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Cuevas •Explained Choctaw Funerals Whiskey two bits for a Gallon
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It would be impossible to write a true history of Hancock County without adding a few incidents
concerning the Choctaw Indians.
In an address given by Hon. J. F. F. Claiborne in the year 1876 he explained: * The tradition of the Choctaws is, that the Naniwyha-hill (near the source of Pearl Hiver) gave birth to two children, that they were suckled by a bear and afterwards supplied with meat by a panther and a wolf. The boy grew up to be a mighty hunter and warrier, the girl became the mother of the tribe.
It is an accepted fact that long before the written language was practiced in Mississippi the Gulf Coast of our state was occupied by a noble race of Choctaw Indians who roamed the sea board, fished the rivers and bayous, gave musical names to our area and called Bay St. Louis "A-chouc-poulou" (meaning bad-grass — sticker grass — burr grass).
In the early 1800's one Jean Cuevas raised cattle on Cat Island. XE&S No doubt Cuevas had friendly relations with many Choctaws. Years later, y.ay 7, 1922, to be exact a reporter for the New Orleans Times Picayune interviewed the grandson of Jean Cuevas, he wanted to