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The Westo at Coweta moved beyond the Chattahoochee
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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During or immediately after the Yamasee war they [Westo at Coweta] retired beyond the Chattahoochee, where they are located on maps of the 18th century for a long time afterwards. They appear to have lived close to the mouth of Little Uchee Creek, Russell County, Alabama. They probably united with the main Yuchi town after its removal to Alabama, but we have no direct evidence regarding the time or manner in which this event took place. On the Purcell map, however, we find a town called Woristo, between Kasihta and Okmulgee (pl. 7). As the large Yuchi town and the Westo town were both here it seems probable that Woristo is meant for Westo, and that it was used for all of the Yuchi, especially since there is every reason to believe that the Westo town proper had already been given up. (Swanton)
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