Rouquette, Adrien, 1813-1887
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Rouquette, Adrien, 1813-1887
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Rouquette, Adrien-Emmanuel, 1813-1887
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Rouquette, Adrien-Emmanuel, 1813-1887
Rouquette, A
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Rouquette, Adrian, 1813-1887
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Adrien Emmanuel Rouquette
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Adrien Emmanuel Rouquette
Junius, E., 1813-1887
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Junius, E., 1813-1887
Mencheme, A. E.
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Chahta-Ima 1813-1887
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Chahta-Ima 1813-1887
Mencheme A. E. 1813-1887
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Adrien Emmanuel Rouquette, also know as "Chahta-Ima," was a native of New Orleans, La., who began associating with the Choctaw Indians as a young man. He was educated in France, began publishing poetry, and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1845. Rouquette served for 14 years as a priest in New Orleans before becoming a missionary among the Choctaw Indians in 1859. He served for 29 years among the Choctaws on the banks of Bayou Lacombe in St. Tammany Parish, La.
Louisiana poet and priest.
Author and missionary to the Choctaw Indians.
Adrien Emmanuel Rouquette, an ecclesiastic of the Roman Catholic Church, was of European and American parentage; his father, Dominique Rouquette, was French, and his mother, Louise Cousin, was a native of Louisiana. He was born in New Orleans, and received his education in France, at the Royal College of Nantes; studied for the bar but relinquished it for the Church, becoming affiliated with the Catholic seminary at New Orleans. He was known for writing poetry and prose in French and English. He was a missionary who worked among the Choctaw Indians, who gave him the name Chahta-Ima. Obituary in the Times-Democrat, July 16, 1887.
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Choctaw Indians
Choctaw Indians
Choctaw Indians
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Poets, American
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Louisiana
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Louisiana
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Louisiana
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Louisiana--Saint Tammany Parish
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Louisiana--Saint Tammany Parish
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New Orleans (La.)
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Bayou Lacombe (La.)
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