Ian W. Brown
1974
Abstracts
Two historic sites, one aboriginal and the other European. are dealt with in this manuscript. Portland is believed to have been a Tunica Indian site occupied at the turn of the 18th century. while St.-Pierre was a French fort dating from 1719 to 1729~ The history of the region. the excavations of the sites, and a Comparative study of both aboriginal and European artifacts from each site are intensively discussed, purpose being to establish the foundation for a broader study of the nature of interaction between the French and Indian occupants of the Yazoo Reglon, Mississippi.