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 complete listing of all the Indian
villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of
Mexico.
Ikanachaka (ikana 'ground', atchaka
'reserved, set apart, beloved, sacred). A former Upper Creek town, located by
Meek (Romantic Passages in S. W. Hist, 278, 1857) on the s. side of
Alabama r., between Pintlala and Big Swamp cr., in Lowndes co., Ala. It was
built on "holy ground" and hence was thought to be exempt from hostile in roads.
Weatherford and the "prophet" Hillis Hadjo resided there, and the Creek forces
were defeated there Dec. 23, 1813, at which date it contained 200 houses and
included some Shawnee. (H. W. H.)
Ikanhatki (white ground). A former Upper Creek town on
the right bank of lower Tallapoosa r., Montgomery co., Ala., immediately below
Kulumi town. Swan, who passed there in 1791, says it had been settled by
Shawnee, who had 4 villages in the vicinity, and they are called by him Shawnee
refugees, but Bartram (1775) states that they spoke Muscogee. Under the name
Ekundutske the village was said to contain 47 families in 1832. (A. S. G.)
Imukfa ( Hitchiti: shell, also referring to a metallic
ornament of concave shape; applied possibly in allusion to the bend in the
river). A subordinate settlement of the Upper Creek town Oakfuski, on a creek of
the same name, a short distance w. of Tallapoosa r., Ala. A battle was fought
there Jan. 24, 1814, in the Creek war, and the celebrated battle of the
Horseshoe Bend, on Mar. 25 of the same year, took place in the immediate
vicinity. (A. S. G.)
Ipisogi. A subordinate settlement of the Upper Creek
town Oakfuski, on a creek of the same name which enters the Tallapoosa from the
E., opposite Oakfuski, Ala. According to Hawkins it had 40 settlers in 1799.
Istapoga (isti 'people', apókita
to 'reside'). An Upper Creek settlement, not recorded in the earlier documents;
but probably in the neighborhood of the present Eastaboga, Talladega co., Ala.
Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, 133, 1884.
Istudshilaika (I′atudshi-läi′ka,
where a young thing was found. Hawkins). One of the 4 Hillabi villages formerly
on the left side of Hillabi cr., 4 m. below Hillabi, Ala.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
