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  TNDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  MUSKHOGEAN 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  >Muskhogee, 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Trans, 
  and 
  Coll. 
  Am. 
  Antiq. 
  Soo., 
  n. 
  !»4. 
  306, 
  1836 
  (based 
  

   upon 
  Muskhogees, 
  Hitchittees, 
  Seminoles). 
  Prichard, 
  Phys. 
  Hist. 
  Mankind, 
  v, 
  

   402, 
  1S47 
  (includes 
  Muskhogees, 
  Seminoles, 
  Hitchittees). 
  

  

  >Muskhogies, 
  Berghaus 
  (1845), 
  Physik. 
  Atlas, 
  map 
  IT, 
  1848. 
  Ibid., 
  1852. 
  

  

  >Museogee, 
  Keane, 
  App. 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent, 
  and 
  S... 
  Am.). 
  460, 
  471, 
  1878 
  (in- 
  

   cludes 
  Muscogees 
  proper, 
  Seminoles, 
  Choctaws, 
  ( 
  ihickasaws, 
  Hitchittees, 
  ( 
  'oosa- 
  

   das 
  or 
  Coosas, 
  Alibamons, 
  ApalachesJ. 
  

  

  =Maskoki, 
  Gatschet, 
  Creek 
  Mig. 
  Legend, 
  I, 
  50, 
  1884(general 
  account 
  of 
  family; 
  four 
  

   branches, 
  Maskoki, 
  Apalachian, 
  Alibamu, 
  Chahta). 
  Berghaus, 
  Physik. 
  Atlas, 
  

   map 
  72, 
  L887. 
  

  

  >Choctaw 
  Muskhogee, 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Trans, 
  and 
  Coll. 
  Am. 
  Antiq. 
  Soc, 
  u, 
  119, 
  1836. 
  

  

  >Chocta-Muskhog, 
  < 
  ial 
  latin 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Eth. 
  Soc. 
  , 
  n, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  xcix, 
  77,1848. 
  Gallatin 
  

   in 
  Schoolcraft, 
  Ind. 
  Tribes, 
  m, 
  401, 
  1853. 
  

  

  =< 
  lhata-Muskoki, 
  Hale 
  in 
  Am. 
  Antiq., 
  108, 
  April, 
  iss:^ 
  (considered 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  

   migration). 
  

  

  >< 
  hahtas, 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Trans, 
  and 
  Coll. 
  Am. 
  Antiq. 
  Sue., 
  n. 
  100, 
  306, 
  1830 
  (or 
  Choc- 
  

   taws). 
  

  

  >Chahtahs, 
  Prichard, 
  Phys. 
  Hist. 
  Mankind, 
  v, 
  403, 
  1847 
  (or 
  Choktahs 
  or 
  P'lat- 
  

   heads). 
  

  

  >Tschahtas, 
  Berghaus 
  (1845), 
  Physik. 
  Atlas, 
  map 
  '. 
  7. 
  1848. 
  Ibid., 
  1852. 
  

  

  >('hnrtah. 
  Latham. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Man, 
  3;!7. 
  1850 
  (includes 
  Choctahs, 
  Museogulges, 
  Mus- 
  

   kohges). 
  Latham 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Phil. 
  Soc.Lond., 
  103, 
  1856. 
  Latham, 
  Opuscula, 
  366, 
  

   1860. 
  

  

  >Mo[,ilian, 
  Bancroft, 
  Hist. 
  U.S., 
  249, 
  1840. 
  

  

  >Flat-heads, 
  Prichard, 
  Phys. 
  Hist. 
  Mankind, 
  v, 
  403, 
  1847 
  (Chahtahs 
  or 
  Choktahs). 
  

  

  >Coshattas, 
  Latham, 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Man. 
  349, 
  1850 
  (not 
  classified). 
  

  

  >Hunias. 
  Latham, 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Man, 
  341, 
  1850 
  (east 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  above 
  New 
  Orleans). 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  From 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  tribe 
  of 
  the 
  Creek 
  

   Confederacy. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Muskhogee 
  family 
  Gallatin 
  includes 
  the 
  Muskhogees 
  proper, 
  

   who 
  lived 
  on 
  the 
  Coosa 
  and 
  Tallapoosa 
  Rivers; 
  the 
  Hitchittees, 
  living 
  

   on 
  the 
  Chattahoochee 
  and 
  Flint 
  Rivers; 
  and 
  the 
  Seminoles 
  of 
  the 
  

   peninsula 
  of 
  Florida. 
  It 
  was 
  his 
  opinion, 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  comparison 
  

   of 
  vocabularies, 
  that 
  the 
  Choctaws 
  and 
  Chickasaws 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  

   classed 
  under 
  this 
  family. 
  In 
  fact, 
  he 
  called' 
  the 
  family 
  Choctaw 
  

   Muskhogee. 
  In 
  deference, 
  however, 
  to 
  established 
  usage, 
  the 
  two 
  

   tribes 
  were 
  kept 
  separate 
  in 
  his 
  table 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  colored 
  map. 
  

   In 
  1848 
  he 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  fully 
  convinced 
  of 
  the 
  soundness 
  of 
  the 
  view 
  

   doubtfully 
  expressed 
  in 
  183.6, 
  and 
  calls 
  the 
  family 
  the 
  Chocta-Musk- 
  

   hog. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  area 
  occupied 
  by 
  this 
  family 
  was 
  very 
  extensive. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  

   described 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  as 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  Savannah 
  River 
  

   and 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  west 
  to 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  

   north 
  to 
  the 
  Tennessee 
  River. 
  All 
  of 
  this 
  territory 
  was 
  held 
  by 
  

   Muskhogean 
  tribes 
  except 
  the 
  small 
  areas 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Yuchi, 
  

   Na'htchi, 
  and 
  some 
  small 
  settlements 
  of 
  Shawni. 
  

  

  ; 
  On 
  p. 
  119, 
  Archseologia 
  Americana. 
  

  

  