Yes he did, but there are words where he added letters that were not necessary, and we are still working on revising the written aspect of the language...We know how the "A" in the word father sounds...that is the way the A sounds in Chata as well...and as there is no need for an H after the A in father, there is also no need for an H after the A in Chata...I can think of at least one more word off hand that has a letter that shouldn't be there, and that is "yukpa" which sounds like yuppa, which means happy or glad, etc. At one time maybe there was a K sound, but I have only heard it without it...As with any language, the Chata language has evolved and is still evolving..and that is good because that means it is still alive...All I know about what the word means is that it was what we called ourselves...and it got mispronounced by non-Chata as Choctaw...I can only assume it meant humans or people or family...I have heard that it was borrowed from the spanish(I think it was ! the spanish) for what they called us, but I don't know if there is any truth to that or not. Barbara -- On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 22:36:31 Ruthie King wrote: >The white missionary Rev. Cyrus Byington put the Choctaw language into >English. He spent years doing this according to the equivalent sounds in >the English language. Hymn books, testaments, sermons and so forth were >translated. > >Ruthie > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "Barbara Ellison" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] testing( Isuba Chata) >Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:51:58 -0700 > > The Choctaw language was not a written language...there are no absolutely >correct ways of spelling Chata words..we spell it like we first saw it >and/or the way it sounds...so you'll see different spellings quite often, >but that's not a dialect difference...that's a whole 'nother thing. >Barbara >-- > >On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:42:04 Dodie wrote: > >I would like to know why some spell it Chahta and then I see it Chata. Is >there > >a difference in the meaning. Or is there different Chahta dialects as with >the > >Cherokee? > >Dodie > > > >faynshep wrote: > > > >> I don't know Arla. Patsy is my sister and I don't know a lot about >Bill's > >> family. I'm dumb about the word Chata, what does it mean? > >> fay > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: John & Arla Williams <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, August 22, 1980 4:55 PM > >> Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] testing( Isuba Chata) > >> > >> > Fay, > >> > Are they part of the Overstreet Family from Keota? I have met >several > >> of the Overstreet Family. > >> > For those of you who don't know, the Overstreet Kerr Historical >Farm is > >> a homestead that was Chata Allotment land. The homestead was given to >the > >> Kerr Foundation to be used as a teaching tool. They have lots of kids >and > >> adults come through. We do their fall Farmfest each year in October. We > >> demonstrate 1800's things such as >woodwork,basketweaving,soapmaking,sorgum > >> making,etc. > >> > There are a lot of the original things in the house and has the >history > >> of the place also. > >> > They have had Chata Pigs,Ponies and had a buffalo last year. Don't >know > >> if Jim still has everything now. > >> > The land has a lot of feeling to it when you walk it. > >> > Arla > >> > > >> > ---------- > >> > > Arla, Do you by any chance know Bill and Patsy Overstreet? They >live in > >> > > Kountze, TX now but at one time they lived in Victoria, TX and >raised > >> > > Appaloosa horses. I know she had one she called Freckles. > >> > > fay > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: John & Arla Williams <[email protected]> > >> > > To: <[email protected]> > >> > > Sent: Friday, August 22, 1980 2:48 PM > >> > > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] testing( Isuba Chata) > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Brandi, > >> > > > They are the most wonderful horses. The first two horses that >I > >> worked > >> > > on,I am an Equine Sports Massage Therapist, were Isuba Chata. I also >am > >> > > involved with the Overstreet Kerr Historical Farm and they had Isuba > >> Chata > >> > > there for a while. > >> > > > They have a wonderful nature about them.Gilbert Jones had some > >> also. > >> > > > The paper that Durant sends out about them is a good paper. > >> > > > Arla > >> > > > > >> > > > ---------- > >> > > > > Thank you, > >> > > > > I have been horse crazy since i was a baby, and so is my >daughter, > >> shes > >> > > 7 and > >> > > > > is intent to enter our rodeo here in town next year. She is alot > >> worse > >> > > than i > >> > > > > was at that age! > >> > > > > Thanks again, I had not heard of them till i saw mention of >them > >> in a > >> > > > > calender from my Choctaw membership last year. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Brandi > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > >> > > > > To Unsubscribe: > >> > > > > Send msg. to [email protected] > >> > > > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without >the > >> quotes > >> > > > > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > >> > > > Choctaw Home Page: > >> > > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.htm > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > >> > > To Unsubscribe: > >> > > Send msg. to [email protected] > >> > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... 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