Tubbee comes from the Choctaw "ubi" meaning "killer." I think Dusty has already explained this. It was tacked on to the end of names to mean "the killer of" whatever preceded it. Choctaw word order is different from English so that you have noun-adjective-article, for example. George Ann >From: Pattyg74056@cs.com >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Tubbee/Tubby Suname >Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 00:11:59 EDT > >I do not understand. I was told that "Tubbee" was a title of respect, and >not a name. > > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== >HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE.... >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes >and spelled correctly. >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com