In a message dated 7/23/2002 11:12:36 PM Central Daylight Time, Pattyg74056@cs.com writes: > I do not understand. I was told that "Tubbee" was a title of respect, and > not a name. > Hello Pattyg74056, from what others on the list have been saying it seems that "Tubbee" was indeed a title of respect, and meant someone who killed an enemy in battle, and it also became a part of the names of many Choctaws, I think following the removal to Oklahoma, but perhaps beginning before the removal, exactly because it was a title of respect. That is the Choctaws with Tubbee in their name incorporated it into their name from the title. I guess in English an equivalent thing would be the name "Smith" which was originally the title of someone who was a smith, such as a blacksmith, but which over the years moved from being a title to being a name as well. Have I confused you enough? John Craven New Orleans