swantonI TNDTAN tribes OF THE LOWER MTSSTfiSTPPT VALLEY 343 



river, haviiii,^ ukkIc Ift milos. This iialinn is siuall in iiunihcr, owins to the 

 fact that the larger iiortiini dwell with the Atatapas [Atakapas], who n^side on 

 the seashore in snnnner especially and live on lisli." 



In 1784 -we loarn that there was a village of about 27 warriors on 

 the La Foiirche and two others on the Teche. One of the latter was 

 under Fire Chief, often called by his Mobilian name, Mingo Lnak, 

 and was 10 leagues from the sea, while the other, under Red Shoes, 

 was a league and a half higher up.^ These are mentioned by several 

 writers but are by no means all the Chitimacha villages occupied dur- 

 ing this period in that region. The La Fourche band is probably the 

 same that settled later at Plaquemine and of which one girl is said 

 to be the sole survivor. The remnants of the Teche bands are located 

 at Charenton, where they are still to be found. Altogether they 

 probably do not number much over 50. It was from these latter 

 that Gatschet drew the information regarding them, obtained in 

 1881-82, some of which he afterward published in the Transactions 

 of the Anthropological Society of Washington for 1883, pages 1-11. 



This tribe was officially recognized by French and Spanish gov- 

 ernors of Louisiana and its territorial integrity guaranteed. An 

 act oi June 19, 1767, signed l)y Governor W. Aubry, recognizes the 

 Chitimacha nation and orders the commandant at Manchac to treat 

 their chief with respect. Another act, under signature of Governor 

 Galvez, at New Orleans, September 14, 1777, commands the com.- 

 mandant and other subjects of the Spanish Government to respect 

 the rights of these Indians in the lands they occupy and to protect 

 them in the possession thereof. This information is contained in 

 Docket Xo. 12585 of the United States circuit court at New Orleans. 



In giving this sketch of Chitimacha history a number of villages 

 have been mentioned, but these seem to have constituted but a small 

 part of those occupied by the tribe even in recent times. Gatschet, 

 in his paper of 1883,^ enumerated fifteen, all but two of which he 

 gave on the authority of the Chitimacha themselves. The following 

 are the thirteen from native sources, with such additions and cor- 

 rections as the writer was able to make through information fur- 

 nished by Benjamin Paul (pi. 18, l>) , now looked up to as a chief by 

 the remnant of this tribe : 



Teat Kasi'tuncki, now Charenton, on Bayon Teche, southwest side of (irand 

 Lake. 



Ania'tpan na'nin. Rayon Oris, ?, miles east from Charenton, on Bayou Teche. 

 [The writer was told that this was probably correct, but tliat there was a better- 

 known village of this name on the side of (irand Lake opposite Charenton.] 



Xe Pinn'nc ('•Red Earth"), [Gatschet gives "net jiiini'iish," which words 

 mean "red tobacco"], 2, miles west from Charenton on Bayou Teche. 



" riaibornp, Hist. Miss., 66. 



" Iliitchius, Hist. NaiT. La., .".!>, 40, 1784. 



■■Trails. Anthrop. Soo. Wasli., ii, 4, 1883. 



