Friday, June 24, 2011

HITICHITI INDIANS OF GEORGIA

HITCHITI OF GEORGIA WERE A MUSKOGEAN SPEAKING TRIBE WHO LIVED ON THE EAST BANK OF THE CHATTAHOOCHE RIVER, BELOW CHIAHA. THEY SPOKE HITCHITI LANGUAGE. BY 1800 WHEN A U.S. INDIAN AGENT VISITED THEM THEY HAD SPLIT INTO TWO SETTLEMENTS ON THE SIDES OF FLINT RIVER. THE TRIBE ISN'T MENTIONED IN RECORDED IN HISTORICAL RECORDS. IN 1733. THEIR LANGUAGE WAS USED BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE TRIBE.

IN HITCHITI THEIR LANGUAGE IS CALLED WOMEN'S TALK. THEY WERE ABSORBED INTO THE CREEK NATION, HOWEVER THEY PRESERVED THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS.

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