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RE: Adsactly Education - Mississippi River European Contact and Beyond
Some estimates place the number of deaths to smallpox and measles as high as six million in the greater Mississippi region alone.
I know you mentioned it in your previous part. It’s still hard to imagine even with today’s population. Overall very interesting history about Mississippi River. About De Soto’s mission. How French took over the first permanent European settlement on the Mississippi. Than British pushing out the French and eventually Americans taking over. It’s amazing how Americans didn’t waste their time after taking over.
Great and educational article @bigtom13!
Thank you. The Americans did not waste an instant. By the time they beat the Brits in the Battle of New Orleans they were already very established. From that time forward their settlement of the River was on hyperdrive.
The whole Mississippi Valley was more densely populated than any comparable sized piece of Europe. It was an intricate and layered society from the mouth of the River to the Canadian border and spread quite a ways east and west in a number of places.