le 26 [de Mais] 1736. [1747]

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Map of the Battle of Ackia detailing failed 1736 attack by Choctaw and French allies led by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville against a Chickasaw village and English allies. Fought about 7 miles northwest of the later site of Tupelo in Lee County, Mississippi. Keyed to references A-L. 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. ; on sheet 209 x 323 mm.

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