Coweta (tribal town)

Coweta is one of the four mother towns of the Muscogee people^[1] along with Kasihta, Abihka, and Tuckabutche.^[2]

Coweta was located in an area now in the modern state of Alabama, USA. It was a central trading city of the Lower Creeks. Members of the tribal town were also known as Caouitas or Caoüita.^[2]^[p.391]

The Cherokee language name for all the Lower Creeks is Anikhawitha.^[2]^[p.391]

Notable members

William McIntosh (1775–1825)
Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700–1767)
Emperor Brim (died 1733)
Malatchi (1720-1756)

Notes

↑ Isham, Theodore and Blue Clark. "Creek (Mvskoke)." Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 20 Aug 2012.
1 2 3 Walker, Willard B.; Creek Confederacy Before Removal; Sturtevant, William C. (general editor) and Fogelson, Raymond D. (volume editor); Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast: Volume 14; Washington DC; Smithsonian Institution; 2004; ISBN 0-16-072300-0.

Muscogee Creek Confederacy

Four mother towns	Abihka Coweta Kasihta Tukabatchee

Groups and towns	Alabama Apalachicola Eufaula Coushatta Hitchiti Muklassa Muscogee Okchai Okfuskee Pensacola Tallapoosa

Federally recognized tribes	Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Kialegee Tribal Town Muscogee (Creek) Nation Poarch Band of Creek Indians Thlopthlocco Tribal Town

Languages	Alabama Apalachee Creek-Seminole Koasati

Culture	Religion Four Mothers Society Green Corn Ceremony Stomp dance College of the Muscogee Nation

History	Mississippian culture Pisgah Phase Etowah Moundville Long Swamp Site Chiaha Leon-Jefferson culture Battle of Taliwa State of Muskogee Red Sticks Red Stick War Trail of Tears Creek War of 1836 Creek National Capitol Crazy Snake Rebellion

Politics and law	Treaty of New York Treaty of Washington (1826) Treaty of Cusseta Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States

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