PERDIDO (river):	Lost	or	hidden,	(Sp.)
ALABAMA
ALABAMA: Choctaw, alba, vegetation; amo, to gather, These Indians are referred to in the Be Soto Narratives; the country is described as highly cultivated,
MOBILE:	The Narratives of the De Soto expedition tell of the Mauvila
Indians; they nearly destroyed the expedition, V in Spanish is alv/ays b» Havana, M&bana, Mauvila, I/Iobila, The Indian meaning is rowers or paddlers.
MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI: Algontjuian Indian, misi, great; sipi, water,
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s-	PASCAGOULA:	Indian	for	bread	people,
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l	BILOXI:	Indian	for	the	people.
LOUISIANA
LOUISIANA:	In	honor	of	Sang	Louis,	(Fr.)
ST, TAMMANY (parish): Delaware Indian chief, Tamanend, the affable.
During the Revolutionary War adopted as a patron saint. This parish (county) given his name.
wv/,	—Uv%	• .
u	THE RIGOLSTS:' Straits or water channels, (Fr.)
to
im.*** CHEF MSNTEUR[:	Lying	chief.	(Fr.)
NEW ORLEANS:	Nouvelle	Orleans,	(Fr.)
d	MISSISSIPPI (river): See Mississippi above.
B UfT S .(yVu.■-) J (U*. Vr ia m	PARADIS: Paradise. (Fr.)
... „ H A„ DSS ALDEMANDS (town and bayou):	Of	the	Germans.	A German colony settled
there. (Fr.)
BAYOU LA FOUR CHS:	Forked	or	two	pronged	bayou.	(Fr.)
BAYOU:	Choctaw	bayuk	means	river	or	creek. (Fr.) formV
l	HOUMA:	In	Choctaw,	humma	or	homma	means	red.	Red	was	perhaps	some	dis-
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