While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
B- Louisiana Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Baton Rouge (French transl. of
Choctaw itu-úma 'red pole'.
Gatschet). A point on the high banks of the
Mississippi, in Louisiana, at which the
natives planted a painted pole to mark the
boundary between the Bayogoula below and the
Huma who extended for 30 leagues above. See
Pénicaut in Margry, Dec., v, 395, 1883. The
place is now occupied by the capital of
Louisiana. See Red Stick.
Bayou Chicot
(Creole French: chicot, 'snag, tree-stump'). A former
Choctaw village s. of Cheneyville, St Landry parish, La.
Bonfouca. A
former
Muskhogean settlement, a short distance N. of L. Pontchartrain, La.
Boutté
Station. A village in St Charles
parish, La., at which lived a camp of
Choctaw who manufactured cane basketry and
gathered the okra which was ground into
gumbo file. Harris, La. Products, 203,
1881.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
