Bienville Guided by Choctaws
Brad LiebThough he demanded to be taken to the Natchez village, Bienville wrote that the Choctaw guides led him “to and fro,” perhaps in an attempt to confuse the French and fulfill their own agenda against the Chickasaws by targeting other, more accessible villages.
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