CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Geography of the Southeast 1 



Classification of the Southeastern tribes 10 



Population 11 



Relation of the aboriginal population to the natural areas 14 



Prehistoric movements 21 



History of the Southeastern Indians from the period of first white contact 



to the expedition of Hernando de Soto 33 



The expedition of Hernando de Soto 39 



The post-De Soto period 59 



Sketches of the Southeastern tribes and their population 81 



Abihka 81 



Acolapissa 82 



Acuera 83 



Adai 83 



Aguacaleyquen (see Utina). 



Ais 84 



Akokisa 85 



Alab ama 86 



Amacano 88 



Anadarko, or, more correctly, Nadako 89 



Apalachee 89 



Apalachicola 92 



Atakapa 93 



Atasi 94 



Avoyel 94 



Bayogoula 95 



Bidai 96 



Biloxi 96 



Caddo 98 



Cahinnio 100 



Calusa 101 



Caparaz . 102 



Cape Fear Indians 103 



Capinans 103 



Catawba 104 



Chakchiuma 105 



Chatot 107 



Chawasha 108 



Cheraw, Saraw, Sara 109 



Cherokee 110 



Chiaha 115 



Chickasaw 116 



Chilucan 119 



Chine 119 



Chitimacha 119 



Choctaw 121 



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