Aboriginal Towns In Alabama
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Showing locations by county; by local land mark, where known; and brief descriptions. The Handbook of American Indians, Washington, 1907, has been freely used. The initials following each reference, give the authorities for the location at the particular point shown. H. S. H., is Professor H. S. Halbert; T. M. 0., is Dr. Thomas M. Owen; A. & H., refer to records in the Alabama State Department of Archives and History; Handbook, refers to Handbook of American Indians, above noted; P. A. B., is Peter A. Brannon. In case of the latter, Mr. Brannon, has visited the points, and verified these locations, wherever the reference is used.
ABIHKA.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, south of Alpine, near Tallassehatchee Creek, near Kymulga Cave. Gatschet says the name signifies "door." The location is near the northern Jimits of the Creek country. (P. A. B.)
ABIKUDSHI.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, on both banks of Tallassehatchee Creek, five miles east of the Coosa River, and just above the mouth of Wewoka Creek. In the distance, to the southeast, are the two sugarloaf mountains, referred to by one of the early writers, as near this and the Natchez town. It is on property of Adam Riser, Childersburg. (P. A. B.)
ACHUSI.--(See Ochuse.)
ACPACTANICHE.--A probable Creek town, located on the De l' Isle map, 1703, on upper Coosa River. (Handbook.)
ALIBAMONS.--A name applied to the French post at Fort Toulouse. (P. A. B.)
ALKEHATCHEE.--An Upper Creek town, in Tallapoosa county, on Alkohatchi Creek. (T. M. O.)
ANATITCHAPKO.--A Hallabi village, on a northern tributary of a creek of that name, and probably in Clay county. The name means "long swamp." (T. M. O.)
APALATCHUKLA.--A Hitchiti town, in Russell county, on the Chattachoochee River, southeast of Fort Mitchell, at a point called "Nanny Goat Hill," on the "Bend Plantation" of the late Ben T. Hatcher, of Columbus, Ga. (P. A. B.)
ASSILANAPI.--An Upper Creek town, probably in Shelby county, on Yellow Leaf Creek. The name means, "yellow or green leaf tree," "lani" meaning both yellow and green. (T. M. O.)
ATAGI.--An Alibamo town, in Autauga county, just below Washington Ferry crossing, on Alabama River. (P. A. B.)
ATASI.--An Upper Creek town, in Macon county, on Tallapoosa River, half mile below mouth of Calebee Creek and on property of J. C. Pinkston, Montgomery. The word signifies "war club." (P. A. B.)
ATCHINAHATCHL--An Upper Creek town, settled from Kai- laidshi, in Elmore county, on the present Cheneyhatchie or Chan- nahatchie Creek, and southeast of the village of Cotton. The name signifies "Cedar Creek." (P. A. B.)
ATCHINALGI.--An Upper Creek town, in Cleburne county, on east bank of Tallapoosa River, and near mouth of Cedar Creek. This was the farthest north of all Creek towns, at the time of Colonel Hawkins. The name signifies "Cedar Grove people." (T. M. 0.)
ATHAHATCHE.--A town, in Perry county, one-half mile west of Cahaba River, six miles northeast of Marion, two miles northwest of Sprott, and on the Ford plantation. The mound referred to in DeSoto Chronicles, thought to have been the house site of Tuskalusa, still stands in sight of the road from Marion to Centre- ville. (P. A. B.)
BEAR CREEK VILLAGES.--Probable Cherokee Indian towns, in Colbert county, on Big Bear Creek. (A. & H.)
BIG SHOAL CREEK VILLAGE.--A Creek town, in Calhoun county, north of Big Shoal Creek. (T. M. 0.)
BROWNS VILLAGE.--A Cherokee town, in Marshall county, near the present village of Red Hill, on the west side of Brown Creek. (A. & H.)
CABUSKO.--A town, probably in Pickens county, west of the Tombigbee River, referred to by DeSoto Chroniclers, in the winter of 1540. It is probable that it is a Chickasaw word meaning "great water." (T. M. O.)
CAHABA OLD TOWN.--A Choctaw town, in Perry county, within the Creek Territory, west of Cahaba River, immediately below the mouth of Old Town Creek. It is three-eighths of a mile east of the Marion and Centreville public road, and on property of Mr. Warren. (P. A. B.)
CASISTE.--A village, in Dallas county, just south of the mouth of Cahaba River, on the plantation of Clifton Kirkpatrick. The village is referred to in the DeSoto narratives, the expedition arriving there October 5, 1540. It is on the lower edge of the extinct town of Cahaba, once the State Capital. (P. A. B.)
CAUWAOULAU.--A Lower Creek village in Russell county, west of Uchee P. O., south of the old Federal road. (P. A. B.)
CAXA.--A small village, in Dallas county, two miles southeast of HarrelFs Station, on the Southern Railroad, on the Moore plantation. It is first referred to in the DeSoto narratives of 1540. (P. A. B.)
CEDAR CREEK VILLAGE.--An Upper Creek town, in Talla- dega county, north of Cedar Creek, up stream from its mouth, and near Old Ft. Williams, and the Coosa River. (T. M. O.)
CHAKIHLAKO.--A Lower Creek town, probably in Chambers county, on Chattachoochee River, settled from Okfuski. The modern corruption of the name is Shuggolocco. (A. & H.)
CHAKIHLAKO.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, near Choccolocco Creek, which perpetuates its name, one-half mile, east of Dam Five, on Coosa River. (P. A. B.)
CHALAKAGAY.--A Shawnee town, in Talladega county, on the site of the present Sylacauga. The name is said to mean "Buzzard Roost." (T. M. O.)
CHANANIGI.--An Upper Creek town, in Bullock county, just south of the Central of Georgia Railroad, near Suspension. Chun- nenuggee Camp Ground, got its name from this site. The name signifies "ridge." (P. A. B.)
CHATOKSOFKI.--An Upper Creek town, in Tallapoosa county. The name signifies "rock bluff." It was originally a part of one town formed by Abikudshi, Niuyaka, and Okfuski. (Handbook.)
CHATTOOGA.--A Cherokee town, in Northeast Alabama. (A. & H.)
CHATUKCHUFAULA.--An Upper Creek town, in Lee county, east of the Tallapoosa River. It was the home of Peter McQueen, a hostile Indian, and was burned in August, 1813. (A. & H.)
CHAWOCELAUHATCHEE.--An Upper Creek town, in Lee county, near the mouth of Nufala Creek, into Sawacklahatchee Creek. (T. M. O.) CHIAHA.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, one mile east of Oswichee village, of the present day, on the site of Dr. Gordon Chambers' "Chehaw field," southwest of and near to the site of Osotchi, which see. (P. A. B.)
CHIAHA (ANCIENT).--A town in Cherokee county, on McCoy's Island, in the Coosa River. It was a large town at the date of DeSoto's visit in June, 1540. (P. A..B.)
CHIAHUDSHI.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, on Ihagee Creek, north of Cottonton Landing, two miles west of McMillan's Landing. The name is "Little Chiaha." (P. A. B.)
CHICHOUFKEE.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, east of Coosa River, and near Wiwoka Creek. (A. & H.)
CHICKASAW TOWN.--A Chickasaw village, in Talladega county, near the head waters of Talladega Creek. (A. & H.)
CHICKIANOSE.--A Choctaw village, in Sumter county, on Tom- bigbee River. The name means "buzzards there sleep." (H. S. H.)
CHINAKBI.--A Choctaw place name, on Alabama River, one mile below the influx of Spapstone Creek, on the opposite side of the stream. The name signifies "crook or bend, meaning river bend." ((H. S. H.)
CHISKATALOFA.--A Lower Creek or Seminole town in Henry county. The name signifies "base of a tree." (T. M. O.) CHOLOCCO LITABIXEE.--An Upper Creek village, in Tallapoosa county, in the Horseshoe Bend, of Tallapoosa River, 12 miles northwest of Dadeville. This point is the site of the battle of Horseshoe Bend of March 27, 1814. (P. A. B.) CHUAHLA.--An early Indian town, location not positive, just below White Oak Creek, south of the Alabama River. The name suggests "Cedar." (A. & H.) '
COASSATL--See KOASATI.
COATCHIE.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, near Coosa River, south of Tallasehatchee Creek. The word means "Cane River." (Handbook.)
COLOOMI.--See Kulumi.
CONALIGA.--An Upper Creek village, in western Russell county, or eastern Macon, somewhere near the present Warrior Stand. (A. & H.)
COOSADA.--A small Creek and Cherokee village in Jackson county, at what is now Larkin's Landing. (A. & H.)
COOSADA.--See KOASATI.
CORN SILK'S VILLAGE.--A Cherokee village, in Marshall county, near Warrenton, on Corn Silk farms, on the Street Plantation. (A. & H.)
