Choctaw (possibly a corruption of the Spanish chcdu,
'flat' or 'flattened,' alluding to the custom of these Indians of flattening the head). An important tribe of the
Muskhogean stock, formerly occupying middle and south Mississippi,
their territory extending, in their most flourishing days, for some
distance east of Tombigbee River, probably as far as Dallas County,
Ga. Ethnically they belong to the Choctaw branch of the Muskhogean
family, which included the Choctaw,
Chickasaw, Hunt and their
allies, and some small tribes which formerly
lived along Yazoo River.
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