FDI - Yazoo

The Yazoo were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. They were closely related to and allied with the Koroa. They lived on the south side of the Yazoo River about 10 miles above its mouth. They fought in the Natchez Upring against the French, were nearly destroyed by the Quapaw, and eventually absorbed into the Choctaw.

Aboriginal Locations

MS Possibly 2 villages on the Yazoo River

Year	*History*
1682	Mentioned by La Salle in connection with his trip to the mouth of the Mississippi; Tonti found the tribe on the Yazoo River having recently relocated from further up the Mississippi along with the Tunica
1686	Living near Koroa
1702	Tribe was an accessory in the murder of the French missionary Foucoult
1729	Outbreak of Natchez War, Koroa murdered missionary P. Seuel and along with the Koroa, massacred the garrison at ft. St. Peter, later attacked by Chakchiuma and Choctaw and still later all but 15 killed by the Quapaw
1731	Occupying a fort on the Tensas River along with the Koroa; took part with the Natchez in an attack on the Tunica; eventually joined Choctaw and possibly Chickasaw (Choctaw Chief Allen Wright claimed Koroa descent)

Year	Total MS Population	Source
1698	300	Swanton (600 less 300 Koroa)
1700	300	NAHDB calculation
1730	100	Le Page du Pratz
1800	0	NAHDB calculation
1900	0	NAHDB calculation
2000	0	NAHDB calculation

Ethnie:	YAZOO
Language:	Tunican
Family	Tunican
*Stock:*	Tunican
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands