The Mosopelea or Ofo (also Ofogoula) were a Siouan -speaking Native American people who historically lived near the upper Ohio River. In reaction to Iroquois Confederacy invasions to take control of hunting grounds in the late 17th century, they …

2022年3月19日 · The Ofo tribe was a Siouan-speaking Southeast Indian Tribe that lived in the upper Ohio River region. They would move south to the lower region of the Mississippi River during the expansion of the Iroquois Confederacy. In …

The Ofo language is a language formerly spoken by the Ofo people, also called the Mosopelea, in what is now Ohio, along the Ohio River, until about 1673. The tribe moved south along the Mississippi River to Mississippi, near the Natchez people, and then to …

Ofo was a Siouan language once spoken in what is now Arkansas and Mississippi. Little is known about the Ofo tribe today. They were allies of the Natchez and Tunicas; but there was a falling-out among the three tribes over fighting with the French, and the Ofos were evidently absorbed into the Tunica tribe in the mid-1700's.

Several dozen members of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, located predominantly near Sherrill ton, are people with varying degrees of Ofo blood, but the tribe itself now ceases to exist with Mr. Darko’s passing.

Ofo – Also called the Mosopelea tribe, these Siouan -speaking people historically inhabited the upper Ohio River. In reaction to the Iroquois Confederacy invasions to control hunting grounds in the late 17th century, they moved south to the lower Mississippi River. Around 1700, French travelers reported Ofo villages in Louisiana on the Yazoo ...

The Mosopelea or Ofo (also Ofogoula) were a Siouan -speaking Native American people who historically lived near the upper Ohio River. In reaction to Iroquois Confederacy invasions to take control of hunting grounds in the late 17th century, they …

Ofo is a historic Native American tribe that originated from the Iroquois pressure on the Siouan people, leading to their relocation from the upper Ohio River to the Yazoo River region in Mississippi beginning in 1673. Known as the Ofogoula, which translates to "Dog People" or simply "People," the tribe is also referred to as Ofo and Mosopelea.

Mosopelea Tribe: Significance uncertain, though probably from an Algonquian language. Also called: Chonque, by Tonti in 1690, probably the Quapaw name. Ofo, own name, perhaps an abbreviation of the Mobilian term, Ofogoula, though this last may mean simply “Ofo people.” Ofogoula may also be interpreted Ofi okla, “Dog People.”

2015年7月12日 · The Ofo language was a language spoken by the Mosopelea tribe who lived until c. 1673 in what is now Ohio along the Ohio River. They moved down the Mississippi River to Mississippi, near the Natchez people, and thence to Louisiana, settling near the Tunica.