nwanto.n] I.AKLY HISTORY OF THE CREEK INDIANS 15 
The captain of fche vessel "landed near the town of Guale and went 
there, where was the lord micoo (el senor micoo)." A little later 
"the micoo of a town called Yanahume" 1 came to see him. This 
word is nothing other than the Creek term for chief. 
In 1598 the confessions of Guale Indians, whose testimony was 
being taken with reference to the revolt of 1507, were communicated 
by them to a Tiinucua who understood the language of Guale, and 
by him to another Timucua who could speak Spanish. In a letter 
describing his missionary work Fray Baltazar Lopez, who was sta- 
tioned at San Pedro, states that, while he is himself familiar with the 
language of his own Indians, he employs interpreters in speaking to 
the Guale people passing back and forth between their own country 
and St. Augustine.' 
Some supplementary evidence is furnished also by the place and 
persona] names recorded from the Indians in this area, which 
will be found in the section on the Guale Indians and the Yamasee. 
The difference between these and Timucua names is apparent when 
they are compared with the list of names on pages 323-330. The 
phonetic r does not appear, except in one case where it is plainly 
not an original sound, while/ and I, which are foreign to the eastern 
Siouan dialects, are much in evidence. So far as Yuchi is concerned 
the history of that tribe, as will be seen later, tends to discount the 
idea of any connection there. Besides, m appears to occur in the 
Guale language at least — Tumaque, Altamahaw, Tolomato, Tamufa, 
Ymunapa — while it is wanting in Yuchi. To these arguments may be 
added the positive resemblances to Muskhogean forms in such names 
as Talaxe (pronounced Talashe), Hinafasque, Ytohulo, Fuloplata, 
Tapala, £apala (Sapala), Culupala, Otapalas, Pocotalligo, Dawfuskee. 
Finally, the relationship is indicated by the speeches of various 
Creek chiefs at the time of their historic conference with Governor 
Oglethorpe in 1733. 2 Tomochichi, chief of the Yamacraw, a small 
band of Indians living near Savannah at that time, says ' 'I was a 
banished man; I came here poor and helpless to look for good land 
near the tombs of my ancestors." The Oconee chief declares that 
he is related to Tomochichi, and on behalf of the Creek Nation 
claims all of the lands southward of the river Savannah. Finally the 
mico of Coweta thus expresses himself: 
I rejoice that I have lived to see this day, and to see our friends that have long been 
gone from among us. Our nation was once strong, and had ten towns, but we are 
now weak and have but eight towns. You [Oglethorpe] have comforted the banished, 
and have gathered them that were scattered like little birds before the eagle. We 
desire, therefore, to be reconciled to our brethren who are here amongst you, and we 
give leave to Tomo-chi-chi, Stimoiche, and Illispelle to call their kindred that love 
i Lower?, MSS. 
s A True and Hist. Xarr. of the Colony of (ia. in Am., &c, Charles Town, S. C, 1741, pp. 31-39. 
