OKMULGEE TRIBE IN ALABAMA

THIS TRIBE BELONGED TO THE HITCHITI GROUP. IT REFERS TO BUBBLING UP OF WATER IN A SPRING AND IN A CREEK IT IS CALLED OIKI TOKO. IT SIGNIFIES MUCH OF THE SAME THING. THEIR NAME WAS GIVEN TO THE OCMULGEE RIVER. THE RIVER IS SPRING FED - A FAMOUS INDIAN SPRING. THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THE OKMULGEE WERE A BRANCH OF HITACHITI WHO LEFT THE TOWN OF OKMULGEE. THERE NEAREST NEIGHBORS WERE CHIACHA AND OSOCHI. THE FRENCH ENUMERATION OF 1750 RECORDS.THEM AS OEMOULKE. THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE THE CHIHA AND OSOCHI.

THE OKMULGEE VILLAGE BELOW HOTALGIHUYANA WAS OCCUPIED IN 1797. THEIR POPULATION WAS ABOUT 200 PEOPLE. THEY WERE REMOVED TO THE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THEY SETTLED DOWN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NEW CREEK TERRITORY NEAR CHIAHA. THEY WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO ADOPT WHITE CUSTOMS AND GAVE UP THEIR OLD GROUND.

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