Which Indians lived in rapides parish?

The Talimali Band of Apalachee Indians petitioned the French government for permission to relocate in Louisiana. A delegation of Apalachee visited New Orleans in 1763, prior to the transfer of the colony to Spain. The French provided them with boats and guides to take them to new lands on Red River in present-day Rapides Parish. There they built homes overlooking Red River on some of the most spectacular and fertile land in the region.