- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
Poste des
Attakapas trading post,
which developed as the
current city of St. Martinville.
Attakapas Parish was
formally created from the
Attakapas and Opelousas...
- and 20 hogs. Conrad,
Glenn R. (1993). Land
Records of the
Attakapas District:
Attakapas-St.
Martin Estates, 1804-1818, Part 2.
Center for Louisiana...
- 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...
- the
counties of the
Orleans Territory in 1805 that
Attakapas County existed. By 1812, the
Attakapas Country was
split into the St.
Martin parish and the...
