H Georgia 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.

Hatcheuxhau. A former Upper Creek village near the site of La Grange, Troup co., Ga. Royce in 18th Rep. B. A. E., Ga. map, 1899.

Hemptown (translation of the native name, Gatûn′lti′yĭ). A former Cherokee settlement on a creek of the same name, near the present Morganton, Fannin co., Ga. Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 519, 1900.

Hickory Log. A former Cherokee settlement on Etowah r., a short distance above Canton, Cherokee co., Ga. Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 545, 1900.

Hitchitudshi. A branch settlement of Hitchiti on Flint r., Ga., below its junction with Kinchafoonee cr.

Hogologes. A former Creek town on Apalachicola r., at the junction of Chattahoochee and Flint rs., in Georgia.

Hotalihuyana (Creek: hótali, hútali, ‘wind’ ‘gust’, ‘hurricane’; huyána, ‘passing’; hence Hurricane town). A former Lower Creek or Seminole town in Dougherty co., Ga. , established by Indians of Chiaha on the E. bank of Flint r., 6 m. below the junction of Kitchofooni cr. Settlers from the adjacent Osotchi had mingled with the 20 families of the village in Hawkins time (1799). It had 27 families in 1832. (A. S. G.)

Huhlitaiga (Hú‘li-täíiga, ‘war ford’). A lower Creek village on Chattahoochee r., about the present Georgia-Alabama boundary, the inhabitants of which in or prior to 1799 removed to Oakfuski, settling on the opposite side of the Tallapoosa.


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

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