Pooscoostekale
(probably Puskus Takali, 'hanging child.' Halbert).
A former Choctaw town, mentioned by Romans as having
been deserted in 1771. It was southwest by west from Concha, and so seems
to have been in the southwest corner of Kemper county, Miss., though
possibly in Neshoba county.
Pooshapukanuk. A
former Choctaw settlement, including Mt. Dexter, probably in Marion
county, Miss. It was the scene of the treaty of Nov. 16, 1805. Am. State
Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 749, 1832.
Source: Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge,
1906, Bureau of Ethnology, Government Printing Office.
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