Iskitina means "little." However, here is a possible lead. Military leader is "hopaii." If the person writing the name was not literate in Chotaw, he/she might have written "hopiah" instead. George Ann >From: JohnnyMikeCraven@aol.com >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Questions about the name Hopiah >Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:34:05 EDT > >Hello Imafo, > > have you ever looked up the name Hopar? > > I came across in Goss' book. It would probably be a sound-a-like >for >Harper. > > Also there are entries in Goss' book under Little Leader(s) and one >is >the following: > Little Leader, or Iskatena, 591 > > There is no "Hopia" embedded in the name Iskatena so this brings up >another language question that pertains to geneaology and that's simply >what >other words did the Choctaw use for leader besides Hopia? > > John Craven > New Orleans > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Home Page: >http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > >http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/chat.htm > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com