COSA.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, on the bluff three-fourths of a mile east of Coosa River, half mile south of Talladega Creek. (P. A. B.) (See next town.)
COSA.--Referred to in the early chronicles as Cusa and various other spellings. A large town, in Talladega county, first referred to by DeSoto, whose expedition entered it July 16, 1540. It appears to have been the largest town, with the possible exception of Mauvilla, in this southern territory. It was the chief town of a province extending from near Rome, Ga., to the Montgomery County, Alabama Line. It is three-fourths of a mile east of Coosa River, south of Talladega Creek, in Sec. 8, T. 20, S., R. 3, E., Huntsville Mer., and one and half miles north of Childersburg. (P. A. B.)
COSTE.--An Indian town, in St. Clair county, on Woods Island, one of the Ten Island shoals, just above Lock Three. (P. A. B.)
COWETA.--See Kawita.
CREEK PATH.--A Cherokee village, in Marshall county, on the old Russell place, east of Browns Creek. The town had Cherokee, Creek and Shawnee inhabitants. (A. & H.)
CROWTOWN.--A Cherokee town, in Jackson county, on Crow Creek, one-half mile above its mouth. (A. & H.)
DOUBLE HEAD'S VILLAGE.--A Cherokee village, in Colbert county, near Colbert's Ferry. (A. & H.)
ECONCHATTL-- See Kanchati. ECUNHUTKE.--See Ikanhatki.
EMUCKFAW.--See Imukfa.
EMUSSA.--A Lower Creek town in Henry county, near the mouth of the Emussa Creek, and on Chattahoochee River. (Handbook.)
ENOTOCHOPKO.--See Anatitchapko.
FAKITCHIPUNTA.--A Choctaw town, both in Choctaw and Clarke counties, on Tombigbee River. The name signifies "little turkeys.'" (H. S. H.)
FAULUKTABUNNA.--A Choctaw name place, in Choctaw county, on the west bank of the Tombigbee River, exactly opposite the northwest part of Clarke county. The name signifies "A fork laid across." (H. S. H.)
FIFE'S VILLAGE.--A small town in Talladega county, east of Talladega, and on the east bank of Chehawhaw Creek. (A. & H.)
FINHALUI.--A Lower Creek, or Seminole town, or probably a Yuchi settlement, in Barbour or Henry county. This town is the same as High Log in the Creek census of 1833. (A. & H.)
FISH POND TOWN.--An Upper Creek town, in Coosa county, identical with Lalokalka, which see.
FULLEMMY'S.--A Seminole town, settled from Chiaha, probably in Florida, with Alabama branches. (Handbook.)
FUSIHATCHI.--An Upper Creek town in Elmore county, one mile above Ware's Ferry bridge, on the north bank of Tallapoosa River, two miles below Huithelewalli, on property of Dave Johnson, Ware, Ala. (P. A. B.)
GUNTER'S VILLAGE.--A Cherokee town, in Marshall county, on the site of the present Guntersville. (A. & H.)
HAIHAGI.--A Lower Creek town in Russell county, identical with the town of Ihagi, which see. The word means "the groan- ers." (P. A. B.)
HALBAMA.--An Alibamo town, in Autauga county, probably on the site of Statesville, and on little Mulberry Creek. (A. & H.)
HIGH LOG.--See Finhalui.
HILLABI.--An Upper Creek town, in Clay county. In the vicinity of Gilbert's Mill, and on the left bank of little Hillabi Creek. (T. M. O.)
HITCHITI.--A Hitchiti town, in Russell county, Alabama, and in Stewart county, Ga. The remains of the village are still to be seen between Fitzsimmons' and McMillan's Landings. The word in Creek, means "to look up stream." (P. A. B.)
HOITHLEWALLI.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, on the right bank of Tallapoosa River, having a branch settlement directly opposite in Montgomery county. The town house, in 1540, and as late as 1813, was just up stream from the mouth of Mitchell Creek, on the property of Seth Storrs. (P. A. B.)
HOLY GROUND.--See Ikanachaka.
HULITAIGA.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, on Chat- tachoochee River. The town moved up into Tallapoosa county, near Okfuski, prior to 1799, and its lower site was no doubt known by another name in later days. (P. A. B.)
HUMATI.--An aboriginal village, in Dallas county, on the east side of Cahaba River, just north of the mouth of Oakmulgee Creek. The word means, in Choctaw, "Turkey gobbler." (P. A. B.)
