Koroa

The Koroa were a tribe of Native Americans that were native to the southeastern United States and no longer exist. The tribe settled along the lower reaches of the Yazoo River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, not far from other tribes such as the Yazoo, Tunica and Natchez.

History

The Koroa settled in the 17th and 18th century north of the present city of Vicksburg on the lower course of Yazoo River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. Perhaps the Koroa originally came from a west -lying region in Arkansas, because a report of Marquette and Joliet expedition from 1682 describes a tribe called Akoroa, who settled at the headwaters of the Arkansas River. Further reports from missionaries, travelers and explorers such as de la Salle from the following decades be indicative of different settlements of Koroa on Yazoo River as well as in other regions in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Due to the different notation, for example Coloa, Kourea and Currous, a clear attribution is sometimes difficult. From about 1700 lived Catholic missionaries in the region, the French set up in 1718 at the mouth of the Yazoo River, a fort, which should monitor the waterway to the settlement area of ​​the Chickasaw. 1729 brought the Koroa together with the Yazoo following the example of their neighbors, of Natchez, against the French and destroyed the fort Both strains were expelled from the region, the surviving warriors joined probably the Chickasaw and Choctaw on.

Language and Culture

Little is known about the language of Koroa, but they should have had similarities with the Yazoo and the tunica, as they the other tribes in the region used unlike the consonant "R". Individual notes in historical sources indicate that the Koroa have farmed land and lived in well-organized villages and village communities. Your religious and spiritual customs, and social structure are likely to only slightly have differed from those of the other smaller tribes of the region, but there is no evidence for it.