 For ages the southern part of St. Tammany Parish on the lake shore to Pearl River had been the land of the Choctaws, and Bonfouca had been one of their meeting places.A distinguished visitor at St. Genevieve's in May 1867, was the great French Dominican, Father Pierre A. Chocarne, who crossed over from New Orleans to visit with the famous poet-priest, Father Rouquette.He offered Mass in St. Genevieve's chapel.