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Kasihta was in northern Georgia
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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By the time the English came to South Carolina it is evident that the Kasihta had changed their location. This is apparent both from Henry Woodward's Westo narrative and from what we learn of his visit to them. The Westo were then on Savannah River; the Kasihta, or "Chufytachyqj " as he calls them, were 14 days' travel west by north "after ye Indian manner of marchinge."2 The location is uncertain, but must have been near the upper Savannah. It was certainly farther away than that of the Westo and more to the north. In Elbert County, Ga. , on Broad River, a few miles south of Oglesby, is an old village site which would answer very well to the probable location of the tribe at this period. At any rate, from 1670 until some time before 1686 the Kasihta were in northern Georgia, near Broad River, perhaps ranging across to the Tennessee. Maps of the period locate the Kasihta and Coweta in this area, about the heads of the Chattahoochee and Coosa. (Swanton)
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