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40	40. Choctaw Ball Game......................................... 90
42	41. John Law takes Control—1717.............................. 93
45	42. Indians Ravaged by European Diseases—1718................ 96
46	43. Old Biloxi or New Biloxi?—1720 .......................... 98
48	44. Mudbug...................................................100
50	45. Hunger and Death in Biloxi—1720 ......................... 101
51	46. Monument to Folly—1720 .................................. 104
54	47. Casquette Girls Arrive at Ship Island—1721...............105
56	48. Mancm Lescaut—1721.......................................107
5g	49. High Risk for Poor Consultation—1722	................... 109
59	50. A Smelly Situation ......................................110
51.	Smallpox Remedy—1722 .....................................112
52.	The Sun King of the Natchez...............................113
53.	The "Grand Lever" of Louis XTV............................115
54.	Christian Priest at a Natchez Funeral.....................117
55.	Serpent Pique Regrets the Coming...........................121
of the French—1724
56.	La Soleille Bras Pique—1729 ............................... 124
57.	Causes of the Natchez Rebellion—1729	................... 127
58.	Natchez Attempts to Negotiate—1729 ........................ 130
59.	Natchez Council's Final Decision to Rebel—1729 ............ 132
Illustration credits...........................................135
Bibliography...................................................137
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