James: Dancing Rabbit Creek (bok chokfi ahithac) was in Neshoba Co., Miss. I'm not sure if it's still called that today on the maps. What say you, gang??? dustyc@microgear.net -----Original Message----- From: james watson <j.watson2@worldnet.att.net> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] Choctaw Name >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 >> > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >Please support wonderful & FREE genealogy on the internet. Join Rootsweb.com today! >