Early History of the Creek Indians And their Neighbors

Early History of the Creek Indians And their Neighbors
By John R. Swanton, 1922
492 pages, indexed

- Bonus Book – Red Eagle and the Wars of The Creek Indians of Alabama
By George Cary Eggleston, 1878
346 pages, indexed

- Bonus Book #2 – Scenes in the Indian Country
By James Dunlap, 1859
283 pages, indexed

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The Muscogee (or Muskogee), also known as the Creek or Creeks, are an
American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States.
Muskoke is their name in traditional spelling.

Modern Muscogees live primarily in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and
Florida. Their language, Muskoke, is a member of the Muscogee branch
of the Muscogean language family. They were a part of the
Mississippian culture which was located throughout the Mississippi
River valley.

The early Spanish explorers, according to historian Walter Williams,
encountered their antecedents. In the 19th century, Muscogees were
known as one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" because they had
integrated numerous cultural and technological practices of their
European American colonial neighbors.

(This book) “ . . . originated in an attempt to prepare a report on
the Indians of the Creek Confederacy similar to that made . . . for
those along the lower course of the Mississippi River. In this study,
however, it is still possible to add information obtained from living
Indians, about 9,000 of whom were enumerated in 1910.

But when material from all sources had been tentatively brought
together the amount was found to be so great that it was thought
advisable to divide the work into two or three different sections for
separate publication. As our account of the distribution,
interrelationship, and history of these people is to be gathered
rather from documentary sources than from field investigations it is
naturally the first to be ready for presentation.

Since it has been compiled primarily for ethnological purposes, no
attempt has been made to give a complete account of the later fortunes
of the tribes under consideration, such important chapters in their
career as the Creek and Seminole wars and the westward emigration
belonging within the province of the historian strictly so
considered. The writer's main endeavor has been to trace their
movements from earliest times until they are caught up into the broad
stream of later history in which concealment is practically
impossible.”

CONTENTS –
Creek Indians and Their Neighbors
Introduction 9
Classification of the Southeastern tribes 11
The Cusabo 31
History 31
Ethnological information regarding the l 'usabo 72
The Guale Indians and the Yamasee 80
The Apalachee 109
The Apalachicola 129 The Chatot 134
The Tawasa and Pawokti 137
The Sawokli 141
The Pent-acola 143
The Mobile and Tohome 150
The Osochi 165
The Chiaha 167
The Hitchiti 172
The Okmulgee 178
The Oconee 179
The TamaH 181
The Tamahita . 184
The Alabama 191
The Koasati 201
The Muklasa 207
The Tuskegee 207
Tennessee River tribes of uncertain relationship 211
The Muskogee 215
The Kasihta 216
The Coweta 225
The Coosa and their descendants 230
The Abihka 251
The Holiwahali 254
The Hilibi 258
The Eufaula 260
The Wakokai .. 263
The Atasi \ 265
The Kolomi 267
The Fus-hatchee 269
The Kan-hatki 269
The Wiwohka 270
The Kealedji 271
The Pakana 272
The Okchai 274
The Tukabahchee 277
Other Muskogee towns and villages 282
The Yuchi 286
The Natchez 312
The Shawnee 317
The ancient inhabitants of Florida 320
History 320
Ethnology 345
The Seminole 398
The Chickasaw 414
The Choctaw 420 Population of the Southeastern tribes 421
Bibliography 457
Index.. 463
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