Coweta tribal town
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Coweta is one of the four mother towns of the Muscogee people[1] along with Kasihta, Abihka, and Tuckabutche.[2]
Coweta was located in an area now in the modern state of Georgia, USA. It was a central trading city of the Lower Creeks. Members of the tribal town were also known as Caouitas or Caoüita.[2][p.391]
The Cherokee language name for all the Lower Creeks is Anikhawitha.[2][p.391]
Notable members
- William McIntosh (1775–1825)
- Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700–1767)
Notes
- ↑ Isham, Theodore and Blue Clark. "Creek (Mvskoke)." Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 20 Aug 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Walker, Willard B.; Creek Confederacy Before Removal; Sturtevant, William C. (general editor) and Fogelson, Raymond D. (volume editor); Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast: Volume 14; Washington DC; Smithsonian Institution; 2004; ISBN 0-16-072300-0.
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