KOLOMI INDIANS IN ALABAMA

KOLOMI TOWN IS MENTIONED IN A LETTER OF THE SPANISH IN 1686. THE TOWN WAS PROBABLY ON THE OCMULGEE RIVER. THIS TOWN WAS PROBABLY ON THE OCMULGEE RIVER. THE TOWN IS CLOSE TO THE ATASI. AFTER THE YAMASEE WAR THE KOLOMI WERE ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER.

THEY MOVED TO THE TALLAPOOSA EAST BANK. THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE ATASI THROUGH THESE CHANGES. THERE ARE ABANDONED PLANTATIONS AND COMMONS OF THE OLD TOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER, AND A NEW TOWN IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TALLAPOOSA RIVER. IN HISTORIC TIMES THEY LIVED IN FOUR OBLONG SQUARE HOUSES WITH CYPRESS ROOFS AND WOODEN FRAMES. THEY WERE SITUATED TO FORM AN EXACT SQUARE. THE HOUSES WERE ONE STORY HIGH. COO-LOO-ME IS A TOWN SOUTH OF FOOSE-HAT-CHE. THERE IS A RICH TOWN WITH A SWAMP AREA WHEN CORN AND RICE IS PLANTED. THE NATIVES HAVE NO FENCES, THEY HAVE HUTS IN THE FIELDS TO SHELTER THE LABORERS IN SUMMER FROM THE RAIN. SOME FAMILIES. PREFER TO LIVE IN THE FIELDS. THEN ONCE THE CROPS HAVE BEEN HARVESTED THEY BRING THEM TO TOWN TO EAT AND SELL. THE KOLOMI TRIBE DECREASED IN THE LATE 1700'S AND MERGED WITH THE FUS-HATCHEE.

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