m 'VIEWS OF LOUISIANA. 
CANCF.S, 
A very numerous nation; consisting of a number of tribes,, 
who occupy the country from the bay of St. Bernard, across 
Grand river, towards la Vera Cruz.—On bad terms with the 
Spaniards—speak a peculiar language. 
TANK A WAYS, 
A wandering people, near the Bio Grande. 
TAWAKENOES, 
On the Brassos de Dios—for some months at the prairie of 
the Tortuga—usual residence 200 miles west of Nacogdoches* 
towards Sta. Fee—speak Pani, or 7'owiache . 
FANI, OR TOWIACHE, 
Eight hundred miles above Natcnitoches, 540 by land. Much 
diminished six or eight years ago by the small-pox. 
NATCHITOCHES, 
Formerly resided where the town of Natchitoches is now sit¬ 
uated— Have always been friendly to the whites. They have 
dwindled away to a few warriors. 
BOLUXAS, 
Emigrants from Pensacola—-they came with a few French 
families—are not more than thirty in number. There are, be¬ 
sides several small bands or parties, originally from Florida, the 
jififialaches, on Bayou Rapide —dlibamas , in Oppelousas— 
chatas , of the same nation with the Alibamas , emigrated to the 
Sabine about fifteen years ago —Pacanasy a small tribe who live 
on the Qulequeshoe river, which heads S. W. of Natchitoches. 
Pascagolas , live in a small village 60 miles above Natchitoches. 
Tunicasy at Avcyall, emigrants from Bayou Tunica. All these 
nations speak the Mobiiian, which was formerly the court lan¬ 
guage amongst the Indian nations of Lower Louisiana. There 
are besides, a number of small bands of Chactasy on Bayou BoeuL 
on the Techej and on the Sabine. 
