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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
. 8 completed the victory. Of the Natchez, some fled to neighboring tribes for shelter; the remainder of the nation crossed the Mississippi to the vicinity of Natchitoches. They were pursued, and, partly by stratagem, 1731 partly by force, their place of refuge was taken. Some fled still farther to the west. Of the scattered remnants, some remained with the Chickasas; others found a shelter among the Muskhogees. The Great 1732 Sun and more than four hundred prisoners were shipped to Hispaniola, and sold as slaves. Thus perished the nation of the Natchez. Their peculiar language,—which has been still preserved by Chap. XXIII.} the descendants of the fugitives, and is, perhaps, now on the point of expiring,—their worship, their division into nobles and plebeians, their bloody funereal rites, —invite conjecture, and yet so nearly resemble in charracter the distinctions of other tribes, that they do but irritate, without satisfying, curiosity. The cost of defending Louisian<