IHAGI.--A stream and a Hitchiti town, in Russell county, southeast of Oswichee, and near Chattachoochee River. This stream, locally known as, "Hiaggee," enters the Chattachochee River just above Cottonton Landing. (P. A. B.)
IKANACHAKA.--An Upper Creek town, in Lowndes county, on Alabama River, two and one-half miles, due north of White Hall, just below mouth of Holy Ground Creek, on Old Sprott plantation. The name signifies, "beloved or sacred ground." (P. A. B.)
IKANHATKL--An Upper Creek town (thought by some to be Shawnee), in Elmore county, at the site of the rifle range, used by the 37th Division, U. S. A., 1917-1918. The name signifies "white ground." (P. A. B.)
time, known as Welaune. (P. A. B.)
IMUKFA.--An Upper Creek town, in Tallapoosa county, near Horseshoe Bend. (P. A. B.)
ISTAPOGA.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, near the influx of Estaboga Creek, into Choccolocco Creek, about ten miles from the Coosa River. The word means "where people reside." (P. A. B.)
ISTUDSHILAIKI.--A Hillabee village, in Tallapoosa county, four miles south of mother town of Hillabee, on the left side of Hillabee Creek. The words means "where a young thing was found." (T. M. O.)
KAILAIDSHI.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, south of little Kowaligi Creek, in Sections 5 and 6, Township 20, Range 21, near the present Prospect Methodist Church, on property of Mrs. Maggie Hatton, one mile west of the present village of Kowaligi, which perpetuates its name. The name refers to a warrior's headdress. (P. A. B.)
KANCHATI.--An Alibamo town, in Montgomery county, on the site of the present city of Montgomery, with its fields opposite, in the bend across from the Union Passenger Station. The name means "red ground." (P. A. B.)
KANCHATI.--Sometime Kanshade or Conchanti, an Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, a branch of Abihka, probably at or near Canchardee village of today. The word means, "red earth." (P. A. B.)
KAWAIKI.--A Hitchiti town, in Barbour county, on Cowikee Creek, at its junction with Chattachoochee River. The word signifies "water carrying place." (Handbook.)
KAWITA.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, on Broken Arrow Creek, on the old Crowell plantation, two miles northeast of Ft. Mitchell, near Tickfaw, on the Central of Georgia Railroad, and half mile back from the Chattachoochee River. A mound and cemetery, at Abercrombie or Fitzgerald landing on the Chattachoochee, and near Brick Yard, marks the site of the later town. The town council house occupied the point, referred to on Broken Arrow Creek, at the time of the removal of the Indians to the west in 1836. This town was the head town of the Lower Creek Nation. (P. A. B.)
KAWITA, UPPER.--A Lower Creek town in Russell county, two and a half miles up the Chattachoochee River, from old Kawita and on Cochgalechee Creek (called by Hawkins, Koteskelejau). This point is nearly opposite the Kyle mound site, in Muscogee county, Ga., from which point thousands of objects were secured from 1886 to 1900. Recent investigations have proven this to be the site of Upper Kawita, which was previously located at the mound site on the river bank near Brickyard P. O. (P. A. B.)
http://books.google.com/books?q=Okfuskee&btnG=Search+Books KITCHOPATAKI.--An Upper Creek town, in Randolph county, a few miles below the present village of Oakfuski, on a creek locally known as Ketchapedrakee. The name signifies "spreading out pounding block," that is a block of wood on which to crush maize. (Handbook.)
KOASATI.--An Alibamo town, in Elmore county, on the right bank of the Alabama River, three miles below the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, near the present town of Coosada. Opposite this site, the earliest references note five mounds (three of which still remain). Objects taken from this burial site indicate a much greater antiquity than the town of Koasati. This last referred to point, is in Montgomery county, immediately above Coo- sada Ferry, on Pruitt plantation, on what is known as the Big Eddy and Thirty acre fields. (P. A. B.)
KOHOMUTKIGARTSKAR.--See Kohamutkikatska.
KOHAMUTKIKATSKA.--An Upper Creek town, thought to have been in Coosa or Talladega counties. The word means "place where blow gun canes are broken." (A. & H.)
KULUMI.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, on the right or north bank of Tallapoosa River, on property of Dave Johnson, of Ware, Ala. Remains of the old town, as well as two mounds, are directly opposite in Montgomery county, half mile below Wares Ferry bridge, on property of Mrs. Emma Dreyspring, of Waugh, Ala. (P. A. B.)
