Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Natchez revolt

Natchez revolt

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 30, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 22:33, 17 November 2014 (UTC)



The Natchez revolt was an attack by Natchez people on French colonists near present-day Natchez, Mississippi, on November 29, 1729. The Natchez and French had lived alongside each other in Louisiana for more than a decade. But after a period of deteriorating relations, the Natchez were provoked to revolt when the French colonial commandant, Sieur de Chépart, demanded land from a tribal village near Fort Rosalie. The Natchez plotted an attack over several days and concealed their plans from most of the French. In an armed massacre on the fort and homesteads by the Mississippi River, they killed almost every Frenchman there. About 230 colonists were killed overall, and the fort and homes were burned to the ground. Upon hearing news of the revolt, French leaders in New Orleans feared a broader Native American uprising and ordered an attack on the Chaouacha people, who were not involved in the revolt. Over the next few weeks, French leaders sent two expeditions to besiege the Natchez and recover hostages that had been taken in the revolt. Most of the Natchez attackers escaped and sought refuge with other tribes, but their revolt had been a significant setback to the Louisiana colony. Since this conflicts with the George Robey nomination, my plan B is to have this as November 30's TFA, which would first appear live in the U.S. on November 29. Jsayre64  (talk)  21:22, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Most recent similar article(s): the July 16 TFA Chaplain–Medic massacre is a similar topic, but I don't see any recent TFAs about 18th-century history… nothing categorized as such going back to Sept. 1, 2013, in fact (I checked here and here)
 * Main editors: Jsayre64, Maunus, Michaelmas1957
 * Promoted: January 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: 285th anniversary of the event
 * Support as nominator. Jsayre64   (talk)  21:22, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. High quality article. Strong encyclopedic value. High educational value as well. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:51, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. I choose this over the George Robey article. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 01:00, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'd say this one would be fine for 30 November, as per the nominator's statement being okay with that, above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:21, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support historical stuff always good on mainpage. 30 Nov ok for me too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:28, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support; we don't have a whole lot on Native American history. Tezero (talk) 06:03, 27 October 2014 (UTC)