Tag: Pascagoula

The Pasacagoula (also Pascoboula, Pacha-Ogoula, Pascagola, Pascaboula, Paskaguna) were an indigenous group living in coastal Mississippi on the Pascagoula River.
The name Pascagoula is a Mobilian Jargon term meaning “bread people”. Choctaw native Americans using the name Pascagoula are named after the words for “bread nation”. The Biloxi called them Pascoboula.
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville encountered the tribe in 1699 and was impressed by the beauty of Pascagoula women.
According to legend, the peace-loving tribe walked single file into the Singing River(now known as the Pascagoula River) because the local Biloxi tribe were planning to attack. The famous Singing River is known throughout the world for its mysterious music. The singing sounds like a swarm of bees in flight and is best heard in late evenings during late summer and autumn. Barely heard at first, the music seems to grow nearer and louder until it sounds as though it comes directly under foot.
The legend connects the sound…