Battle of Chicasa (today’s Chickasaw): in December 1540, the Desoto Expedition wintered in an abandoned Chickasaw village (eastern Mississippi). March 1541 Desoto demanded 200 Chickasaw slaves. March 8, in the dark, the Chickasaw attacked, killing or wounding up to a 100 Spaniards, most of their horses, and all of their supplies. Desoto fled, never to return.
C. T. Suddeth 
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