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Definition of Attacapa
1. Noun. A language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, American-indian Language, Amerind, Amerindian Language, Indian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attacapa
Literary usage of Attacapa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"The attacapa country extended formerly to the coast in к. w. Louisiana, and their
primitive domain was outlined in the popular name of the Old ..."
2. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker (1913)
"The petitioner, M. Massé, a stock raiser who lived in the attacapa region, was
evidently well known to Governor Barrios, for when the latter went to ..."
3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"This is also the opinion of those Chitimacha and attacapa who remember having
heard the tribe spoken of, and is partially confirmed by Sibley, ..."
4. Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century: Studies in Spanish Colonial History by Herbert Eugene Bolton (1915)
"M. Masse, a ranchman who lived in the attacapa region, was evidently well known
to Governor Barrios, for when the latter went to establish the presidio he ..."
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