THE MEANING OF CHIAHA IS UNKNOWN, BUT IT MAY REFERENCE MOUNTAINS. THE TOLAMECO WHICH SIGNIFIES BIG TOWN IS SPANISH. THEY LIVED IN HISTORIC TIMES ON THE CHATTAHOOCHE RIVER BUT AT THE EARLIEST PERIOD THEY WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO BANDS - ONE IN TENNESSEE AND ONE IN GEORGIA. THEIR CHIEF WAS COCA.
EARLY IN 1567 SOLDIERS BUILT A FORT WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE INDIANS. IN 1567 JUAN PARDO CAME HERE AND BUILT A FORT. WHEN HE RETURNED TO SANTA ELENA HE LEFT A SMALL GARRISON HERE THAT WAS DESTROYED BY THE INDIANS. CHEHAWHAW CREEK IS ANOTHER LOCATION OF THIS BAND IN 1830'S.
IN JUAN PARDO NARRATIVES, SOLAMENCO, IS A SYNONYM FOR THE NORTHERN CHIAHA. THIS MAY BE A CREEK TERM FOR THE CHIEF TOWN. CHIAHA WAS ONCE EQUIVALENT TO KIAWA AND THE CUSABO TRIBE NAME MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED. THE CHIAHA SETTLED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CREEK RESERVATION AND MAINTAINED THERE VILLAGE THERE UNTIL AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. SOME WENT TO FLORIDA AND THE MIKASUKI SAID SOME INDIANS BRANCHED OFF FROM THEM. THE NAME CHEHAWHAW IS APPLIED TO A STREAM IN ALABAMA.
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