KYMULGA.--A probable Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, east of Coosa River, and thought to be at site of the Kymulga Onyx Cave. (P. A. B.) See Abihka.
LALOKALKA.--An Upper Creek town, in Coosa county, east of Hissop, up one of the branches of Elkhatchee Creek. The name signifies "fish separated from." (T. M. O.)
LANUSHIAPALA.--A Hillabee village, in Clay county, on a northwest fork of Hillabee Creek. The word signifies "over the little mountain." (T. M. O.)
LAPLAKO.--An Upper Creek town, in Macon county, east of the mouth of Euphabee Creek, and between this point and the present village of Loachipoka. (A. & H.)
LINE CREEK VILLAGE.--An Upper Creek town, on the south bank of Line Creek, in Montgomery county. (A. & H.)
LITAFATCHI.--An Upper Creek town, in St. Clair county, on the south bank of Canoe Creek. The word refers to making of arrows. (A. & H.)
LONG ISLAND TOWN.--A Cherokee village, on Long Island in Tennessee River. It was near Bridgeport, and was a Creek crossing point of the Tennessee. (A. & H.)
LUTCHAPOGA.--An Upper Creek town, in Randolph county, on Tallapoosa River, nearly opposite the mouth of Corn House Creek, and below Wellborne's Ferry. The name signifies "terrapin gathering place." Loachapoka, in Lee county, perpetuates its name. (T. M. O.)
MELTON'S VILLAGE.--An Upper Creek town, in Marshall county, on Town Creek, at the site of the present "Old Village Ford." Meltonsville perpetuates its name. (A. & H.)
MOCULIXA.--An aboriginal village, in Pickens county, on the east side of Tombigbee River, referred to by DeSoto's Chroniclers in 1540. (A. & H.)
MUKLASSA.--An Alibamo town, in Montgomery county, on Eight-mile branch, south of the Tallapoosa River, on property of Dr. William B. Westcott, Montgomery. (P. A. B.)
MUSCLE SHOALS VILLAGE.--Three Cherokee villages, on Tennessee River, a few miles above Muscle Shoals. The site of the villages changed from time to time, extending along and below the Shoals. (A. & H.)
NAFOLEE.--An Upper Creek town, in Tallapoosa county, just east of Talasi, and on Euphaubee Creek, which takes its name from the town. (P. A. B.)
NANIPACNA.--An aboriginal town in Wilcox county. (H. S. H.)
NATCHEZ.--A town in Talladega county, up Tallasehatchee Creek, from Abikudshi, settled shortly after 1730 by refugees from the Natchez on the Mississippi, after their disastrous wars with the French. It is a short distance west of the present village of Emau- hee and on the Kurd plantation. (P. A. B.)
NINNIPASKULGI.--An Upper Creek town in Western Macon county. The name signifies "road people." (A. & H.)
NITAHAURITS.--An Alibamo town, in Dallas county, at the mouth of Mulberry Creek, on Alabama River. This was the lowest of all settlements of the Alibamu and had disappeared prior to 1790. In Choctaw the word signifies "Bear fort." (H. S. H.)
NIUYAKA.--An Upper Creek town in Tallapoosa county, on the south bank of Tallapoosa River, some miles above Horseshoe Bend, and near Eagle Creek. This name was given to the town after the treaty of New York, August 7, 1790. (A. & H.)
OAKCHOY.--See Okchayi.
OAKCHINAWA VILLAGE.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, on both sides of Salt Creek, near the point where it flows into Big Shoal Creek. (T. M. O.)
OAKFUSKI'DSHL--A small Upper Creek town, just above Niu- yaka, in Tallapoosa county. (A. & H.)
OCHUSE.--A port and neighboring town, on the Gulf coast, either on Mobile or Pensacola Bay, in which the DeSoto fleet wintered, 1540. Thought to be the present Mobile Bay. (P. A. B.)
OKAKAPASSA.--A Cherokee town, in Colbert county, established about 1780 at the mouth of Cold Water Creek, on the Tennessee River. (A. & H.)
OKCHAYI.--An Upper Creek town, formerly thought to have been Alibamo, in Tallapoosa county, at or very near the exact site of Bulger, a present-day village. (P. A. B.)
