Ofo

R. Rankin rankin at ku.edu
Wed Dec 1 21:15:38 UTC 2004


>> BTW there is a short novel entitled "The Last Ofo" by an Indian writer
>> from the U. of Oklahoma (not an Ofo descendent).

> Sounds like the Ishi story and its various interpretations taken up and
> applied to the work of Dorsey and Swanton.

Something like that.  I don't think the author had any particular linguists in
mind in his novella, but they don't come off as particularly sympathetic
figures.

The author had obviously done some homework and he refers to the Ofo as
descendents of the Mosopelea, etc.

Bob



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