B- Mississippi Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.

Bishkon. One of the towns forming the noted “Sixtowns” of the Choctaw, situated a few miles from the 4 present Garlandsville, in the N. part of Jasper co., Miss.

Bogue Toocolo Chitto (Bok tuklo chiitto ‘two big bayous’). A former Choctaw town, which derived its name from its location at the confluence of Running Tiger and Sukenatcha crs., about 4 m. N. w. of De Kalb, Kemper co., Miss. Halbert in Miss. Hist. Soc. Publ., vi, 424, 1902.

Booctolooee. A former Choctaw village pertaining to the “Sixtowns,” situated on Boguetulukusi cr., a w. affluent of Chicasawhay r., probably in Jasper co., Miss. W. Fla. map, ca. 1775.

Boucfouca. A former Choctaw town on the headwaters of Pearl r., Miss.

 

Villages of the Untied States Mississippi Indian Villages

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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906


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Hodge, Frederick Webb, Compiler. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1906.

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