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!
H 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.
Haanka Ullah (Hankha aiola, 'wild goose there
cries'). A former Choctaw town situated on a long flat-topped ridge between
Petickfa cr. and Blackwater cr., Kemper co., Miss. It received its name from a
pond of water about 7 acres in extent which was much frequented by wild fowl.
Romans, Florida, 310, 1775; Halbert in Miss. Hist. Soc. Publ., vi,
420, 1902.
Hoolatassa. A former Choctaw town 4 m. from Abihka,
probably in the present Kemper co., Miss. Romans, Fla., 310, 1775.
Hopahka Choctaw. The Choctaw formerly residing in
Hopahka town in s. Mississippi, W. of Pearl r., who are spoken of as the most
intelligent and influential of the tribe. Known also as Cobb Indians, from their
leader. Claiborne (1843) in Sen. Doc, 168, 28th Cong. , 1st sess. , 39, 65,
1844.
Hykehah. A former
Chickasaw town, one of a settlement of five,
probably in or near Pontotoc co., Miss.
Hyukkeni. A former
Choctaw settlement, noted by Romans in 1775,
but not located on his map unless it be an
unnumbered town on the E. side of Buckatunna
cr., N. E. of Yowani, in the present
Mississippi. Halbert in Miss. Hist. Soc.
Pub. vi, 432, 1902.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
