. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] CHICKASAW 261 irregular; this they divide into 7 [towns] by the names of Amalahta 'hat and feather,' Chatelaw 'coppertown,' Chnka- falaya 'long town,' Hikkihaw 'stand still,' Chucalissa 'great town,' Tuckahaw 'a cert'n weed,' Ashukhuma 'red grass.' Formerly the whole was inclosed in pali- ; The warlike Chickasaw claimed other territory far beyond the narrow limits of their villages, and extending on the n. to the confluence of the Ohio witii the Ten- nessee. They also claimed a large area N. of the Tennessee to the ridge be- tween Duck r. and the Cu
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] CHICKASAW 261 irregular; this they divide into 7 [towns] by the names of Amalahta 'hat and feather,' Chatelaw 'coppertown,' Chnka- falaya 'long town,' Hikkihaw 'stand still,' Chucalissa 'great town,' Tuckahaw 'a cert'n weed,' Ashukhuma 'red grass.' Formerly the whole was inclosed in pali- ; The warlike Chickasaw claimed other territory far beyond the narrow limits of their villages, and extending on the n. to the confluence of the Ohio witii the Ten- nessee. They also claimed a large area N. of the Tennessee to the ridge be- tween Duck r. and the Cumberland to the headwaters of Duck r. and s. to Chick- asaw Old Fields on the Tennessee, thence along an indeterminate s. e. line to the MicTissippi. This cl?'r. was admitted by the Cherokee. According to Haywooa and otherauthoritiesan outlying colony of Chickasaw formerly dwelt on Savannah r. nearly opposite Augusta, Ga., but trouble with the Creeks drove them westw.:"d again. In 1795 the Chickasaw claimed payment from the United States for the land on the Savannah thus occupied. The Chickasaw were noted from remote times for their bravery, independence, and warlike disposition. They were con- stantly fighting with the neighboring tribes; sometimes with the Choctaw and Creeks, then with the Cherokee, Illinois, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Mobilians, Osage, and Quapaw. In 1732 they cut to pieces a war party of Iroquois who had invaded their country. They were constant ene- mies of the French—a feeling intensified by the intrigues of British traders and their hatred of the Choctaw who had entered into friendly relations with the French colonists. The Chickasaw urged the Natchez to resist the French encroach- ments, and gave shelter to them when driven from their home. They defeated the French at Amalahta in 1736, at the Long House and other points, and baffled their attempts at conquest in the war of 1739-40. They combined with the Cher- okee about 17i5 and drove the Shawnee from t
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