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Grand Village of the Natchez , also known as the Fatherland Site, is a 128.1-acre (0.518 km 2) site encompassing a prehistoric indigenous village and earthwork mounds in present-day south Natchez, Mississippi. The village complex was constructed starting about 1200 CE by members of the prehistoric Plaquemine culture.
There were three village districts in the lower St. Catherine's Creek area, called Tioux, Flour, and the Grand Village of the Natchez. Three other village districts were located to the northeast, along upper St. Catherine's Creek and Fairchild's Creek, called White Apple (or White Earth), Grigra, and Jenzenaque (or Hickories). [12]
The 128-acre (0.52 km 2) site of the Grand Village of the Natchez is preserved as a National Historic Landmark; it is maintained by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The site includes a museum with artifacts from the mounds and village. A picnic pavilion and walking trails are also available on the grounds.
Melrose, a Greek Revival-style mansion, is one of three properties to see at the Natchez National Historical Park. The historic site is large, spanning more than 80 acres.
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. October 15, 1966 : 3 miles southeast of Natchez Natchez: 52: Hawthorne Place: July 3, 1979 : Lower Woodville Rd. ...
As part of the peace terms that ended the First Natchez War in 1716, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville required the Natchez to build a fort by providing materials and labor. Sited close to the main Natchez settlement of Grand Village, Fort Rosalie served as the primary French stronghold and trading post among the Natchez.
Grand Village of the Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi: 1400-1732 CE Plaquemine Mississippian culture: Mound C was used as the Sun Temple and charnel house for the Natchez elite. Gahagan Mound B: Gahagan Mounds Site, Red River Parish, Louisiana: 1100–1450 CE Caddoan Mississippian culture
The First Natchez War (1716) began when raiders from White Apple killed four French traders. After the war, the French built Fort Rosalie near the Grand Village, considered the beginning of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1722 and 1723, war (Second and Third Natchez Wars) again broke out when in White Apple an argument over a debt resulted in a French ...
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