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The Coweta moved west
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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After the general westward movement, which took place after the Yamasee war, [the Coweta] settled on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River between the Yuchi on the south and a town known as Chattahoochee. [The town of Chattahoochee] was the first Muskogee settlement on Chattahoochee River and is said to have been established to enable its occupants to open trade with the Spaniards. Bartram says that the people of this town spoke the true Muskogee language, and it is probable that it branched off from the Coweta, though it may have been made up from several settlements. It was in Troup or Heard Counties, Georgia, and was abandoned before Hawkins's time, 1798-99. The first Coweta settlement on the Chattahoochee was probably at a place afterwards called Coweta Tallahassee, though at the period last mentioned it was occupied by people from Likatcka, itself a branch of Coweta.6 (Swanton)
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