THEIR MEANING IS UNKNOWN. IT MAY HAVE MEANT "TO PADDLE". THEIR LANGUAGE WAS CONNECTED TO THAT OF THE CHOCTAW. THEY SETTLED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MOBIL RIVER. IN HISTORIC TIMES IN 1540 THEY WERE BETWEEN THE ALABAMA AND THOMBIGBEE RIVERS. TUSCALOOSA, THEIR CHIEF, INSPIRED HIS PEOPLE TO FIGHT WITH THE SPANIARDS IN A BATTLE OF 1540. THEY ATTACKED ONE OF THEIR FORTIFIED TOWNS. THE NUMBER OF OF MOBIL INDIANS MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 6000 IN THE 1700'S.
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