Chatot Indians – A tribe or band which French settled south of Ft. St. Louis, Mobile Bay, Alabama, in 1709. Bienville wishing to change his settlement, ” selected a place where the nation of Chatot were residing, and gave them exchange for it a piece of territory fronting on Dog River, 2 leagues farther down”. 1. According to Baudry des Lozieres 2 the Chatot and Tohome tribes were related to the Choctaw and spoke the French and Choctaw languages.
Citations:
- Penicaut,1709, in French, Hist. Coll. LA 1, 103, 1869[
] - Baudry des Lozieres, Voy., 1794[]
