USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The story ofNatchezbegins with the indigenous mound-building cultures, known since French occupation as the Nachee, or Natchez Indians. The early ancestors of the Natchez hunted and gathered in forests and fished in creeks and rivers of southwest Mississippi.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Natchez Indians were among the last American Indian groups to inhabit the area now known as southwestern Mississippi. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Natchez Indian culture began as early as A.D. 700 and lasted until the 1730s when the tribe was dispersed in a war with the French.

Detailed explanation-3: -Up into the 1700s, local tribes included the Acolapissa, Biloxi and Pascagoula tribes on the Gulf Coast; the Bayougoula, Houma and Natchez tribes on the lower Mississippi; and the Chakchiuma, lbitoupa, Koroa, Ofogoula, Taposa, Tiou, Tunica and Yazoo tribes on the Yazoo River in the Mississippi Delta.

Detailed explanation-4: -Different indigenous groups settled in the present day Mississippi area. The largest settlers were the Natchez, the Chickasaw, and the Choctaw. They spoke different languages and had different cultures.