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is doubtful whether its original meaning was related to either. 
The name Pakana may have a long antecedent history and a totally 
different origin. Hawkins adds: 
It is in the fork of a creek which gives name to the town; the creek joins on the 
left side of Coosau, forty miles below Coo-sau town. 1 
After the removal they settled in the southern part of the Creek 
Nation near Hanna, Oklahoma, and have maintained their square 
ground in the same place ever since. 
The Pakana who settled near Fort Toulouse probably never re- 
joined their kindred. From a letter written by M. d'Abbadie, 
governor of Louisiana, April 10, 1764, we know that they emigrated 
to Red River at the same time as the Taensa and Apalachee. 2 He 
calls them "Pakanas des Alibamons," either from the name of the 
French post or from the fact that they were supposed to be related 
to the Alabama Indians. The former supposition is, I believe, cor- 
rect, since in the census of 1760 we find them classed as " Alybamons," 
not merely with the Koasati and Tuskegee, but also with the Okchai, 
some Coosa Indians, and some Indians called "Thomapas"; while, 
on the other hand, the Muklasa, Tawasa, and part of the Coosa are 
put among the "Talapouches," 3 Indians on Tallapoosa River. 
Evidently the classification is geographical, not linguistic. Later 
these Pakana settled upon Calcasieu River in southwestern Loui- 
siana, as shown in the following account given by Sibley: 
Pacanas, are a small tribe of about thirty men, who live on the Quelqueshoe [Cal- 
casieu] River, which falls into the bay between Attakapa and Sabine, which heads 
in a prairie, called Cooko prairie, about forty miles southwest of Natchitoches. These 
people are likewise emigrants from West Florida, about forty years ago. Their village 
is about fifty miles southeast of the Conchattas; are said to be increasing a little in 
number; quiet, peaceable, and friendly people. Their own language differs from 
any other, but speak Mobilian. 4 
Still later some or all of these Pakana united with the Alabama 
living in Texas, where they are still remembered. The last sur- 
vivor was an old woman who died many years ago. Her language 
was said to be distinct from Alabama, which would naturally be the 
case if it was Muskogee. 
The Okciiai 
Like the Pakana, Adair includes the Okchai among those tribes 
which had been "artfully decoyed" to unite with the Muskogee, 5 
and Milfort says that the Okchai and Tuskegee had sought the pro- 
tection of the Muskogee after having suffered severely at the hands of 
hostile Indians. He adds that the former ' 'mounted ten leagues toward 
1 Ga. Hist. Soc. Colls. ,m, p. 41. * Sibley in Annals of Congress, 9th Cong., 2d 
2 Amer. Antiq., xra, pp. 252-253. sess., 10.S6 (1806-07). 
3 Miss. Prov. Arch, i, p. 94. 6 Adair, Hist. Am. Inds., p. 257. 
