Ron Mc - the URL for your chikamaka site did not go through, so could not check out your history. Not to ask the obvious, but could this be an adaptation of the Chickamauga, who were closely associated in time and area with the Chickasaw and Cherokee? Aileen in WA Surnames SIMMONS/PICKENS/MILLER/MITCHELL of SC/TN, DALE/EVANS of MD/TN