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As we have seen, there were two distinct bands of Chiaha, one on 
the Tennessee and one originally near the Yamasee, later among the 
Lower Creeks. The first are scarcely heard of after De Soto's time 
until we come to the census of 1832, which mentions two towns, one 
of 126 and the other of 306 Indians. 1 These may have been descendants 
of this northern body, or a later settlement from the other Creek 
towns. The second body is said to have numbered 120 men in 1738, 2 
160 in 1760, and in 1761, as has already been said, together with 
the Osochi and Okmulgee, 120 hunters. 3 In 1792 they and the 
Apalachicola together were reputed to have 100 gunmen (p. 435). 
Hawkins states that the Chiaha and Osochi branch settlement of Hotal- 
gihuyana contained 20 families in 1799. 4 Young (1821) enumerates 
670 Chiaha proper and 210 Hotalgihuyana Indians. 5 According 
to the census of 1832 the Chiaha and Hotalgihuyana counted 427 
Indians and 70 slaves. 6 
The enumeration of 1750 estimates the number of Osochi men at 
30,' but that of 1760 has 50. 7 In the English census of 1761 they 
and the Chiaha and Okmulgee are given together 120 men, 8 in 1792 
they appear alone credited with 50 men (p. 434), while in the 
American census taken in 1832 are two Osochi towns with an aggre- 
gate Indian population of 539. 9 
In 1738 we find the number of Hitchiti men placed at 60, 2 in 1750 
at only 15, 2 and in 1760 at 50. 10 In 1761 it was estimated that they 
had 40 hunters, 11 and in 1772 Taitt says there were " about 90 gun- 
men. ' ' 12 Young gives the population of the Fowl Towns, occupied largely 
by Hitchiti Indians, as 300 in 1821. 13 In 1832 they are credited, 
including a branch village, with a population of 381, besides 20 
negro slaves. 14 Though still fairly numerous they are more or less 
confounded with other groups speaking a similar language. 
The Okmulgee are enumerated first in 1750, when they are credited 
with more than 20 men, and the census of 1 760 gives them 30 men. 10 
In 1761 they are said to have had, together with the Chiaha and 
Osochi, 120 hunters. 11 Hawkins does not give their numbers, but 
i Sen. Doc. 512, 23d Cong., 1st sess., IV, pp. 307-309. 
2 MS., AyerColl. 
s Miss. Prov. Arch., I, p. 96; Ga. Col. Docs., vm, p. 522. 
* Hawkins in Ga. Hist. Soc. Colls., ra, p. 64. 
6 Page 409; Morse, Rept. to Sec. of War, p. 364. 
6 Sen. Doc. 512, pp. 350-352. 
' MS., Ayer Coll.; Miss. Prov. Arch., i, p. 96. 
s Ga. Col. Docs., vm, p. 522. 
i° Sen. Doc. 512, 23d Cong., 1st sess., rv, p. 512. 
" Miss. Prov. Arch., op. cit. 
12 Ga. Col. Docs., op. cit. 
» Trav. in Am. Col., p. 548. 
» Morse, op. cit. 
16 Sen. Doc. 512, pp. 347-350. 
