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Ocute (Oconee Province)

Late Mississippian paramount chiefdom of the Oconee River valley in Georgia — the Shinholser-site chiefdom of Altamaha-Ocute from c. 1275, the Shoulderbone-site capital founded c. 1325 over Altamaha, Cofaqui and Patofa, visited by de Soto in 1540, and the southern capital of Altamaha (La Tama) until Westo slave raids drove the province to the Apalachicola and Yamasee country in the 1660s.

Relocated to the Apalachicola and Yamasee provinces under Westo slave raids in the 1660s; its people fed the Yamasee confederacy.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Ocute (Oconee Province) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1275 · 1326 · 1541.

Further reading

• The Forgotten Centuries: Indians and Europeans in the American South, 1521–1704 Charles Hudson and Carmen Chaves Tesser (eds.) · 1994

  The standard scholarly volume on the de Soto-era Southeastern chiefdoms, Ocute among them.

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Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Ocute' (Late Mississippian paramount chiefdom centred in the Oconee River valley; alliance formed 1325; relocation in the 1660s; Shinholser c. 1275–1325, Shoulderbone c. 1325–1540, Altamaha c. 1540–1660)