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The Pascagoula (also Pascoboula, Pacha-Ogoula, Pascagola, Pascaboula, Paskaguna) were an indigenous group living in coastal Mississippi on the Pascagoula River.

The name Pascagoula is a Mobilian Jargon term meaning "bread people". Choctaw native Americans using the name Pascagoula are named after the words for "bread nation".[1] The Biloxi called them Pascoboula.


History


Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville encountered the tribe in 1699 and was impressed by the beauty of Pascagoula women. According to local Euro-American legend, the peace-loving tribe walked single file into the Singing River (now known as the Pascagoula River) because the local Biloxi tribe were planning to attack.[2] Anola, a Biloxi "princess", eloped with the Pascagoula chief Altama, although she was engaged to a Biloxi chieftain. Anola's angry would-be husband led his soldiers into battle with the Pascagoula. Outnumbered and fearing enslavement by the Biloxi, the tribe joined hands and walked into the river singing a death song. The river became known as the "Singing River" because of this death song, which reportedly can still be heard at night.[3][4]


Language


Pascagoula
RegionMississippi
Extinct(date missing)
Language family
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Linguist List
07q
GlottologNone

John Sibley reported that they spoke their own language which was different from neighboring languages in addition to Mobilian Jargon. Their language is undocumented.


References


  1. Albert Gallatin A synopsis of the Indian tribes within the United States east of the Rocky Mountains: and in the British and Russian possessions in North America AMS Press, 1973 University of Wisconsin - Madison ISBN 0-404-07127-9, ISBN 978-0-404-07127-1. 423 pages. page 117
  2. Wallace, Mark I (March 2005). Finding God in the singing river: Christianity, spirit, nature. ISBN 978-0-8006-3726-2.
  3. "The Legend of the Singing River". Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  4. "Pascagoula River Watershed - The Nature Conservancy". Retrieved June 2, 2021.



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