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to join them and it grew still larger. Because it was built up very 

 rapidly, its founder called it Hilibi, which means " hurry " ( hila'pkis, 

 " I make haste "). Since it was an " illegal " band, a talwa fatcasTgo 

 ("town deviating from correctness"), all the clans do not have 

 regular places, having been drawn from so many other bands. 



The following notes on some personal names contained in the town 

 roster give an interesting insight into the manner in which totemic 

 names were bestowed : 



Fos Hatki Imaia ("White Bird Imala"), so named because he 

 belonged to a White clan, the Wind. 



Halak Hopaie. He l)elonged to the Bear clan, but his father 

 l^elonged to the Raccoon, hence the name Halak or Ahalak (" Po- 

 tato"), since both these clans are Tciloki. 



Pahos Fiksiko. He belonged to the Wind clan, l)ut his father was 

 a Deer and the Pahosa is of the same phratry as the Deer. 



As shown by the native story above given this town was not 

 supposed to be ancient or to have a firmly fixed town organization, 

 and. while it was older than the Hilibi people themselves believed, 

 it seems to have preserved the irregularities which might naturally 

 be associated with a new town. Not improbably the tradition of 

 irregularity preserved the fact. At the same time there is a general 

 agreement between the plan here given and that which I obtained in 

 1912 (42d Ann. Rep.. Bur. Amer. l^thnol.. ]). 258). The mikos' 

 cabin is to the west, and the mikalki and henihalgi were of the same 

 clans. Aktayatci and Alligator respectively. The Alligator and Tur- 

 key were classed as Whites from association with the Bird by 

 my later informants, but the earlier ones gave them as Tciloki. 



ALABAMA 



This was a very simple square of exceptional arrangement as shown 

 in Figure 13. 



The Alabama were one of the incorporated tribes with a language 

 distinct from Creek. The clan names in Alabama are : Mahaleha 

 (Wind), Sawaha (Raccoon), Aktayatciha (Aktayatci), Hatcuntco- 

 baha (Alligator), Konoha (Skunk), Nitaha (Bear), Koiha 

 (Panther), Fociha (Bird), Fitoha (Turkey), Ofataha (Beaver). 



All of the officers were brought over to the chiefs' bed. Men of 

 the Alligator, Bear, and Aktayatci have been mikos and a man of 

 the Skunk clan was once the henlha. There is no regular rule for 

 either position. 



The Hathagas were the Wind, Bear, Panther. .Skunk, and Raccoon ; 

 the Tcilokis were the Bird, Beaver, Turkey, Alligator, and .A.ktayatci. 

 The Wildcat was the same as the Panther. 



