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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Natcheznoun

    a town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River

Wiktionary

  1. Natcheznoun

    A Native American of a particular tribe of Mississippi.

  2. Natcheznoun

    The language isolate spoken by the Natchez.

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  1. natchez

    The Natchez refers to a Native American tribe that historically inhabited the Mississippi River valley. The tribe's culture, including their unique language and complex societal structure, made them among the most advanced indigenous communities in North America. They are also known for their significant mound sites such as the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, which is considered a National Historic Landmark. Today, the descendants of the Natchez tribe are part of the federally recognized Natchez Nation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Natchez

    a tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the city of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy

Wikidata

  1. Natchez

    Natchez is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States. With a total population of 18,464, it is the largest community and the only incorporated municipality within Adams County. Located on the Mississippi River, some 90 miles southwest of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, and 85 miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it is the eighteenth-largest city in the state. It is named for the Natchez tribe of Native Americans who lived in the vicinity through the arrival of Europeans in the eighteenth century. Established by French colonists in 1716, Natchez is one of the oldest and most important European settlements in the lower Mississippi River Valley, and served as the capital of the Mississippi Territory and then the state of Mississippi. It predates Jackson, which replaced Natchez as the capital in 1822, by more than a century. The strategic location of Natchez, on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, ensured that it would become a pivotal center of trade, commerce, and the interchange of Native American, European, and African-American cultures in the region for the first two centuries of its existence. In U. S. history, it is recognized particularly for its role in the development of the Old Southwest during the first half of the nineteenth century. It was the southern terminus of the historic Natchez Trace, which provided many pilots of flatboats and keelboats a road back to their homes in the Ohio River Valley after unloading their cargo in the city. Today Natchez serves in the same capacity for the modern Natchez Trace Parkway, which commemorates this route.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. natchez

    A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied four or five villages situated east of the Mississippi in a tract of country which embraced the site of the city of that name. They were generally friendly to the early French settlers; but in 1729, being enraged by the brutal avarice of Chopart, the commander of the garrison, who demanded as a plantation the very site of their principal village, they concerted a general massacre of the French, which they effected November 28, killing about 200 and holding the women and children captives. The French took a bloody and terrible revenge. Under the leadership of Le Sueur, a Frenchman, 700 Choctaws broke upon the slumbers of the Natchez on the night of January 28, 1730, liberated the captives, and with a loss of but two of their number, brought off 60 scalps and 18 prisoners. On February 8 following the French under Loubois completed the ruin of the tribe. Some fled to the neighboring tribes and some crossed the Mississippi to the vicinity of the Natchitoches. They were pursued and their places of refuge taken. Of the scattered remnants some remained with the Chickasaws, others settled with the Muskogees, and about 400 were shipped to San Domingo and sold as slaves. Thus perished the Natchez as an independent tribe.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Natchez in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Natchez in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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