Richard; Thanks for your information. I understand that the word Cherokee is a Muskogean word as well, being roughly translated as "those who don't speak our language". Your point is well taken. My mothers people came from North Carolina and indeed did settle near Chattanooga. They didn't consider themselves renegades, however. They definitely could not abide living near whites and moved on to IT in the early 1830's. What you wrote re: the Creek and Cherokee and even the Choctaw is reflected in my Dad's stories. His grandmother who was born in the 1840's told him to never go west (I suppose she meant west of Oklahoma). Because, "bad" indians live there. Whatever that meant. I have always been happy about my heritage. Especially, the Creek side. Unfortunately, much of the culture was lost or melded into other cultures ie. Cherokee and Seminole. Some of my family went to south Alabama and just intermarried with the whites. Pretty typical, actually. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <Yuchimicco@aol.com> To: <CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:20 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Chickamauga Band > Folks, don't be shocked but the word Chickamauga is a Muskogean word, > and > the so-called Chickamauga Cherokees were actually the result of Chief > Dragging > Canoe leading a band of renegade Cherokees out of the mountains to settle > at a > Tuskegee (northern Creek) town on the Tennessee River near modern day > Chattanooga. Not only that, but Chota, Tennessee the birthplace of > Sequoyah, was > originally a Tuskegee town. The Tuskegees (actually Tas-ke'-ke') were > originally in the Little Tennessee River Valley just west of the Cherokees > and > Upper Tennessee Valley. They were thoroughly decimated by Spanish swords > and > diseases. Many of the survivors merged with the Cherokees and within a > generation > were speaking Tsa-la-gi. > > There were 2400 Creeks living the Cherokee Nation in Georgia in 1832. > Especially, around Rome, and Cartersville, GA there were actually Creek > villages > happily settled beside Cherokee villages. Many of the Creeks scattered > into > the mountains prior to the Trail of Tears since they were not on the > Cherokee > Rolls. > > Tullahoma, Tennessee got its name for the Tuskegee name meaning "Red > Town." > > > If you have a Creek knot - a bony protrusion at the base of the skull > above > where the neck joins, then you have Muskogean ancesters. > > Oh, if we only had a time machine to go back and see what really happened > 2-500 years ago! > > Richard > > > > ==== CREEK-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send to CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com the one > word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the BODY of the message. If you are subscribed to > the digest, send your unsubscrbe message to > CREEK-SOUTHEAST-D-request@rootsweb.com. Visit the Home page to learn more > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/mail/creekse.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >