Date published: 1922-01-01
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors (ID121)
Author: Swanton, John (ID85)
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1738-01-01 - 1738-12-31

Okchai had 200 menedit

The Okchai towns are supposed to have counted, all together in 1738, 200 men;1 in 1750, 80;2 in 1760, 200 men;24 and in 1761, 125 hunters.25 In 1792 they are pyramided up to 385, including, however, the town of Opillako (p. 436). In 1832 the Indian population is given as 1,375.' At the present day their numbers proportionately are well kept up. (Swanton)

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