Hey Ric! I guess there could be a connection, but the official definition of Tamaulipas are words in a language entirely different from Hitchiti. On the other hand, the "experts" who guessed at the translation of Tamaulipas could be entirely wrong. Tvmv means a type of drum in Hitchiti - so Tvmv-tli would mean Drum People. The Hitchiti use an entirely different word for people or ethnic groups than the other Muskogeans. The "tli" agglutinative suffice is straight from Mexico and means exactly the same in several Mexican languages. The word for house in Hitchiti and Totonac is chiki. That is interesting because the Totonac now live just south of Tamaulpilis State in Mexico. Ric, the real problem in answering your question is that the Southeastern archaeologists refuse to discuss the obvious connection between Mesoamerica and the Muskogeans. When people refuse to discuss theories, that also means that they refuse to do research. You personally have seen how the Georgia archaeologists are going out of their way to shun me now, and refuse to discuss the Creek perspective of history. If I mention in person to a group of Georgia archaeologists about the FACT that there are several Maya and Totonac words in Creek dialects, they don't even respond to me, and give a silly little smile - like I am fresh out of the loony bin. It's their loss. The Latin American and European archaeologists are very interested in the possible connection. I have a feeling it will be some French, German or Dutch archaeologist working in either southern Georgia or Florida who makes the discovery that proves the connection. Sorry for the long answer - but the answer was complicated. Richard T. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:39 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Tawmaw and Tamaulipas > Hey Ric! > > I guess there could be a connection, but the official definition of > Tamaulipas are words in a language entirely different from Hitchiti. On > the other > hand, the "experts" who guessed at the translation of Tamaulipas could be > entirely wrong. > > Tvmv means a type of drum in Hitchiti - so Tvmv-tli would mean Drum > People. > The Hitchiti use an entirely different word for people or ethnic groups > than the other Muskogeans. The "tli" agglutinative suffice is straight > from > Mexico and means exactly the same in several Mexican languages. > > The word for house in Hitchiti and Totonac is chiki. That is interesting > because the Totonac now live just south of Tamaulpilis State in Mexico. > > Ric, the real problem in answering your question is that the > Southeastern > archaeologists refuse to discuss the obvious connection between > Mesoamerica > and the Muskogeans. When people refuse to discuss theories, that also > means > that they refuse to do research. You personally have seen how the > Georgia > archaeologists are going out of their way to shun me now, and refuse to > discuss > the Creek perspective of history. If I mention in person to a group of > Georgia archaeologists about the FACT that there are several Maya and > Totonac words > in Creek dialects, they don't even respond to me, and give a silly little > smile - like I am fresh out of the loony bin. > > It's their loss. The Latin American and European archaeologists are very > interested in the possible connection. I have a feeling it will be some > French, German or Dutch archaeologist working in either southern Georgia > or Florida > who makes the discovery that proves the connection. > > Sorry for the long answer - but the answer was complicated. > > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.4/1567 - Release Date: 7/22/2008 > 4:05 PM > > >