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===Early history=== Indian artifacts collected in DeSoto County link it with prehistoric groups of Woodland and [[Mississippian culture]] peoples. {{Citation needed|date=June 2012}} Members of the Mississippian culture, who built complex settlements and earthwork monuments throughout the Mississippi River Valley and its major tributaries, met [[Hernando de Soto]] in the mid-16th century when he explored what is now North Mississippi. By tradition, he is believed to have traveled with his expedition through present-day DeSoto County. Some scholars speculate that de Soto discovered the [[Mississippi River]] west of present-day Lake Cormorant, built rafts there, and crossed to present-day [[Crowley's Ridge]], Arkansas. Based on records of the expedition and archeology, the [[National Park Service]] has designated a "DeSoto Corridor" from [[Coahoma County, Mississippi]] to the Chickasaw Bluff in Memphis. The Mississippian culture declined and disappeared, and in most areas this preceded European contact. Scholars speculate this may have followed changes in the environment. The town named ''Chicasa'', which De Soto visited, was probably the ancestral home of the historical [[Chickasaw]], who are descended from the Mississippian culture. They had lived in the area for centuries before white settlers began arriving. Present-day [[Pontotoc, Mississippi]] developed near the Chickasaw "Long Town", which was composed of several villages near each other. The Chickasaw Nation regarded much of western present-day Tennessee and northern Mississippi as their traditional hunting grounds. The Chickasaw traded furs for French goods, and the French established several small settlements among them. However, France ceded its claim to territories east of the Mississippi River to Britain in 1763, after having been defeated in the [[Seven Years' War]]. The United States acquired the area from the British as part of the treaty that ended the [[American Revolution]].
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