THE OSOCHI HAD THE CLOSEST CONNECTIONS WITH THE CHIAHA. THOUGH THEIR LANGUAGE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MUSKOGEE. THEY LIVED HISTORICALLY IN THE BEND OF CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. THE TOWN OF HOTALGI-HUNYANA WAS POPULATED BY FROM THIS TRIBE AND CHI HA. IN 1812 THEY HAD TWO VILLAGES - ONE ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, AND ONE ON A STREAM CALLED OPILIKE- HATCHIE.
THE OSOCHI MAY HAVE BEEN TIMUCUA ORIGINALLY. THEY RESEMBLE THE TIMUCUA IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. IN 1656 THE TIMUCUA ROSE UP TO SOME REBELS AND FLED TO THE WOODS. IN THE 1700'S THEY LIVED WITHIN THE APALACHICOLA. BY 1848 THEY MOVED UP FLINT RIVER LATER. IN 1750 THERE WERE ONLY 30 MEN. BY 1832 THERE WERE 540 OSOCHI.
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