Biloxi
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Mississippi, Louisiana
French explorers first encountered a Biloxi village on the Pascagoula River about 1700. The Biloxi at that time were one of only two groups in the area that spoke a language from the Siouan linguistic family; the other was the Ofo. Both probably migrated from the Ohio River valley. The name Biloxi was a corruption of their own word for “first people”; others wrote it as “Moctobi.”
The French observed that the Biloxi village contained thirty to forty cabins and was surrounded by a palisade that was 8 feet in height. Security was enhanced by the presence of three square...
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