Creek Indians

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Creek Indians

• Hesci (heese-chee) Means Hello!

Image from http//www.rootsweb.com/itcreek/
Map
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Where Did They Live?
Map from http//www.native-languages.org/georgia
.htm
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What did their houses look like?

• Creeks had a winter house and a summer house
• The summer house had no walls and was sometimes
  built on a platform (in case of flooding or
  animals)
• Settlers later taught them how to built regular
  houses.

Winter House
Summer House
Images from http//www.native-languages.org/hous
es.htm
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Creek Village
Image The Creek by Liz Sonneborn, (p. 7)
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Later Creek Homes

• Settlers taught Creeks how to build houses
• Only one house all year

Images from http//libraries.ou.edu/etc/westhist
/Morris/native.html
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How Did They Dress?
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Important Creek

• Tomochichi
• Mary Musgrove

Images http//www.georgiaencyclopedia.org