Battle of Ackia

Battle of Ogoula Tchetoka
Part of the Chickasaw Wars
Date 25 March 1736 Location in present-day northwest Tupelo, Mississippi, US Result Chickasaw victory
Belligerents
Chickasaw nation	French in Upper Louisiana
Commanders and leaders
Mingo Ouma	Pierre d'Artaguette
Strength
perhaps 200 Chickasaw, and some Natchez warriors, possibly a few English traders	130 French regulars and militia, of which 30 were left behind to guard supplies; 38 Iroquois; 28 Arkansas; and 300 Miami and Illinois warriors
Casualties and losses
Reportedly 50 casualties	Most of the French killed or captured, Iroquois and Arkansas heavily engaged

Battle of Ackia
Part of the Chickasaw Wars
Date 26 May 1736 Location in present-day south Tupelo, Mississippi, US Result Chickasaw victory
Belligerents
Chickasaw nation	French in Lower Louisiana
Commanders and leaders
Mingo Ouma	Sieur de Bienville
Strength
Reportedly 100, all within fortifications	544 European regulars and militia excluding officers, 45 Africans, 600 Choctaw warriors
Casualties and losses
very few	No firm report, roughly 100 French killed, 100 wounded, at least 22 Choctaw killed

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).

The French empire of New France extended from New Orleans in the south to Canada in the north. Its unity was disrupted only by the presence of hostile Natchez and Chickasaw tribes in the lower Mississippi River valley. The French effort to reduce these hostile tribes and gain free passage along the Mississippi culminated in the Chickasaw Wars.

Since 1716, the French and Choctaw had united against the Natchez in an overt campaign of destruction. By 1736 the Natchez were killed or scattered, with many of them taking refuge among the Chickasaw. Bienville wanted to destroy these Natchez remnants, and reduce the Chickasaw: 'It is absolutely necessary that some bold and remarkable blow be struck, to impress the Indians with a proper sense of respect and duty toward us.' He planned coordinated operations by two forces: one under Pierre d'Artaguette, commander of the Illinois District of Louisiana, from the North; and a larger army under himself from the South. These forces were to meet 'at the Chickasaw villages' on March 31, 1736.

D'Artaguette at Fort de Chartres collected detachments throughout the Illinois Country and proceeded with great expedition to Chickasaw Bluff at present-day Memphis. Despite failing to meet promised detachments under de Monchervaux and de Grandpré, he resumed his march with Chicagou and de Vincennes to the Chickasaw lands, only to be advised by courier that the southern army was late and that he should act according to his own judgement.

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