OKCHAYUDSHL--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, on eastern bank of Coosa River, and about two miles below Wetump- ka. It was just above and adjoining Taskigi. (P. A. B.)
OKFUSKI.--An Upper Creek town in Tallapoosa county, on the west bank of the Tallapoosa River, opposite the mouth of Sandy Creek. (T. M. 0.)
OKITIYAKNI.--A Lower Creek town, in Barbour county, on Chattachoochee River, eight miles below Eufaula. It was on both sides of the Chattachoochee River, the Alabama site being now known as Prospect Bluff. Oketeeochene Creek perpetuates its name. (A. & H.)
OKMULGI.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, near Chi- aha. The word is Hitchiti, meaning "water, it is boiling." (P. A. B.)
OKONI.--A Lower Creek town in Russell county, on Chattachoochee River, on Snake Creek, two miles southeast of Loflin, and near May's Landing. (P. A. B.)
OPPILAKO.--An Upper Creek town, in Coosa county, on Pinth- locco Creek, just west of Nixburg. The name signifies "big swamp." (A. & H.)
OSONEE.--An Upper Creek (?) town in Shelby county, on Cahaba River. (Handbook.)
OSOTCHI.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, west of Uchee Creek, southeast of and near the public road leading from Ft. Mitchell, to Jernigan, and two miles northeast of the present village of Oswichee, which perpetuates its name. (P. A. B.)
OTIPALIN.--An Upper Creek town, in St. Clair county, on Coosa River, just below the mouth of Canoe Creek. The name signifies "ten islands." Coste of DeSoto times was probably located on this site. (T. M. O.)
OTITUTTCHINA.--An Upper Creek town in Coosa county. The name signifies "three islands," which would indicate that it was near the stream large enough to show three successive islands. (A. & H.)
PAFALLAYA.--An aboriginal province and town, in Greene and Pickens counties, on the east side of the Tombigbee River. In Choctaw a name very similar, and thought to be the genesis means "long hair." (H. S. H.)
PAKANA.--An Alibamo town, at different times in both Elmore and Montgomery counties, near a small stream on the present Henderson plantation, opposite Judkins' Ferry, in Elmore county, later three-eighths mile up stream from Judkins' Ferry, on property of H. P. Yarbrough, Montgomery, in Montgomery county, and still later on State Prison Farm No. 4, at Hughes' Ferry, in same county. (P. A. B.)
PAKANTALAHASSI.--An Upper Creek town, in Coosa county, on Hatchet Creek, four miles up stream from Coosa River, and just above the mouth of Weogufka Creek. The name means "Old Peach Orchard Town." (A. & H.)
PANOOTAW.--A Cahaba Indian town, in Bibb county east of Cahaba River, opposite the mouth of Shuts Creek. The word means "turkey home." (A. & H.)
PAWOKTI.--An Alibamo town, in Montgomery county, on the former Charlotte Thompson plantation, now the Wheeler plantation, two miles north of Hunter's Station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and on the east bank of Alabama River. (P. A. B.)
PINDER TOWN.--Identical with Fullemmy's. (Handbook.)
PINHOTI.--An Upper Creek town in Tallapoosa county, on the right bank of Sandy Creek, southeast of Dudleyville. (A. & H.)
POTCHUSHATCHI.--An Upper Creek town in Clay county, on the head waters of Hatchet Creek. The name signifies "Hatchet stream." Potchushatchee Creek, now known as Hatchet Creek, got its name from this town. (A. & H.)
PUCKNA.--An Upper Creek town in Clay county. (Royce.)
QUILBY.--A Choctaw town, in Sumter county, whose ancient name was doubtless Oskiatapa. Koialbi, pronounced Quilby by Americans means "panther killed there." (H. S. H.)
SAKAPATAYI.--An Upper Creek town, in Coosa county, probably on the site of the modern town of the same name, spelled Socapatoy. (A. & H.)
SATAPO.--An Upper Creek town, in the extreme northern part of the Nation. (Handbook.)
SAUGAHATCHI.--An Upper Creek town, in Tallapoosa county, on a creek of the same name, near the ford on the road from Tallas- see to Dadeville. The name means "Rattling Creek." (A. & H.)
SAUTA.--A Cherokee village, in Jackson county, on north Sauta Creek. Sequoya first made known his invention of the Cherokee alphabet at this place. (A. & H.) SAWANOGI.--A Shawnee town, in Montgomery county, on the Ernest Dreyspring plantation, on Tallapoosa River, and later at the site on Ware's Ferry road on which was settled Augusta, near Cook's Station on W. of A. R. R. (P. A. B.)
