Ouachita

The Ouachita people lived along the river that bears their name in northeastern Louisiana. Their village stood among the waterways and wooded lowlands of the Ouachita basin, and they were related to the Caddoan peoples of the Red River. In 1700 Bienville encountered Ouachita people carrying salt to the Taensa and then visited their principal village. The river flowing past their country eventually joins the Tensas and continues as the Black River toward the Red River.