Friday, June 24, 2011

OCONEE INDIANS IN GEORGIA

OCONEE BELONG TO THE MUSKOGEAN LINGUISTIC STOCK WHO LIVED AT ROCK LANDING ON OCONEE RIVER, GEORGIA. THEIR WERE TWO TRIBES THAT MOVED TO APALACHEE COUNTRY BEFORE THE 1690'S. IN 1716 THEY MOVED TO CHALLAHOOCHE, AND A FEW YEARS LATER THEY WENT TO THE PLAINS OF FLORIDA. THEY MIXED WITH THE SEMINOLE AND AFTER MOVING TO OKLAHOMA THEY LOST THEIR IDENTITY. THERE IS A RIVER NAMED AFTER THEM IN GEORGIA.

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