GC429BYMondo's NAT #217 - Hitchiti
Type: Traditional
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By: mondou2@
| Hide Date: 12/01/2012
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 54.851 W104° 43.615 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Native American Tribes series.Hitchiti
The Hitchiti were a Muskogean-speaking tribe formerly residing chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, 4 miles below Chiaha, in west Georgia. They spoke the Hitchiti language, which was mutually intelligible with Mikasuki; both tribes were part of the loose Creek confederacy. The latter language is still spoken by the Miccosukee tribe of Florida, as well as many Seminole.
When the US Indian agent Benjamin Hawkins visited the Hitchiti in 1799, he recorded that they had spread out into two branch settlements. The Hitchitudshi, or Little Hitchiti, lived on both sides of Flint River below the junction of Kinchafoonee Creek, which passes through a county once named after it. The Tutalosi lived on a branch of Kinchafoonee Creek, 20 miles west of Hitchitudshi.
The tribe is not often mentioned in historical records. It was first recorded in 1733, when two of its delegates were noted as accompanying the Lower Creek chiefs to meet Governor James Oglethorpe at Savannah.
The language appears to have been used beyond the territorial limits of the tribe: it was spoken in the towns on the Chattahoochee, such as Chiaha, Chiahudshi, Hitchiti, Oconee, Sawokli, Sawokliudshi, and Apalachicola, and in those on Flint River, and also by the Miccosukee tribe of Florida. Traceable by local names in Hitchiti, the language appeared over considerable portions of Georgia and Florida. Like Creek, this language has an archaic form called "woman's talk," or female language.
Scholars believe that the Yamasee also spoke Hitchiti, but the evidence is not conclusive. Other evidence pointed toward their speaking a different language, perhaps one related to Guale.
The Hitchiti were absorbed into and became an integral part of the Creek Nation, though preserving to a large extent their own language and customs. Similarly, those Mikasuki-speakers who joined the Lower Creek migrations to Florida maintained their culture. For years after being included among the Seminole, which formed from remnant peoples in Florida, in 1962 they gained federal recognition as the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in Florida.
01/18/2019 By #1 Beefers Out on a quest to get to 2999 finds before Wingin' It. at the start of today I only need 76. Today of course was quite cold and snowy. We left early so that the ground caches would not be covered up. Anyway, thank you for this placement mondou2.
09/12/2018 By Geopokemongo Found with cejamison4 and BVBfan!..... TFTC/SL
07/15/2018 By Barasaur Memfis Mafia and I had plans to get near 1000 caches this weekend in South Dakota. Come Thursday when we were to pick up our rental car from Enterprise they said sorry we do not have a car for you. Even though we reserved one a month in advance. There was not another car in town to rent so we called off our trip.
Today we ran out to get enough caches to finish our Hidden Creatures. We ended up over 100 on the day and about 10% of out plan. In any case this was a cache we got today. Thanks for the hide.
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07/15/2018 By Memfis Mafia Thanks mondou2 for this Cache. We always appreciate Cache owners for their contribution to the game.
We are on a crazy family mission to get into 5 digits for finds this year. This is find 6758 for us.
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07/08/2018 By k9jayhawk Had to take my wife to DIA for an unexpected trip so took the opportunity to grab some caches in the area...TFTC SL
Mondo's NAT #217 - Hitchiti
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