swantun] EAKLY HISTORY OF THE CREEK INDIANS 455 
Those <>f the west: 1730 1750 
Bouctoucoulou 60 
Pini.' 70 50 
Abissa -. . . 30 40 
Boucfalaya 15 70 
Ste'chipouta | tte'chipouta] 60 40 
Filitamon (i0 
Conchabouloucta 100 
Louscouchetacanle* [PouBcouchetacanl6] 80 50 
Ectchanque* 20 30 
Ougoulabalbaa 100 
( >< 1 in'' 1 >iilloii 20 60 
Mongoulacha 100 150 
Otouc t'alava 100 
Boucfouca 130 80 
Farriakne 20 
( Sastacha 120 80 
Yachou 60 40 
Abeca 50 200 
( Safgtalaya 130 70 
Outapacha , 40 
Touale 40 
Achouqouma 1 20 30 
I fisach a 15 80 
Scanapa 180 30 
Ebitoupougoula 100 60 
Bouctoucoulnii 130 90 
Alibamons-chouga-lougole 40 
Abeca 100 60 
OuUtacha 50 40 
Loucfeata ." 60 50 
Choukelissa 30 
Mongoulacha 20 60 
Yachou or Achouq Loua 70 70 
Iteopchaqiio [Iteokchaquo] 100 100 
Rouctacante" 10 .... 
Osapaissa 50 
( )ua(onani'ila 30 80 
Boucchito 30 
Epitoupougoula 80 
Ougoulatanap 150 
Wliile the number of southern tribes progressively decreased from 
early times until many of them became wholly or nearly extinct, the 
surviving groups, the Creeks, Seminole, Cliickasaw, and Choctaw, 
appear at first rather to have increased. Owing to their numerous 
wars the Chickasaw decreased in the first half of the eighteenth 
century, but after that time there is evidence that they grew rapidly, 
until they reached about 5,000, where their population remained 
stationary down to the present day. In appearance they continued 
1 Spelled Atchouchouga by Regis du Koullet. 
