Myths of the World

The  Ouachita  were a  Native American  tribe who lived in northeastern Louisiana along the  Ouachita River .  Their name has also been pronounced as  Washita  by English speakers. The spelling "Ouachita" and pronunciation "Wah-sha-taw" came about as a result of French settlers and their influence. Many landscape features and places have been named for them since colonization of the region by Europeans and Americans.  The Ouachita were loosely affiliated with the   Caddo Confederacy .   Their traditional homelands were the lower reaches of the   Ouachita River   in present-day northeastern Louisiana and along the   Black River .   Around 1690, the tribe is believed to have settled at Pargoud Landing on the Ouachita River. This was later the site of a French trading post, and ultimately the present-day city of   Monroe, Louisiana   developed around it.  Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville , a...

The  Nanticoke tribes  are a  Native American   Algonquian  people, whose traditional homelands are in  Chesapeake Bay  and  Delaware . Today they live in the  Northeastern United States  and  Canada , especially  Delaware ; in  Ontario ; and in  Oklahoma .  The Nanticoke people consisted of several tribes: The Nanticoke proper (the subject of this article), the  Choptank , the  Assateague , the  Piscataway , and the  Doeg .  The Nanticoke people may have originated in   Labrador ,   Canada , and migrated through the   Great Lakes   region and the   Ohio Valley   to the east, along with the   Shawnee   and   Lenape   peoples.  In 1608, the Nanticoke came into European contact, with the arrival of British captain   John Smith . They allied with the British and traded beaver pelts with them.   They were located in today's ...