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Small colonies of English,''rench oar Spanish hsd,fron tlao to
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time for a century or noreestablished themselves along the entire coast,from around the Florida side at S::. Au;*ustine ,to Old Biloxi .ac
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farther west. But it was not until the early part of the 12tli century
that white settlements were to be found in the interior .which was
inhabited "by several tribes of Indi&na,the coast tribes being the s-	'
Creek,the Biloxi and Pascagoula.
The untutored aborigines,however ,w<3ro not to remain in possession
of their inheritance. Outwitted by a superior race,they finally
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yielded to the inevitable and relinquished the land of their fathers. .U3der the treaties of Port Adams,December 17,1801,and of Mount Dexter, Hovombor 16,1805,the United ,State3 acquired all the southern portion of th6 State of Mississippi,and the District of Mobile,lying east of the Psarl River-,west of the Perdido,and south of the 31st degree of latitude,on May 14,1812,was annexed to the Mississippi Territory'.
Under the titles of "Gulf Coast," "Gulf Coast Actjuifcition,'■ and “Gulf Coast Occupation," the Encyclopedia of Hissisaippi History gives the early history of the Gulf Coast Region,which, will be found interesting in connection v/ith the history of Hancock County.