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)