In the l800s many Lumbee Indians worked in the naval stores industry here in North Carolina. That is, they worked out in the pine forests, tapping the resin for turpentine, tar, pitch, etc. used to "caulk up" or waterproof (wooden) ships. Some Lumbees left for GA in the latter l800s to follow the trade there. Last December as we visited my husband's brother in Warner Robins, GA, I read a news article about heavy fire damage to a water plant in LaFayette. The Safety Fire Comissioner mentioned was John Oxendine--a surefire Lumbee name. So I'm wondering if he is descended from Lumbees who were there for the naval stores. BTW, the actress Heather Locklear is Lumbee. Locklear is a common Lumbee name that means "hold fast." My maternal Ggrandmother was Mary Jane Gowens; her family from Newton/Rockdale Counties GA and before that South Carolina, then N. Carolina. Several years ago after years of research and now living 80 miles from Lumbee country, I learned that Gowens (Goins, Goings, Gowan, Guin, etc.) is a common Lumbee name. Right in my own backyard! The Goings in early VA and the Carolinas were sometimes shown as "bound out" and/or propertyand commonly described as "mixt" or "mulatto." Many Goings are listed as "Free Person of Color," "Colored Person," "Person of Color," etc. generally meaning having some Indian blood. (To census takers, though, anyone not white enough--some Jews, Gypsies, Turkish or Slavic peoples--ended up "Persons of Color.") Goings is also found among the Cherokees and Melungeons. Richard T. Can you make a stab at translating "Rabbit Town" into Creek? RabbitTown, known long ago as an Upper Creek town in Calhoun County AL, is not far from where I grew up. Mvto.