I can't recall every having heard those terms used with reference to Choctaw dwellings, but whada' I know?? <lol> Also, the Natchez, Tunica, Houma etc. build a similar type of dwelling as I previously described, but covered with palmetto leaves which is a native plant that grows wild in the swamps and prairies of south Louisiana and throught the Gulf Coast. Palmetto fronds/leaves were (and still are) used to make fans, hats, clothing, etc. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Mississippi Choctaw Dwellings > Dusty, > > One last thing - may I assume that you have never read or heard the terms > "tepee" or "wigwam" used in any kind of a Choctaw context? > > > At 07:20 PM 04/09/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Dennis: > >The type of dwelling used down here on the Gulf Coast was called "wattle and > >daub", and was a combination of poles used to support the structure with > >interwoven sticks, twigs or branches used for the walls. Native clay used > >as mortar to hold the sticks together. Dwellings of this nature were still > >in use on occasion at the turn of the century, later evolving into the "log > >cabin" type structure seen more recently. > > > >In the extreme southern, swampy parts of La. and Miss., there is still in > >use today a structure similar to a small log cabin which is built on a raft > >made of cypress or pine logs lashed together. When the rains come in the > >spring and the Mississippi river rises causing flooding throughout the > >Atchafalaya Basin swamplands, these dwellings float up with the high water. > >They are still referred to by the Cajun people as "Choctaws", and are > >sometimes used as temporary hunting lodges. > > > >dusty > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> > >To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:47 PM > >Subject: [CHAHTA] Mississippi Choctaw Dwellings > > > > > > > Halito, CHAHTA-L subscribers, > > > > > > This message concerns pre-removal Choctaw, not those living in IT > >following > > > removal. I make this distinction because my question (below) concerns only > > > those Choctaw living in Mississippi prior to and during removal. > > > > > > I understand they lived in log cabins resembling a Hogan (similar to those > > > used by Navajos with a hole in the roof to allow smoke to escape). An > > > example of a Hogan may be seen at, > > > > > > http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/hogan.htm > > > > > > In established villages, I have no doubt their dwellings resembled the > > > Hogan. However, there is a possibility that when they traveled to the > > > flood plains of the Yazoo and Mississippi Delta on hunting trips (as was > > > the custom in the fall after the harvest season), they may have used a > >more > > > transportable dwelling structure such as a tepee, a picture of which may > >be > > > seen at, > > > > > > http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/tepee.htm > > > > > > ... or a wigwam (similar to those used by ANs in the Great Lakes region).a > > > picture of which may be seen at, > > > > > > http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/wigwam.htm > > > > > > I have seen nothing that claims they ever used tepee- or wigwam-like > > > dwellings, even while traveling overland. In fact, it seems likely that > > > during overland travel and after arriving at their remote destination, > >they > > > may not have used any form of dwelling - portable or otherwise unless it > > > was built on the spot out of materials on hand at the location. One reason > > > they may not have taken their dwellings with them is the fact that > >Choctaws > > > hunted west of the Mississippi before removal. Crossing the Mississippi > > > while transporting any form of portable dwelling would make the crossing > > > task that much more difficult. > > > > > > Does anyone on the list have an opinion or know of a reference concerning > > > the use of dwellings, portable or otherwise, during extended periods of > > > travel away from the village? > > > > > > NOTE: (to myself) Might Choctaw use of Hogan-like structures indicate an > > > original west to east migration path that took Choctaw's ancestors through > > > Navajo lands en-route to Mississippi? > > > > > > Yakoke, > > > > > > Dennis K. Boswell > > > 301 Crow Canyon Drive > > > Folsom, CA 95630 > > > > > > Tel: (916) 987-3599 > > > Fax: (916) 987-3555 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > > To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L Genealogy mail list: > > > Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... 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