Capinan

Capinan
Total population
extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
United States (Alabama, Mississippi)
Languages
unattested, possibly a Siouan language[1]
Religion
Indigenous religion
Related ethnic groups
possibly Pascagoula and Biloxi[1]

The Capinan (also called Capina[2]) were a small tribe of Native American people from Alabama and Mississippi.[1]

The Capinan lived along the Gulf Coast region along the Pascagoula River[1] [3] almost north to its headwaters. They appear along the Pascagoula River, directly south of the Chickasaws in maps drawn by French cartographer Guillaume Delisle in 1703 and 1707.[4]

The Capinan may have been the same tribe as the Moctobi[4] and may have been a sub-tribe of the Pascagoula and Biloxi, both historically from Mississippi. The Capinan's language is unattested, but they might have spoken a Siouan language[1] like the Biloxi.

French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville visited the tribe in 1699, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville in 1725.[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Donald B. Ricky (2000). Encyclopedia of Mississippi Indians: Tribes, Natives, Treaties of the Southeastern Woodlands Area. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-403-09778-4. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. ^ Patricia Roberts Clark (31 July 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7864-3833-4. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Indian Tribes of Mississippi". Mississippi Archeology Trails. Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b Hodge, p. 203