Bras Piqué
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Bras Piqué was the mother of a Great Sun of the Natchez people
in the early-18th century, who, friendly to the French, attempted — or later claimed she had attempted — to warn them of plans by her tribe to attack them by surprise. She eventually was deported to Havana at the destruction of the Natchez nation in 1731, where she was sold as a slave.
Her name, meaning "Pricked Arm", is a French translation of her Natchez name which is unknown.
Bras Piqué is also the name of a fictional French pirate in the Victor Herbert light opera Naughty Marietta
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Natchez people
The Natchez are a Native American people who originally lived in the Natchez Bluffs area, near the present-day city of Natchez, Mississippi. They spoke a language isolate that has no known close relatives, although it may be very distantly related to the Muskogean languages of the Creek...
in the early-18th century, who, friendly to the French, attempted — or later claimed she had attempted — to warn them of plans by her tribe to attack them by surprise. She eventually was deported to Havana at the destruction of the Natchez nation in 1731, where she was sold as a slave.
Her name, meaning "Pricked Arm", is a French translation of her Natchez name which is unknown.
Bras Piqué is also the name of a fictional French pirate in the Victor Herbert light opera Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta (operetta)
Naughty Marietta is an operetta in two acts, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert. Set in New Orleans in 1780, it tells how Captain Richard Warrington is commissioned to unmask and capture a notorious French pirate calling himself "Bras Priqué" – and how he is helped and...
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External links
- The story of Bras Piqué, as told by Charles GayarréCharles GayarréCharles Etienne Arthur Gayarre was an American historian born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A historian and a writer of plays, essays, and novels, he is chiefly remembered for his histories of Louisiana....
in his History of Louisiana.