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Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Re: Choctaw Indians in Alabama
Date: 3 Jun 2002 16:22:28 -0600
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Anne:
I don't think they were from Lowndes County area.
I am pretty sure that some of my relatives were from Henry County--possibly the townsite of Chiska Talofa--which was a lower creek town located on the west bank of the river, 4miles below Wikailiko Town. This town was later described as a Seminole town in 1820 with an estimated 580 residents. Most of my relatives moved around alot and lived in Elba, Goshen, Brundredge, Dothan, Opp, and Kinston Alabama.
>From what I have been able to figure out, it seems that most of the Choctaws living in Alabama clustered in Choctaw, Sumter, Pickens and Clarke Counties.
In Lowndes County, there was an upper Creek town south of the river near the present day Whitehall, between Pintalala and Big Swamp Creeks called Ikanatchaka. It was known as the "holy ground" among the Creeks and was destroyed by General Claiborne and Choctaw forces in 1813--perhaps some Choctaws stuck around after that?
Other Choctaw communities in Alabama included:
Faluktaelinna in Choctaw County--West bank of the river opposite of Clarke county and was a hunting ground.
Fakitchipunta--in Clarke county--it was a choctaw village on both sides of the river and Turkey Creek passed through the town before joining the river.
Chuahla--Dallas County--located just south of the mouth of White Oak creek--trading town with the french?
Talisi--Dallas Countly
Sauta--Jackson County--a small choctaw settlement lived there in 1784 on the North Sauta Creek--established in 1783 near Bridgeport--it was a crossing point for Creeks attacking settlers in Tennessee
Chunchula--Mobile county--small choctaw settlement at the Mobile and Ohio Railway near chickasaw creek.
Toule--Montgomery County--village along the river a short distance east of Boylston, near the old no. 4 prison camp.
Athahatchee--Perry county--old village in 1540--was the site of the meeting between DeSoto and Tuskaloosa (black warrior).
Cahaba Old Town--Perry County--situated north of old town creek near its junction with the Cahaba
Cabusto--Pickens county--chickasaw town
Also-- I can't find the town of Goshen--but, I think it would be in the Choctaw or Sumter county areas--Goshen was a missionary school site for Choctaws in Miss and in Alabama in the 1800s and was formed from the Southern District Choctaws--mostly Okla Hannali folks.
That's all the info I have for now. I was able to get this info from a directory of Indian townsites in Alabama from 1540-1832 called "The First Alabamians."
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Karina
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