Richard, You know what I am looking for about the Okonee. Now it sound like you are getting very close to proving my premise. You help me do that and pick the restaurant of your choice in Atlanta. It is worth it to me with all the people that I am working against who I suspect still think Columbus discovered a new route to India. :-) Have a happy!! S At 04:01 PM 8/6/2008, you wrote: >The Okonee composed a province in northeastern Georgia, northwestern South >Carolina and where the North Carolina Cherokee Reservation is now located. >They were a separate ethnic group that spoke a dialect of >Hitchiti. They were >serious mound builders, but most people lived on farmsteads, not in towns or >villages. Okonee's who moved down to Florida, became the core group of the >Seminoles. Many Okonees became Christians and over time >have intermarried with >their European and African neighbors. Other Okonees moved west to Oklahoma. > >The name means "washed with water" in Hitchiti - and refers to a form of >ritual baptism practiced by the Okonees. > > > >**************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? >Read reviews on AOL Autos. >(http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 >) > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1594 - Release Date: >8/5/2008 9:49 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1594 - Release Date: 8/5/2008 9:49 PM