Chaouacha
Appearance
The Chaouacha people was an indigenous tribe of Louisiana, the last 30 members of which were massacred in retaliation for the Natchez Massacre on French colonistys in which they had had no part.[1] In 1699 they were reported to be allied with the Ouacha/ Washa and the Opelousa.[2]
References
- ^ Balvay, Arnaud (2013). "The French and the Natchez: A Failed Encounter". French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815. MSU Press.
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