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the Natchez, and there is no reason to suppose that it was even in part
with the Yazoo and Koroa.
 That the Natchez were not going to be idle on their side was soon
evident. First a party of 10 soldiers and 20 negroes, who were cut-
ting wood in a cypress swamp for the barracks of the new Natchez
fort, were attacked, and all killed except 2 negroes and 1 soldier who
hid in a hollow tree. He was the same who had escaped the Natchez
massacre by hiding in a furnace. Among the slain was the little
Parisian," who had distinguished himself in De Loubois's campaign
A few days after this event 6 Natchez presented themselves before the
fort in the guise of Choctaw, obtained an entrance, and made a sud-
den attack on the garrison, killing 5 and wounding many others
before they were themselves destroyed. One was captured and burned
in the framle.b
 The remainder of this year Perrier spent in meeting representatives
of various Indian tribes, and securing the allegiance of the Choctaw,
the eastern division of which was much influenced by the English.:
He urged the smaller tribes to make continual raids on his enemy, and
succeeded in having 50 of them killed or captured. All of the captives
but 4 men and 2 women, who were burned at the stake, he sent to Santo
Domingo. Two hundred and fifty warriors of the friendly tribes
were sent to blockade the Natchez until aid came from France.J In
August the reinforcements he had asked from France arrived but
proved so much below his expectations that he was obliged to depend
very largely on the settlers and the smaller Indian tribes.e In De-
cember his army was ready to march. The description of this cam-
paign given by Charlevoix is so much fuller and more satisfactory
than any other account that it is appended in his words:
 His [Perrier's] first step was to send the Sieur de Coulonge, a Canadian, to
the Akansas, who were to assemble at the French fort at Natchez. The Sieur
de :eaiulien embarked with him, with orders to reconnoiter the enemy's con-
dition. On the 9th of December [1730] Mr. de Salvert embarked with 200 men,
including three companies of marines; the rest volunteers or sailors from the
Solnme. On Monday, the 11th, Mr. Perrier set out with a company of grena-
diers, two of fusileers, and some volunteers. This detachment was also 200
strong. Captain de Benac, commanding the militia, followed on the 13th with
SO men. He was to have 150, but the rest joined him on the way.
 On the 20th, the whole force having united at the Bayagoulas, a Colapissa
chief arrived there with 40 warriors of his tribe. The militia companies were
organized at this place, and a company of cadets selected from them but soon
suppressed. Mr. le Sueur had orders the next day to load the demigalley
which lie commanded and to push on to Red river, which he was to ascend;
 SCharlevoix, Hist. Louisiana, vi, 103; Du Pratz, Hist. de La Louisiane, inI, 208-209;
Dumont, MAm. Hist. sur La Louisiane, II, 103-194,
 SDu Pratz, Hist. de La Louisiano, ii, 299-300.
 SCharlevoix, lust. Louisiana, vi, 102-107.
 d Gayarr6. Hist. Louisiana, I, 437-438.
 Ibid., 106-107,