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Content: Entire villages were destroyed in epidemics. Further, Indian religious leaders and Elders complained bitterly when young people in their towns began to rely on European trade goods guns, knives, iron kettles instead of making their own tools in the traditional way. The proselytizing of Christian missionaries was especially reviled. As the French expanded their base of control, some Indian Nations simply packed up and moved, not wanting even to be near the French and their strange religion and habits. But dislocated Indians had to live somewhere, and they invariably wound up in the proximity of other Indian communities, threatening the resources of the people who were already there. When the Taensa were driven from their homes on the present-day Lake St. Joseph, they moved to land occupied by the Bayogoulasand Chitimachasfurther south. War erupted and the Taensa took several Chitimachas captive. Both the Bayogoulas and the Chitimachas were well aware that the entire incident had been brought about by the travesties inflicted by the French incursion. So the Chitimachas resolved to redress the situation in the traditional manner. When grievances mount and continue despite fair warning, a stronger and clearer message is sent to the offending people on the assumption that the aggrieving party or nation will curtail the offenses.