Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1730

Chawasha Massacre (Louisiana)

Portrait of two Chitimacha Indians. Image: François Bernard
Portrait of two Chitimacha Indians. Image: François Bernard

Governor Perrier orders 80 Black slaves to attack the village of the Chawasha (Chaouacha/Chitimacha) Indians. At least seven Indians are killed (“List of Indian massacres”).

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