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thwarted by the vig-ilaiieo of La Salle. Afterward they sent messen- 

 gers to the Koroa and Natchez, Avho appear to have been their allies 

 at the time, to incite them also against the strangers." On his 

 descent of the river in 1686 Tonti found no one at the Quinipissa 

 landing, but on his return the chief met him Avitli a calumet and made 

 peace.'^ 



Thirteen years later, when Iberville ascended the Mississippi from 

 the sea, he hunted in vain for them, and on this and other grounds 

 Avas disposed to accuse the chroniclers of the earlier expeditions of 

 mendacity. He ultimately learned, however, that the tribe in ques- 

 tion was identical wdth the Mugulasha, whom he had found occupy- 

 ing one town with another tribe called Bayogoula, about 20 leagues 

 above their ancient settlement.'' The account of this event obtained 

 by Sauvolle through one of Tonti's companions and confirmed in 

 part by the Mugulasha chief was, howxver, somewhat ditferent. It 

 Avas to the effect that the Quinipissa tribe had become so reduced by 

 disease that the remnant had united with another tribe known as 

 Mugulasha, who had accepted their chief as their own on account of 

 his prominence.'' This seems a rather unlikely proceeding, though it 

 is supported to some extent by the different names of the tribe before 

 and after joining the Bayogoula. Of the identity of the Mugulasha 

 chief with that of the Quinipissa there can be no doubt, and that 

 he had formerly lived nearer the sea is indicated by Iberville's state- 

 ment that the chief of the Mugulasha had made him master of all 

 his village and sold the other places toAvard the sea Avhere he had 

 formerly had a illages.'' One of these Avas probably the site occupied 

 by the Quinipissa in Tonti's time, and its location agrees very closely 

 with that of " a place where the Quinipissas formerly had a village," 

 which Iberville describes as " one league and a half " from the place 

 Avhere he reached the Mississippi in crossing from Lake Pontchar- 

 train. This must have been in the vicinity of Hahnville.^ 



In May, 1700, shortly after Iberville's second visit, the existence 

 of this tribe as a nation Avas put to an end by their felloAV-toAvnsmen, 

 the Bayogoula, who rose upon them and killed many.'' Gravier 

 Avould have us believe that more than 200 Avere destroyed, but this 

 hardly appears probable.'' The majority of the Avomen and children 

 Avere undoubtedly spared and adopted and the warriors alone could 



"Margry, Decouvertes, i, 560, 50:^: 504, 004-006; ii,, 210; French, Hist. Coll. La., 

 63-65, 1840. 



* French, Hist. Coll. La., 68, 1846. 



'■ La Harpe, Jour. Hist., 10, 1831. 



'' Margry, Decouvertes, iv, 453, 1880. 



<■■ Ibid., 420, 430. 



r Ujid., .390. 



v Uiid., 429. 



" Jes. Rel., Lxv, 157. 



