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Title
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Historic Sites in Alabama
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Date
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1952
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Bibliographic Citation
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Anonymous. 1952. Historic Sites in Alabama. Alabama Historical Quarterly 14(3&4):231-264.
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annotates
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Choctaw settlements in what is now Choctaw County, Alabama are briefly discussed (pp. 236-237)
• "Batcha Chukka was a small Choctaw village at the site of the present Tuscahoma.
• Chickasabays was a short lived Choctaw settlement made about 1750, at Nanih Chaha Ridge on the Tombigbee River at the site of the present Ararat.
• On the west bank of the Tombigbee River exactly opposite the northwest corner of Clarke County was located Faulukabunna, a Choctaw town meaning "A fork laid across".
• Okehaya, was settled in 1763, by some Koasati and Okchayi Indians who remained only four years and then removed to their previous settlements. The town was located on the north bank of Turkey shoals in the Tombigbee River at the site of the present West Oakchi.
**This is possibly in Marengo County, although there are Turkey Shoals in Clarke and Choctaw as well the location in Marengo is the only one on the Tombigee. This is just north of Steener's Landing, on the opposite bank, and no sites recorded. Area should be flagged for review.**
• Okahapassa was a small Choctaw village on Capassa Creek.
• Puskus Paiya was a Choctaw town founded about 1780. It was located near Pusscuss Creek, three and one half miles nearly due east of Emory.
**There are no sites or survey work in this area. Should be reviewed and flagged.**
• One miles from the west bank of the Tombigbee River at the site of the present Naheola, was a Choctaw town whose name is not identified in modern times. After the removal of the Indians white men settled at the site.
**There are no sites recorded IN Naheola, there are several "historical" sites north of the current location, and a lot of surveys completed in the area.**
• Near Power's Landing, on the Tombigbee River on the property of H. A. Powers, there was a mound the Indian name of which is not known.
• Another unidentified Choctaw mound is located one-half mile south of Steener's Landing on the Tombigbee River. At this point there are two large mounds.
• Near Bladen Springs on property owned by D. B. Bass, is an extensive unidentified mound. Also at Steener's Landing on the Tombigbee River on the property of Allison Lumber Company there is a burial mound.”
**It does not appear that any of these mounds at Bladen Springs or Steener's Landing have been documented. These areas should be flagged for review.**
• (pp. 238) Mentions Choctaw land acquired by the US government In reference to Clark County, Alabama. Mentions a Choctaw town called Yakni Hulie.
• “Turkey Creek in Choctaw County, empties into the Tombigbee River in the northwestern quarter of this town which was the last Choctaw possession east of the Tombigee River and was held until ceded by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Greek in 1820.”
**No archaeological sites or surveys recorded in the vicinity. Area should be flagged for review."
• “Yakni Hulie, a Choctaw town known to the Indians as "Beloved Ground", was located on Woods Bluff on the Tombigbee River and extending a mile along the east side of the river from Woods Bluff to its terminus, Witch Hill's Creek.”
**Examination of the ASSF data indicates no sites are recorded between Woods Bluff and Witch Hill's Creek. There is a large cluster of sites recorded by Brockington N/NW of this stretch of the river (Cunningham Bend) but none of the listed components or artifacts provide enough detail to determine if postcontact Choctaw occupation. Woods Bluff has a public recreation area at the river, and should be flagged for review.
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owner
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sprice@wiregrassarchaeology.com