The governor of French Louisiana wrote in 1726 that the Chickasaws “breathe nothing but war and are unquestionably the bravest of the continent.” Similarly, decades later British Indian Superintendent John Stuart called them “the bravest Indians on the Continent.” The Chickasaws claimed that they had “only to beat drums in our cabins” to scare the Choctaws away from attacking their villages. From an early age, Chickasaw boys received training in the martial arts and were taught to withstand pain and deprivation without complaint. This culture of war elevated the status of war leaders within Chickasaw society; normally war chiefs only had authority during a war party, but the constant state of war meant that war leaders commanded power and authority at nearly all times. During war, the Chickasaws withdrew into a few fortified towns for protection against attack. Until the American Civil War, the Chickasaws never lost a major military engagement or war.
Chickasaw – Unconquerable in the Mississippi Valley
Chickasaw tribe 