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| rdfs:label | - Chickasaw Campaign of 1736
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| rdfs:comment | - The Chickasaw Campaign of 1736 consisted of two pitched battles by the French and allies against Chickasaw fortified villages in present day Northeast Mississippi. Under the overall direction of the governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, a force from Upper Louisiana attacked Ogoula Tchetoka on March 25, 1736. A second force from Lower Louisiana attacked Ackia on May 26, 1736. Both attacks were bloodily repulsed (see Atkinson, 2004).
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| Strength | - 130
- 544
- Reportedly 100, all within fortifications
- perhaps 200 Chickasaw, and some Natchez warriors
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| Casualties | - Reportedly 50 casualties
- Unreported, few
- No firm report, perhaps 100 French killed, 100 wounded, at least 22 Choctaw killed
- Most of the French killed or captured, Iroquois and Arkansas heavily engaged
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| combatant | - Chickasaw nation
- French in Lower Louisiana
- French in Upper Louisiana
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| Place | - in present day northwest Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
- in present day south Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
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| Conflict | - Battle of Ackia
- Battle of Ogoula Tchetoka
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| abstract | - The Chickasaw Campaign of 1736 consisted of two pitched battles by the French and allies against Chickasaw fortified villages in present day Northeast Mississippi. Under the overall direction of the governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, a force from Upper Louisiana attacked Ogoula Tchetoka on March 25, 1736. A second force from Lower Louisiana attacked Ackia on May 26, 1736. Both attacks were bloodily repulsed (see Atkinson, 2004).
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