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Definition of Koasati
1. Noun. A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy.
2. Noun. The Muskhogean language spoken by the Koasati.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Koasati
Literary usage of Koasati
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"During the middle and latter part of the 18th century the koasati lived, ...
Florida was ceded to Great Britain, in 1763, "two villages of koasati" moved ..."
2. Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors by John Reed Swanton (1922)
"THE koasati The koasati Indians, as shown by their language, are closely related
to the Alabama. There were at one tune two branches of this tribe—one close ..."
3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"7 distinct languages, viz, Musco- gee, Hitchiti, koasati, ... The people speaking
the cognate Hitchiti and koasati were contemptuously designated as ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1918)
"A great many pages of texts were secured from the koasati. This language, although
closely related to Alabama, differs from it more than has been supposed. ..."
5. A History of Oklahoma by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, Isaac Mason Holcomb (1908)
"... and one branch of the Shawnee, all speaking different languages. The koasati
had absorbed a part of the ancient tribe ..."
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