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The Hitchiti was a Muskogean tribe
Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups ....
 formerly residing chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River
Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Georgia , near the Carolinas, to the southwestward to Atlanta and through its suburbs....
, 4 miles below Chiaha, and possessing a narrow strip of good land bordering on the river, in west Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. They spoke a language, also Hitchiti, that was mutually intelligible with Mikasuki
Mikasuki language

The Mikasuki language is a Muskogean languages spoken by around 500 people in southern Florida. It is spoken by the Miccosukee tribe as well as many Seminoles....
, which is still spoken in Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
.

When Benjamin Hawkins
Benjamin Hawkins

Benjamin Hawkins , usually known as Colonel Hawkins, was an United States farmer, statesman, and Indian agent from North Carolina. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senate, as well as a long term diplomat and agent to the Creek ....
 visited them in 1799 they had spread out into two branch settlements, one, the Hitchitudshi, or Little Hitchiti, on both sides of Flint River
Flint River (Georgia)

The Flint River is an approximately long river, in the U.S. state of Georgia . The river drains 8,460 sq mi of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta, Georgia to the wetlands of the coastal plain in the southwestern corner of the state....
 below the junction of Kinchafoonee Creek, which passes through a county once named after it; the other, Tutalosi, on a branch of Kinchafoonee Creek, 20 miles west of Hitchitudshi.

The tribe is not often mentioned in history, and appears for the first time in 1733, when two of its delegates, with the Lower Creek
Creek people

The Muscogee , their original name they use to identify themselves today, also known as the Creek, are an American Indians in the United States people originally from the Southern United States....
 chiefs, met Governor James Oglethorpe
James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe was a Kingdom of Great Britain general, a philanthropist, and was the founder of the colony of Georgia . He was born in London, the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe of Westbrook Place, Godalming in the county of Surrey....
 at Savannah
Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
.

The language appears to have extended beyond the limits of the tribe as here defined, as it was spoken not only in the towns on the Chattahoochee, as Chiaha, Chiahudshi, Hitchiti, Oconee, Sawokli, Sawokliudshi, and Apalachicola
Apalachicola (tribe)

The Apalachicola were a group of Native Americans in the United Statess related to the Creek people. They spoke a Muskogean languages language related to Hitchiti....
, and in those on Flint river, but by the Miccosukee
Miccosukee

The Miccosukee are a Native Americans in the United States tribe living in Florida. They are descendants of the Lower Chiaha, a Creek people tribe and have had centuries of relations with the Seminole but maintain a separate identity today, largely on linguistic grounds....
 tribe of Florida and, as traceable by the local names, over considerable portions of Georgia and Florida.






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The Hitchiti was a Muskogean tribe
Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups ....
 formerly residing chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River
Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Georgia , near the Carolinas, to the southwestward to Atlanta and through its suburbs....
, 4 miles below Chiaha, and possessing a narrow strip of good land bordering on the river, in west Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. They spoke a language, also Hitchiti, that was mutually intelligible with Mikasuki
Mikasuki language

The Mikasuki language is a Muskogean languages spoken by around 500 people in southern Florida. It is spoken by the Miccosukee tribe as well as many Seminoles....
, which is still spoken in Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
.

When Benjamin Hawkins
Benjamin Hawkins

Benjamin Hawkins , usually known as Colonel Hawkins, was an United States farmer, statesman, and Indian agent from North Carolina. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senate, as well as a long term diplomat and agent to the Creek ....
 visited them in 1799 they had spread out into two branch settlements, one, the Hitchitudshi, or Little Hitchiti, on both sides of Flint River
Flint River (Georgia)

The Flint River is an approximately long river, in the U.S. state of Georgia . The river drains 8,460 sq mi of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta, Georgia to the wetlands of the coastal plain in the southwestern corner of the state....
 below the junction of Kinchafoonee Creek, which passes through a county once named after it; the other, Tutalosi, on a branch of Kinchafoonee Creek, 20 miles west of Hitchitudshi.

The tribe is not often mentioned in history, and appears for the first time in 1733, when two of its delegates, with the Lower Creek
Creek people

The Muscogee , their original name they use to identify themselves today, also known as the Creek, are an American Indians in the United States people originally from the Southern United States....
 chiefs, met Governor James Oglethorpe
James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe was a Kingdom of Great Britain general, a philanthropist, and was the founder of the colony of Georgia . He was born in London, the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe of Westbrook Place, Godalming in the county of Surrey....
 at Savannah
Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
.

The language appears to have extended beyond the limits of the tribe as here defined, as it was spoken not only in the towns on the Chattahoochee, as Chiaha, Chiahudshi, Hitchiti, Oconee, Sawokli, Sawokliudshi, and Apalachicola
Apalachicola (tribe)

The Apalachicola were a group of Native Americans in the United Statess related to the Creek people. They spoke a Muskogean languages language related to Hitchiti....
, and in those on Flint river, but by the Miccosukee
Miccosukee

The Miccosukee are a Native Americans in the United States tribe living in Florida. They are descendants of the Lower Chiaha, a Creek people tribe and have had centuries of relations with the Seminole but maintain a separate identity today, largely on linguistic grounds....
 tribe of Florida and, as traceable by the local names, over considerable portions of Georgia and Florida. This language, like the Creek, has an archaic form called "woman's talk," or female language. It is supposed that the Yamasee
Yamasee

The Yamasee were a Native Americans in the United States tribe that lived in coastal region of present-day northern Florida and southern Georgia near the Savannah River....
 likewise spoke the Hitchiti language, but the evidence is not conclusive with other evidence pointing towards either them speaking a different language or speaking a language related to Guale
Guale

Guale was a Native Americans in the United States chiefdom that became part of Spanish Florida's missionary system in the late 16th century. They lived along the coast of present-day Georgia and the Sea Islands....
. The Hitchiti were absorbed into and became an integral part of the Creek Nation, though preserving to a large extent their own language and customs. Similarly, those Mikasuki-speakers who joined the Lower Creek migrations to Florida, becoming the forefathers of the Seminole
Seminole

The Seminole are a Native Americans in the United States people originally of Florida, who now reside primarily in that state and Oklahoma. The Seminole nation was formed in the 18th century and was composed of Native Americans from Georgia , Mississippi, and Alabama, most significantly the Creek people, as well as African Americans who escap...
, maintained their culture and are now recognized as the distinct Miccosukee tribe.

Some sources list Hitchiti as an extant language in the 1990s.

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