Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 48.—West caliin, Cliiaha husk ground. Photograph by Swanton. considerable is remembered of Natchitoches, and a number of Natchi-toches words were recorded. In December he began recordingtexts in the Hitchiti language, formerl\- spoken over most of southernGeorgia, but now represented by only 20 or 30 speakers among theCreeks and Seminoles of Oklahoma, besides a few Seminoles stillin Florida. Among the Creek Indians proper, most of his time wasdevoted to an investigation of the ancient town and clan organiza-tions,
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 48.—West caliin, Cliiaha husk ground. Photograph by Swanton. considerable is remembered of Natchitoches, and a number of Natchi-toches words were recorded. In December he began recordingtexts in the Hitchiti language, formerl\- spoken over most of southernGeorgia, but now represented by only 20 or 30 speakers among theCreeks and Seminoles of Oklahoma, besides a few Seminoles stillin Florida. Among the Creek Indians proper, most of his time wasdevoted to an investigation of the ancient town and clan organiza-tions, especially as those were represented in the annual green corndance or busk. Of the 40 or 50 towns originally constitutingthe Creek confederacy and observing this ceremony, 12 still carryit out in some form or other, but it is scarcely more than a , with the help of those old men who can remember theceremonials as they existed before they were broken up by the 44 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 6o internal troubles incident to our Civil Wa
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