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Washa Indian Tribe History
Washa. A small
tribe, probably of Muskhogean stock, which, when first known to Europeans,
inhabited the lower part of Bayou Lafourche, La., and hunted through the
country between that river and the Mississippi. In 1699 Bienville made an
unsuccessful attempt to open relations with them, but in 1718, after the
close of the Chitimacha war, they were induced to settle on the
Mississippi 3 leagues above New Orleans, and they appear to have remained
near that place to the time of their extinction or their absorption by
other tribes. They were always closely associated with another small tribe
called Chaouacha, with which, they finally became united. In 1805 Sibley
stated that there were only four individuals of this tribe living
scattered among various French families. The name Ouacha is perpetuated in
that of a lake near the Louisiana coast, and it also appears as all
alternative name for Lake Salvador.
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Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
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