THEIR NAME MEANS RIVER FRONTIERSMEN. THEY LIVE ALONG THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. THEY BELONGED TO THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF MUSKOGEAN AND WERE CLOSE CHOCTAW. AFTER 1560 THEY LEFT THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AND THEY ARE PROBABLY PART OF THE NAPISSA TRIBE. AFTER 1700'S THEIR NAME WAS PRESERVED TO THE RECENT TIMES AMONG CREEKS AS A WAR NAME. THEY MAY BE THE NAPISSA SPOKEN OF BY IBEENVILLE IN 1699. THEY POSSIBLY WERE CONNECTED TO THE REMARKABLE GROUP OF MOUNDS AT MOUNDSVILLE, ALABAMA.
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