S A WOK LI.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, immediately below the mouth of the present Hatchechubbee Creek. This stream's Indian name was Wilani, meaning "yellow water." The word Sawokli signifies "racoon town." The ruling chief was appointed from the racoon family only. Its people were originally Hitchiti. (P. A. B.)
SECHARLECHA.--A Lower Creek place name, most probably in Georgia, though contiguous to Kawita, head of the Lower Creeks. (Handbook.)
SOCAPATOY.--See Sakapatayi.
SUKAISPOKA.--An Upper Creek town in Tallapoosa county, on Tallapoosa River, between Welch and Whaley ferries. The word means "hog gathering place." (A. & H.)
SWAGGLES TOWN.--See Sawokli.
TALATIGA.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, near the southeastern limits of the present city of Talladega, which perpetuates its name. (P. A. B.)
TALIMACHUSI.--An aboriginal town in Talladega county, on Tallasehatchi Creek, just above the mouth of Emauhee Creek, one- half mile east of the highway bridge over Tallasehatchi Creek, on road from Talladega to Sylacauga. At time of DeSoto's visit in 1540, a new town. The word means "new town." (P. A. B.)
TALIMUCHASL--An Upper Creek town, probably in Randolph county, formerly "Tukabachi Tallahassee" (Tuckabachi old town), on west bank of Tallapoosa River, four miles above Niuyaka. (Handbook.)
TALIPAKANA.--An aboriginal village, in Greene county, passed by DeSoto on the first day after leaving Mauvilla in November, 1540. (H. S. H.)
TALIPSIHOKI.--An Upper Creek town, thought to be in El- more or Coosa county, and first referred to in the census of 1833. The name means "two Taliwa weeds standing together." (A. & H.)
TALISHATCHIE TOWN.--An Upper Creek town, in Calhoun county, east of a branch of Tallasehatchee Creek, three miles southwest of Jacksonville. (A. & H.)
TALLADEGA INDIAN VILLAGE.--A later day Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, on Talladega Creek, between Cosa and Eufaula old town. (T. M. O.)
TALLASSEHATCHL--An Upper Creek town, probably in Talladega county, and on Tallassehatchee Creek. An engagement in the Creek War took place there November 3, 1813. (Handbook.)
TALUAHABSHO.--An Upper Creek town, in Shelby county, apparently about ten miles south of the present Birmingham. It was said to be far to the northwest of the other Creek towns. The name signifies "crazy town." (A. & H.)
TALUALAKO.--One name of Apalatchukla. The name means "great town." (P. A. B.)
TAMALI.--A Lower Creek town, of Hitchiti origin, later of the Seminoles, in Barbour county, on the Chattahoochee River, some miles above Ocheesee Bluff. In Hitchiti the word means "totem- clan." (A. & H.)
TASKIGI.--A small Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, at Fort Toulouse. (P. A. B.)
TAWASA.--An Alibamo town, in Montgomery county, on Alabama River, 3 miles below city of Montgomery, on Kohn plantation, opposite Wright aviation field. (P. A. B.) See Toasi.
TCHANANAGI.--See Chananigi.
TCHUKOLAKO.--See Chakihlako.
THLOBTHLOCCO.--One of the spellings of Lalokalka.
THLOPLOGULGAU.--One of the spellings of Lalokalka.
TOASI.--A town in Montgomery county, referred to by the De- Soto Chroniclers, 1540. See Tawasa.
TOMONPA.--An Alibamo town, in Elmore county, on the west bank of the Coosa River, on the site of the present city of We- tumpka. This site corresponds to a Creek town, later known as Wetumpka. (A. & H.)
TOULALE.--An Alibamo town, probably identical with the Prison No. 4 site of Pakana. (A. & H.)
TUKABATCHI.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, on the Tallapoosa River, two and half miles below the present city of Tallassee. It was the capital of the Upper Creek Nation. The site is on the old Sistrunk plantation, at Sistrunk Station, on the Birmingham and Southeastern railroad, on property now owned by Greil Bros, of Montgomery. (P. A. B.)
TUKPAFKA.--An Upper Creek village, probably in Chambers county, on Chattachoochee River. The word means "punk wood," "tinder." (A. & H.)
TULAWAHAJAH.--An Upper Creek town, in Shelby county, on the west bank of the Cahaba River. (A. & H.)
