Abihka
The Abihka were a division of the Upper Muscogee Creeks. Their main place of residence was 50 miles west along the banks of the Coosa and Alabama Rivers,[1] in what is now Talladega County, Alabama. At times their name is used for all of the Upper Creeks. They had three towns named Abihkutchi, Talladega and Kan-tcati. The remnant of the Natchez joined the Abihka when they were dispersed by the French.
Origins
The Abihka were the remnants of the sixteenth century Chiefdom of Coosa.[2]
Ground
After removal to Indian Territory, this Creek mother town established a ceremonial stomp dance ground called Abihka or Arbeka, located near Henryetta, Oklahoma.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Creek (Muskogee)." Encyclopedia of North American Indians. (retrieved 8 Sept 2010)
- ^ Waselkov and Smith. "Upper Creek Archaeology", p. 244
- ^ Nabokov and Easton 109
References
- Nabokov, Peter and Robert Easton. Native American Architecture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-19-506665-4.
- Swanton, John R. The Indians of the Southeastern United States United States Government Printing Office: Washington, 1946. p. 81-82
- Waselkov, Gregory A. and Marvin T. Smith. "Upper Creek Archaeology" in McEwan, Bonnie G., ed. Indians of the Greater Southeast: Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2000: 244.