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First mention of Chatot Indians; the only non-Creek tribe in Apalachicola
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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THE CHATOT The only one of all of the Apalachicola River tribes which maintained an existence apart from the Creek confederacy was the Chatot—or Chateaux as it is sometimes called. It is probable that this was anciently very important, for La Harpe calls the Apalachicola River "la riviere du Saint-Esprit, a present des Chateaux, ou Cahouitas." 5 On the Lamhatty map an eastern affluent of the principal river delineated, perhaps the Flint, is called Chouctoubab, apparently after this tribe.8 When we first get a clear view of them in the Spanish documents, however, they were living west of Apalachicola River, somewhere near the middle course of the Chipola. The first mention appears to be in a letter of August 22, 1639, already quoted, in which the governor of Florida states that he has made peace between the "Chacatos, Apalachocolos, and Amacanos" and the Apalachee. He adds: "It is an extraordinary thing, because the aforesaid (Tiacatos never had peace with anybody."1 (Swanton)
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