Cusseta, Creek Nation
Cusseta, also known as Kasihta was a peace town of the Lower Creeks, a division of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy. It was located in what is now the state of Georgia.[1]
Cusseta was mentioned in Hernando de Soto's 1540 expedition. The tribal town was burned by the Spaniards in 1686. After the Yamasee War, the people of Cussetta moved from the Chattahoochee River and rebuilt their town on Ocmulgee River.[1] Until the 1830s forced removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, Cusseta was one of the oldest and most significant Creek towns. The census of 1832–33 recorded 1,918 residents living in Cusetta.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c "History." Unified Government Offices of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County. 2004. Retrieved 20 Aug 2012.
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