Who Were the Creek Indians?
The Muscogean Indians who came to be known in Georgia and Alabama as “Creeks” never achieved as high a civilization as did the Cherokee, the other chief tribe of the southeast. The Creeks were a hunting people. Agriculture was not as important to them as to some other tribes though they had become acquainted with the plow. They hunted and fished and traded their deerskins and such things with the whites. Their most colorful festival was the Boos-ke-taus or Green Corn dance which began a new year for them. They held their general councils in the public square of their principal town. The cabin of their great chief always faced the sun. All of the cabins were painted red except those of the old men, these were painted white to symbolize age and virtue. In the center of the square a fire always burned. The chief of each town was called the ‘mica’. He was appointed for life, and was always succeeded by a nephew. The military chief was called ‘the Great Warrior’. During the days of the Gree
