Osochi

Osochi Indians

Osochi Tribe: Meaning unknown. Osochi Connections. Within recent times the closest connections of this tribe have been with the Chiaha, though their language is said to have been Muskhogean, but there is some reason to think that they may have been originally a part of the Timucua. (See below.) Osochi Location. Their best known historic seat was in the great bend of Chattahoochee River, Russell County, Alabama, near the Chiaha. (See also Georgia and Florida.) Osochi Villages. The town of Hotalgi-huyana was populated in part from this tribe and in part from the Chiaha. The census of 1832 gives two … Read more

Osochi Tribe

I have registered my belief that the origin of the Osochi is to be sought in that Florida “province” through which De Soto passed shortly before reaching the Apalachee. The name is given variously as Uçachile, Uzachil, Veachile, and Ossachile. Since the Timucua chief Uriutina speaks of the Uçachile as “of our nation,” while the chief of Uçachile is said to be “kinsman of the chief of Caliquen,” it may be inferred that the tribe then spoke a Timucua dialect. If this were really the case it is strange that, instead of retiring farther into Florida with the rest of the … Read more