Ofo

[Koontz John E]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, R. Rankin wrote:
> BTW there is a short novel entitled "The Last Ofo" by an Indian writer
> from the U. of Oklahoma (not an Ofo descendent).  When I heard of it, I
> bought a copy.  It's an interesting read -- an avowed work of fiction --
> about the last Ofo, a man with the surname Darko in this account, who
> grew up in Louisiana and who, near the end of his life, worked with some
> rather unpleasant Smithsonian anthropologists documenting his language.
> List members with an interest in Ofo and Biloxi might want to pick it
> up.  I got a used copy from Amazon.

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