I bought the DVD last year, I went to a DVD store here in Prattville and they ordered the movie for me. I would like to buy the book, if I can find it. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:20 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Coushetta & Texas immigrants > Hey Folks! > > Taking a break from drawing plans for a Mexican steakhouse restaurant. > Actually charcoal grilling meats or seafood, (barbicoa) is much more typical of > Mexico than the Tex-Mex stuff. > > Anyway, Coushetta in a 19th century American frontier mispronunciation of > the Koasati of eastern Tennessee, who were pushed down into Alabama by the > Cherokees in the 1700s.. Koasati is a Creek mispronunciation of the real name, > Kowassi-ti, which means "Bobcat People" in Hitchiti and Koasati. As I > mentioned before, dialects of Hitchiti were much more prevalent than Muskogee at > the time of the Spanish Invasion. > > Thousands and thousand of Creeks went to Mexico and Texas. This is well > documented. The full blood traditionals tended to immigrate to Mexico, while > prosperous mixed-blood Creeks from Georgia went to Texas. The reason was that > although Georgia promised the Friendly Creeks they could stay, as soon as the > Cherokees and Muskogees were gone, the Friendly (Hitchiti) Creeks caught > hell. > > I strongly recommend that you rent a DVD of the movie "True Women" staring > among other fine actors, Angeline Jolet. In her first staring role, she > plays the 1/4th Creek grand daughter of Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins. Her > parents are wealthy planters, so no one bothers her 1/2 Creek mother. However, > Angeline's heart is broken by the treatment of the middle class Friendly > Creeks. She moves to Texas and becomes one of the early leaders of the Republic > of Texas. It is a true story. The plot of the movie is much more complex than > I described it, but it is the most accurate portrayal of Georgia Creeks, I > have ever seen. We were always good neighbors and friends to the new > immigrants, yet still got screwed in the end - as if we were hostile Red Sticks. > > 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