The Bayogoula (also known as the Bayagoula, Bayagola, or Bayugla[1]) were a Native American tribe from Louisiana in the southern United States.
[2] In 1699, the Bayagoula were one of the first tribes in Louisiana to meet French colonist Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.
By 1721, the rest of the tribe had suffered many deaths from smallpox, a new infectious disease carried by the French and other Europeans, among whom it was endemic.
[3] The remaining Bayagoula are believed to have moved to the area of the present-day Ascension Parish of Louisiana.
Some likely joined nearby villages of the Houma and Acolapissa who lived in the area, whilst others likely intermarried with neighboring French, Spanish, and German colonists.