I did not realize there is now such a difference in Oklahoma Muskogee and Eastern! Eastern: town: tvlofv ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > Paul, > > Italwa meant "cross roads" in Archaic Muskogee. > > That makes perfect sense for Etowah Mounds because it was located at the > intersection of several major trails and shoals, which blocked any further > movement inland by large trade canoes. > > Italwa now means "town" in Oklahoma Muskogee. > > As I told Michelle Schohn, what has really given me fits in translating > early Muskogean words is that neighboring provinces might have initially > spoke > different branches of the Muskogean Language Family, but over time shared > words and modified words to be more like their neighbors. There were a > LOT of > dialects in the 1500s and 1600s. > > Richard T. > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message