TURKEY CREEK.--An Indian town, in Jefferson county, on Turkey Creek, north of Trussville. (A. & H.)
TURKEY TOWN.--A Cherokee town, in Cherokee county, on Coosa River, opposite the town of Centre. This town was an important one in its time. (A. & H.)
TURKEY TOWN.--A Choctaw village, in Clarke county, on Tom- bigbee River, at Thornton Upper Landing. (A. & H.)
TUTALOSI.--A Hitchiti town, formerly in Georgia, but later in Russell county, Ala., east of and near the present Tattillaba Creek, which perpetuates the name. (P. A. B.)
TUXTUKAGI.--An Upper Creek town, in Randolph county, on the site of the modern village of Malone. The word means "corn crib center." (T. M. O.)
UNCUAULA.--A probable Upper Creek town, in Coosa county, on Coosa River, near mouth of Huxagulbee Creek. (A. & H.)
UKTAHASASI.--A Hillabee village, in the extreme northern part of Tallapoosa county, near the mouth of Sandy Creek. (T. M. O.)
WAKOKAYI.--An Upper Creek town, in Clay county, on the upper waters of Hatchet Creek, west of Flat Top Mountains, in the vicinity of Chambers Springs. (T. M. O.)
WASASAS.--A Creek and Cherokee village, in Marshall county, in Brown's Valley. (A. & H.)
WATULAHOKA.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, on Watula Creek, and southeast of the present village of Watula, which perpetuates its name. (P. A. B.)
WEOGUFKI.--An Upper Creek town, in Coosa county, on the east bank of Weogufka Creek, five miles above its confluence with Hatchet Creek. (A. & H.)
WETUMPKA.--A Lower Creek town, in Russell county, at Perry's Ford, on Big Uchee Creek, and extending three miles up stream. The townhouse was at what was in later years known as "Stinking Jim Pond," on property of Joseph T. Perry, of Seale. (P. A. B.)
WETUMPKA.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, practically on the site of the present city of Wetumpka. A branch town, lay up stream four miles. (P. A. B.)
WETUMKA COUNCIL HOUSE.--A Lower Creek name place, shown on several early maps, near southern boundary line of the present Lee county, on Little Uchee Creek and below Moffett's Mill. This point is erroneously placed, as the site was on the Wetumka branch of Uchee Creek, which is the Lower, or Big Uchee branch instead of the upper or Little Uchee branch. It was located 12 miles up stream, which would place it at Perry's Ford, two miles north of the Seale to Columbus road, on plantation of J. T. Perry, of Seale, Ala. (P. A. B.)
WEWOKA.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, on the left bank of Wewoka Creek, four miles from the Coosa River. The word means "roaring water." (A. & H.)
WIHASHA.--An Upper Creek town, probably in Shelby county, identified with the town of Breed Camp, of 1761. The name signifies "home of emigrants." (H. S. H.)
WILL'S TOWN.--A Cherokee town, in DeKalb county, just up the creek from the present Lebanon. (A. & H.)
WOKSOYUDSHI.--An Upper Creek town, in Elmore county, just up stream, on the east bank of Coosa River, from Ft. Toulouse. Several villages, which were known by different names at different times, were located in this vicinity. This town was among them. (A. & H.)
YAKNIPAKANA.--An Indian town, in West Alabama, probably in Pickens county. (A. & H.)
YUCHI.--A Uchean town, in Russell county, at the mouth of Uchee Creek, two miles northeast of the present village of Os- wichee on the property of Dr. Gordon Chambers, of Columbus, Ga., and on the west bank of Chattachoochee River. (P. A. B.)
YUFALA.--A Lower Creek town, in Harbour county, with the main town in Quitman county, Ga., about the present Georgetown. The Alabama site is practically identical with Eufaula, of today. (P. A. B.)
YUFALA.--A Lower Creek town, in Houston county, five miles below the mouth of Omussee Creek. (A. & H.)
YUFALA.--An Upper Creek town, in Macon county, on Euphau- bee Creek, fifteen miles up stream, from Tallapoosa River. (A. & H.)
YUFALA.--An Upper Creek town, in Talladega county, on the north bank of Talladega Creek, fifteen miles up from Coosa River, about two miles east of Mardisville. (P. A. B.)
YUFALA.--An Upper Creek town, in Tallapoosa county, two miles below Okfuskee, and southwest of Horseshoe Bend. (A. & H.)
