 Additionally, the French interacted with the Apalachee, Tomeh, Chato, Oumas, and Tawasa tribes.The interaction was detrimental to the regional Indian population which dropped from 5,000 in 1702 to 2,000 in 1711 due primarily to smallpox and other diseases introduced by the colonists.Iberville left the region for the last time in June 1702.