This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wallwiz Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.special.secreeks/714.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It's totally dependant upon whether the name was Upper Creek (Muscogee) or Lower Creek (Hitchiti, Mickasuki,or Yuchi). The languages were about similar as Spanish and Portugese. I can't recognize it by the way it's spelled. A lot of these names were recorded by people who couldn't properly equate the sounds into English. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.