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Mobila

The Mobila were a tribe of Native Americans that inhabited Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. It is believed they are descended from the inhabitants of the village of Mabila destroyed by Hernando De Soto in 1540.

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The Mobila were a tribe of Native Americans that inhabited Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta.1 It is believed they are descended from the inhabitants of the village of Mabila destroyed by Hernando De Soto in 1540.

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  1. Sturtevant and Fogelson, ix
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  • Sturtevant, William C., general editor and Raymond D. Fogelson, volume editor. Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast. Volume 14. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004. ISBN 0-16-072300-0.