Yes, there are some words with B in them in the Muskogee spoken in Oklahoma. The original Mvskoke word has a P instead. The reason is that over time the Oklahoma Creeks have absorbed influences from English, and I guess, the Alabama's who became Creeks in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Creeks also wear cowboy hats at ceremonies today, whereas their ancestors in the East wore turbans. These are the effects of cultural assimilation. Some examples ... The South Carolina Creek town of Hilapee (an original member of the Creek Confederacy) was written down by the Spanish as being either Ilape, Ilapi or Ilapa. When some members of the town migrated to Georgia and then to Alabama, we see Caucasian records showing the town as Hilabi or Hillabee . When Protestant missionaries began creating Muskogee dictionaries, they perhaps used the English pronunciation and spelling of the towns name. Over time, Oklahoma Creeks eventually spelled and pronounced the town's name the English way - since at the mission schools, this is how their teachers spelled the word. Osabaw Island on the coast of Georgia was originally Osapv (crow in Hitchiti) or Osawv (crow in Archaic Muskogee) The English colonists change the word to Osabaw. Learned academicians in Georgia during the late 20th century decided that the word meant "place where the sacred black drink plant grows." That is the official governmental definition today. Of course, the word Osabaw has absolutely no similarity to the Creek word for the black drink - "assi." The same change from P to B is true for Tuckabachee. It's original Mvskoke spelling was something like Tokepace. Richard T. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)