Natchez

The Natchez chiefdom occupied the bluffs of the lower Mississippi, with its center at the Grand Village by 1700. Its paramount chief, the Great Sun, belonged to a ruling lineage traced through women.

In 1729 the Natchez attacked Fort Rosalie after its French commandant demanded village land. French and Choctaw forces defeated them in 1731; many captives were enslaved, while others sought refuge among the Chickasaw, Creek and Cherokee.