Dusty, Where in Mississippi is Dancing Rabbit Creek? Marian in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: Dusty Collins <dustyc@microgear.net> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] Choctaw Name > Marian: > > Some of your info. is a little confusing, not having the actual land patent > in front of me to look at. Dancing Rabbit Creek is in Mississippi...it's > possible that what you've got there is a land patient awarded to the > ancestor by virtue of the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty of the 1830's. It > should show exactly where the land in Okla. was located, and I'm presuming > that it was in Ashley Co. As someone said in a previous post, your ancestor > may have had two names, as so many of ours did - his Chatah name (Ona HA > Tubbe) and an anglo one (Tucker) Tubbe was an honor name for war and meant > "he killed" or "killer" Some lines of the Tubbe/Tubby family continued > with the name and some abandoned its usage. There should be someone on the > list who can translate it for you. > > dustyc@microgear.net > -----Original Message----- > From: james watson <j.watson2@worldnet.att.net> > To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:55 PM > Subject: [CHOCTAW] Choctaw Name > > > >I have a land patent with a name of a ggggrandfather, Robert Tucker, Ona Ha > >Tubbe, and it also gives the Choctaw, Dancing Rabbit Crk., Ashley Co., Ok. > >Can I believe this was given in 1858 to Robert Tucker, Indian, member of > >Choctaw? Do they have books with Choctaw names translated to English? How > >can I prove this is my Tucker? We were always that our Tucker were > Choctaw. > >Marian in Texas > > > > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > >Looking for your Native American Ancestors in > >Pushmataha County, Oklahoma? > >Have a look -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/ > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Pushmataha County, Oklahoma -- > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma >