CHITIMACHA NOTEBOOK
Writings of Emile Stouff—A Chitimacha Chief
Edited by Marcia Gaudet
Lafayette Natural History Museum and Planetarium
Lafayette, Louisiana
1986
Emile Stouff, Chief of the Chitimachas
Chitimacha Chief Benjamin Paul and the Chitimacha children are pictured with apirogue near the Chitimacha reservation in Charenton. The little girl is Jane BernardWilson, the boy in the center is Arthur Darden, and the boy sitting in the pirogue isGabriel Darden.
(M.R. Harrington, 1908. Photo courtesy of Museum of the American Indian, HeyeFoundation)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- I. Introduction 3
- II. The Chitimacha Story of Creation 5
- III. History of the Chitimacha Indians 11
- IV. Previous Publications about the Chitimachas 15
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
- I. Chitimacha Chief Benjamin Paul with children and canoe facing page 1
- II. Chitimacha family—Regis Darden 2
- III. Chitimacha group—1908 4
- IV. Three members of a Chitimacha family 10
The Regis Darden Chitimacha family. Pictured from left to right are Lucy MoraDarden, Delphine Stouff (in back), Adelle Darden, Gaston Darden, Regis Darden (inback), and Stacy Darden. Adelle Darden, wife of Regis Darden, was known as “GumDaDa.” Lucy Mora Darden was the wife of Gaston Darden. Chitimacha baskets arepictured in front of the group. Basket weaving is a traditional craft of the ChitimachaIndians.
(M.R. Harrington, 1908. Photo courtesy of Museum of the American Indian, HeyeFoundation)