The Chaouacha (or Chawasha) were an Indigenous people of Louisiana. They were likely related to the Chitimacha. The French massacred many of them in retaliation...

December 4 Massacre of Chaouacha village Louisiana Governor Perier ordered 80 enslaved Blacks to attack the village of the Chaouacha Indians. At least 7...

with other tribes. They first responded by ordering a massacre of the Chaouacha people – who had played no role in the revolt – and wiped out their entire...

raiders attacked the Chaouachas, an Indian tribe living near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The grand chief of the Chaouachas was killed; his wife...

authorizing an attack in December 1729 by enslaved Africans on the unaligned Chaouacha tribe south of New Orleans, rewarding the men by freeing them from slavery...