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;ue of Land to Pasture
little Nation of about ; their name is Aque-nd see."
1, early in the present stems from okla pisa, men, guardians, spies, nemy. Either interpre-erville encountered at 39.
>n to the Metairie area, few miles below the they eventually fused, of Indian population
ntact with Christianity then that Father Paul ie, at the invitation of Father du Ru was a very intelligent, coura-7, 1700, he became the reconnoiter the future trough water up to the
ille in February, 1700, or de La Boulaye, some ssippi. While there, the e from a member of the rer to the settlement of i at the Bayougoula vil-it widespread in the re-nentary catechism; and .oncepts.
tiom he built the model ougoulas on March 26. lg and sometimes prod-ournal has this entry for
g and about twenty in ons. In general appear->r details I could settle
Chapitoulas, Choctaws, Golapissas	13
only length, width, and the doors and windows. The Savages will determine the others, the height of the walls and the curve of the roof. I have acquired the field behind the church that I am having built.
It belonged to Longamougoulache who sold it to me for an axe and a knife.
Since the Colapissas fused with the Mougoulachas around 1700 and since the latter were temporarily friendly with the Bayougoulas, at least some Colapissas became acquainted with Father du Ru. The missionary entered in his Journal this passage: “The Mougoulacha chief... is more willing than the others to listen to what I can do at the Catechism; and as soon as he has heard what I said, goes to repeat it all to the notables of the village.”	■
The rmssl6nary’s~afduous visit to the principal Colapisgji .settle-ment on tKe Pearl River in) April—May, 1700, attest^rn-RTnrfterest in and concern for ihciHTHe'even hoped to build a church for them. His Journal entries for May 1 and 2 are revealing:
Th^greatfwillage of the Colapissas does not consist of more than fifteen or twenty cabins. They are surrounded by a palisade of pointed stakes ever since the invasion of the Chickasaws.
The latter attacked two villages of the Colapissas and entirely destroyed them and carried off about fifty people. They had two Englishmen at their head. The people of these two villages are refugees living in cabins made of bark until they erect their dwellings. Altogether, there are five hundred souls gathered here. We estimate that three hundred are able-bodied men. This nation is one of the most civilized I have seen in this country.
The chief and the most important men came to meet M. de Sauvolle and presented a cross to him, after which they gave him all the marks of sincere friendship and perfect confidence. The cabin, where they have put us to sleep has not been emptied either of its provisions, or of the men who come to look at us.
May 2. There have now been two festivals without Mass for the want of a chapel. Instead of Mass, we held a ceremony which edified the Savages and to which they contributed as much as they could. We destroyed the phallic symbol in the middle of their village. They themselves made a cross and raised it and our people had only the singing to do. They made a sort of bonfire of celebration in the middle of the open place, and the best dancers of the nation, in ceremonial costume, performed.
I am, at the same time, pleased and unhappy at the sight of these spectacles. I am delighted to see the symbol of our faith become an