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)
Richard T., Have you found any connection with the Tama of the SE and Tamaulipas of South Texas and Mexico? ----- Original Message ----- >