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that in these eastern parts they also "conquered" the Apahiches 

 and the Kalusi. 



In colonial history the Kataba tribes figure extensively under 

 the name of Flatheads^ and, if we insist upon the circumstance 

 that the conquered tribe had flattened heads^ we may consider it 

 as an advanced outpost of that nation. Their settlements were 

 east of Savannah river, but they are known to have raided the 

 countries west of it. The Yuchi did not dwell on the Chatahu- 

 chi river before 1729, and were never known under the name 

 " Flatheads." 



Apala\tchukla, a peace or white town, was on the west side of 

 Chatahuchi river, and so was Apalajtchukla Old Town, which 

 lay one and a half miles below. On the same side lay Kawita 

 and Kawita Talahassi, but Kasi'hta was on the eastern bank of 

 Chatahuchi river, two and a half miles below Kawita Talahassi, 

 and below Kasi'hta lay "the old Cussetuh town."* The relation 

 in which the Kasi'hta stood to the Kawita people appears, from 

 the terms of the legend, to be that of sister towns separated by 

 segmentation ; the legend also suggests that through the influence 

 of Apalavtchiikla the immigrants gradually became a white town 

 from the red and bloody town it had been before. In the account 

 of Taskaya Miko, Kasi'hta and Kawita appear as separate tribes 

 from the beginning ; they both enjoy the exclusive privilege 

 among the Creek towns to raise the red or scalp-pole ; and the 

 high esteem in which thev were held is shown by the title of 

 '• elder brothers" which the Chicasa aiid Abika give to them,t 

 though "Kasi vta is first in rank." It is singular that one of two 

 tribes which had previously formed one town only, became a 

 white or peace town (Kasi^ta) while the other, Kawita, remained 

 a red or war town, and even stood at the head of the kipaya 

 towns according to a tradition current among the Creeks. 



GEXEKAL KESULTS. 



In spite of its legendary character, our Kasi'hta narrative is of 

 value to ethnographic science on account of its high antiquity 

 and of the historic conclusions which may be deduced from it. 



* Cf. i. pp. 133, 134. t Cf. i pp. 223, 224. 



