Chickasaw Campaign of 1736

Chickasaw Campaign of 1736
	Part of the Chickasaw Wars
Date	February 28 – March 25, 1736
Location	West Tennessee and Northeast Mississippi
Result	Chickasaw victory
Belligerents
Chickasaw	France
Commanders and leaders
Mingo Ouma	Pierre d'Artaguette
Strength
perhaps 200 Chickasaw, and some Natchez warriors, a few British fur traders	130 French regulars and militia, of which 30 were left behind to guard supplies; 38 Iroquois; 28 Quapaw; and 300 Miami and Illinois warriors
Casualties and losses
Reportedly 50 casualties	Most of the French killed or captured, Iroquois and Quapaw heavily engaged

The Chickasaw Campaign of 1736 (February 28 – March 25, 1736), also known as the First Chickasaw War, 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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