The
Bayogoula were a
Native American tribe from
Mississippi and Louisiana in the
United States. Their name translates as "
bayou people". They were a part of the
Muskogean people. The
Houma people attacked them around 1699-1700. They lived in with another tribe, the Mougoulacha, in 1700. In the early 18th-century the Bayagoula killed many Mougoulacha, almost wiping out the entire tribe. This was triggered from a fight between the two tribes chiefs. The
Tonica tribe moved into the community soon thereafter. In 1706 the Tonica
ambushed the Bayagoula and almost killed all of them. By 1721, the rest of the tribe had suffered considerable deaths from
smallpox. The remaining Bayogoula are believed to have moved to the area of the present day
Ascension Parish of Louisiana, possibly melding into the community of the Houma and
Acolapissa who lived there.