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Ozark|ˈəʊzɑːk|
Also Osark.
[ad. F. aux Arcs at the Quapaw, ult. ad. Illinois akansea Quapaw Indian.]
The Quapaw, a North American Indian people, or perhaps a local group of this people.
1816H. Ker Trav. Western Interior U.S. 40 We were visited by a few of the Osark tribe of Indians, who came to us in canoes... They are called by the name of a river they inhabit, on the west side of the Mississippi. 1821T. Nuttall Jrnl. Trav. Arkansa vi. 81 The aborigines of this territory, now commonly called Arkansas or Quapaws and Osarks, do not..number more than about 200 warriors. 1910F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians ii. 180/2 Ozark, a term at one time applied to a local band of Quapaw, from their residence in the Ozark mountain region of Missouri and Arkansas. |