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Thu, August 12, 2010 9:19:52 PM[The Melungeons] New comment on RLA - The Journeys of James Needham and Gabriel Ar....
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Richard Thornton has left a new comment on your post "RLA - The Journeys of James Needham and Gabriel Ar...":

No where did James Needham and Gabriel Arthur mention the word "Cherokee." The Tomatitans were Creeks from GEORGIA! They had contact with the Spanish missions and even spoke about the missions with these two explorers. The word Chota is a Creek word and has no meaning in Cherokee. It means "Frog" and probably refers to the Frog clan. The French continued to have contacts with the Tomatitan's and their neighbors the Koasati until around 1730, when the region was conquered by the Cherokees. At that time the Koasati's and Tomatitans moved to Alabama.

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Posted by Richard Thornton to The Melungeons at 9:19 PM EDT