The Taensa, along with other natives of …
Years: 1729 - 1729
The Taensa, along with other natives of the lower Mississippi River, are subjected to slave raids by the Chickasaw, for sale in the British slave trade via South Carolina.
The Natchez and Yazoo often ally with the Chickasaw in attacking smaller tribes such as the Taensa and Tunica.
The Taensa and Tunica are forced to migrate south into present-day Louisiana during the Natchez War of 1729.
Locations
People
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain
- Pierre Le Moyne d’ Iberville
Groups
- Natchez (Amerind tribe)
- Houma people (Amerind tribe)
- Chickasaw (Amerind tribe)
- Quapaw, or Arkansas (Amerind tribe)
- Caddo (Amerind tribe)
- Tunica people
- Yazoo (Amerind tribe)
- Koroa (Amerind tribe)
- Taensa (Amerind tribe)
- New France (French Colony)
- New Spain, Viceroyalty of
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Florida (Spanish Colony)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Carolina, Province of (English Colony)
- Louisiana (New France)
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Indian Trade
- Colonization of the Americas, French
- Indian Wars in Upper North America
- Natchez revolt
Commodoties
- Fish and game
- Weapons
- Hides and feathers
- Gem materials
- Strategic metals
- Slaves
- Sweeteners
- Land
- Tobacco
