This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4gC.2ACE/1392 Message Board Post: I'm writing an historical novel of my family in central Mississippi who lived in current day Smith County at a place called 'Shongelo.' I believe this to be an English version of the Choctaw words 'tsa li gu,' or 'place of cypress trees.' I had also heard it came from 'sha ka loo' or something like that. Can someone help me with this phrase? Pls respond to <[email protected]> as I do not have computer set up at home yet. Thanks. Robert Crook Tyler,TX