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As Pardo, like De Soto, was on his way from Xuala to Chiaha, 

 it is probable that he followed the same trail, and since the time he 

 took in reaching Tocar differed by only a fraction of a day from 

 the time taken by De Soto in reaching Guasili the two places may 

 be identical. The description of Tocar as a place between rivers 

 applies very well to the site at the mouth of Peachtree Creek which 

 has been identified as Guasili. Moreover, it took 2 days for Pardo 

 to reach Cauchi from Tocar, the same time consumed by De Soto 

 in passing from Guasili to Canasoga, and again the same time, 4 

 days, to reach Chiaha from this place, or these places. These facts 

 suggest that Cauchi was identical with Canasoga and, remembering 

 that Canasoga is believed to have been located near the point where 

 the Appalachian Valley opens out, this derives some confirmation 

 from the fact that Vandera says, "from there on I compare this 

 country to Andalusia because this whole land is very rich." I sug- 

 gest that Guasili and Canasoga may have been the names of these 

 towns, as they were known to De Soto's Muskogee interpreters, while 

 Tocar and Cauchi may have been used for the same by Siouans. 



One notable difference between the experiences of De Soto and 

 Pardo in this region is the discovery by the latter of a stockaded 

 town called Tanasqui 3 days' march from Cauchi and 1 day before 

 arriving at Chiaha. Either De Soto missed it entirely or it was not 

 settled until after 1540. Mooney is probably correct in identifying 

 the name with Tanasi', applied to the following later Cherokee sites : 



1. On Little Tennessee river, about halfway between Citico and Toco creeks, 

 in Monroe county, Tennessee; 2. "Old Tennessee town," on Hiwassee river, a 

 short distance above the junction of Ocoee, in Polk county, Tennessee; 3. On 

 Tennessee creek, a head-stream of Tuckasegee river, in Jackson county, North 

 Carolina. (Mooney, 1900, p. 534.) 



As the Cherokee were late comers to the Tennessee country, the 

 settlement of this town may have marked the beginning of their 

 intrusion, but Guasili also appears to be a Cherokee word and on 

 the other hand Tanasi' cannot be analyzed in that tongue. Knowing 

 that Muskhogeans preceded the Cherokee, and that Cherokee some- 

 times change I to n, 1 am inclined to trace the word to Muskogee 

 Talasi, a contraction of Talwa ahassi, "Old Town." In any case, 

 Tanasqui was on Tennessee River not far from the present Chatta- 

 nooga. The later Tanasi' towns probably represent so many sites 

 subsequently occupied by the same people. 



There is every reason to suppose that Chiaha was identical with 

 the town of that name which appears in the De Soto narratives and 

 that it had the same location, i.e., as identified by Brame, on Burns 

 Island in Tennessee River. Since the Koasati (Costehe) were one of 

 the four tribes hostile to the Spaniards, and Satapo was the first place 



