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:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes >> > > Nothing in the subject line... 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