Very interesting...TT in SC. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:21 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] More proof of substantial Creek presence in SouthCarolina > For those of you trying to prove Creek ancestry in South Carolina, I > have > found more proof. > > There is a modern day town named Tamassee, SC on the Keowee River near > Seneca. It is very close to the North Carolina line - an area that all > "official" > maps state was always Cherokee. Of course, South Caroina historians > state > the name is an old Cherokee word whose meaning has been lost. However, > the > word is pure Hitchiti Creek, and also occurs in Tennessee and Alabama. > It > means "Child of Tama" or "Little Tama" The ssee suffix was added to > Hitchiti > and Koasati towns, who were colonies of mother towns. For example > Talassee was > a colony of Tali in Tennessee. > > The significance of this name is that Tama was an important capital town > on > the upper Altamaha River in South Georgia. That means that in fairly > early > times, Tamatli villages were not only located in Western North Carolina, > but > also northwestern South Carolina. In fact, many books even show NW South > Carolina as being occupied by Cherokees when de Soto came through in > 1542. > > Basically, I am saying, that if you trace an ancestor, who you think was > Creek, to almost any part of South Carolina except the Catawba area south > of > Charlotte, NC, or the solidly Siouan regions of NE South Carolina, the > chances > are that they were indeed Muskogean. > > 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 >