The Battle of Ackia (uh-KEE-uh) took place on May 26, 1736, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi. It was part of a struggle for control of the Mississippi River. The French sought to use the river to link their colony of Louisiana with the northern part of New France, but American Indian tribes such as the Chickasaws and the Natchez contested French control of the river valley. May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... Tupelo, birthplace of Elvis Presley and the seventh largest city in Mississippi, is located in northeast Mississippi between Memphis, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... Territory of French Louisiane in 1803. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ... An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Photo by Edward S. Curtis. ... The Chickasaws are a Native American people of the United States, originally from present-day Mississippi, now mostly living in Oklahoma. ... Pre-contact distribution of Natchez peoples Although suffering a turbulent history since European contact, the Natchez Nation still represents a vital part of the United States Native American community. ...

Ackia, a Chickasaw village, was attacked by a force of Frenchmen and Choctaws under the command of the governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. The Chickasaws, who were allies of the British, successfully repulsed the attack. The Choctaws are a Native American group who, in times past, lived in the land occupied by the southeast United States, using the trail that is now known as the Natchez Trace as a trade route to the north. ... Territory of French Louisiane in 1803. ... Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (February 23, 1680–March 7, 1767) was a colonizer and governor of Louisiana. ...

The Ackia battleground was made a U.S. National Monument in 1938; it was absorbed into the Natchez Trace Parkway in 1961 and is now called "Chickasaw Village." A U.S. National Monument is a protected area of the United States that is similar to a national park (specifically a U.S. National Park) except that the President of the United States can quickly declare an area of the United States to be a national monument without Congressional... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444 mile (715 km) long parkway, in the form of a limited-access two-lane road, in the southeastern United States. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

See also

• Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi, the location of Bienville's fort

Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi, was a town located in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Mississippi. ...

External links

• "Ackia Battleground National Monument", a 1938 article from the National Park Service