Definition of Attakapas. Meaning of Attakapas. Synonyms of Attakapas

- as "the people." Their name was also spelled Atacapaze, Atalapa, Attakapa, Attakapas, or Attacapa. Atakapa is either a Choctaw or Mobilian term meaning...
- name to the Attakapas Council (#208) in 1921. In 1923 the council changed its name to Rapides Parish Council (#208), and back to Attakapas (#208) in 1925...
- area. In addition, France established the Attakapas Post (near the present-day St. Martinville) in the Attakapas Territory, in 1765. France gave land grants...
- census showed a po****tion of 409 inhabitants for the Attakapas region. In 1767, the Attakapas Post had 150 inhabitants before the arrival of the 15 families...
- divided into Ascension and St. James parishes. Attakapas County – Parish of St. Martin. In 1807, renamed Attakapas Parish. In 1811, it was subdivided into St...
- Poste des Attakapas trading post, which developed as the current city of St. Martinville. Attakapas Parish was formally created from the Attakapas and Opelousas...
- area in the region of Acadiana, along the Gulf Coast. In 1811, parts of Attakapas Parish were taken out to create St. Martin and St. Mary parishes. In 1824...
- in the village include: Maison Acadienne - Circa 1830 La Chapelle des Attakapas - a reproduction of the style based on the Catholic churches at Pointe...
- down from an Attakapas Indian. Duralde wrote: "Many years before the discovery of the elephant in the bayou called Carancro [sic] an Attakapas savage had...
- State Legislature in 1812 as a representative from Attakapas. He died on his plantation in the Attakapas section of Louisiana in 1822. He specified in his...