While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
A- Mississippi Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Ackia. A Chickasaw village in N. Mississippi, attacked
by the French and Choctaw in 1736. Gayarre, Louisiana, I, 480, 1851.
Alamucha. A former Choctaw town in Kemper co., Miss.,
10 m. from Succarnooche cr., an affluent of Tombigbee r.
Alloouloanshaw. A town on the head waters of Pearl r.,
Neosho co., Miss., occupied by the Oklafalaya Choctaw. West Fla. map, ca. 1772.
Amalahta. A Chickasaw town in N. Mississippi, which,
according to Adair (Hist, Inds., 354, 1775), stood at some distance from
the other Chickasaw towns. They met the French there in a sanguinary battle
during the first Chickasaw war of 1736. (A. S. G.)
Anamiewatigong (at the tree of prayer, i. e., the
cross, from a large wooden cross planted by one of the early missionaries on the
bluff where the village now stands. Kelton). An Ottawa village in Emmet
co., lower Michigan. It is called La Croix by the French, and Cross Village by
the Americans, both conveying the same idea as the Indian name.
Ashukhúma (red
grass) . A Chickasaw town mentioned by Romans (East and West Fla., 63, 1775).
It was probably in Pontotoc or Dallas co. , Miss.
Ayanabi (iron wood). A former Choctaw village on
Yannubbee cr., 2 m. above its confluence with Petickfa, about 8 m. s. w. of
Dekalb, Kemper co., Miss. Ac cording to tradition it was the scene of a conflict
between the Creeks and the Choctaw in the 18th century, and being a neutral town
was selected as the place for negotiating peace. In 1811 the town was visited by
Ellskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet, in the interest of Tecumtha, and 2 years later
a band of about 30 of its warriors joined the Creeks in the British cause.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
