The homeland of the Muskogee-speaking Creek tribes has been identified

And yes, the Muskogee Creeks had a writing system

There is only one region of the future United States, where Muskogee language town names are found in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The Suta-Corra (Judaculla) Petroglyphic Boulder is a map of their domain. This homeland was NOT in Georgia, Alabama, Florida or Oklahoma.

While a consultant for the Muscogee-Creek Nation, I was surprised to learn that Oklahoma Creeks did not realize that Muscogee was a minority language until the late 1700s. In fact, until around 1785, more people spoke my ancestral tongue in Georgia (Itsate) than spoke English!

The Oklahoma Creeks are also not aware that the so-called Creek Migration Legend is the oral history of one branch of the Upper Creeks . . . the Kaushe-te (Cusseta). Although dominant in 18th century Georgia the Coweta and Tuckabachee Creeks did not have a migration legend . . . or at least, they did not tell it to Georgia colonial officials.

The Peopling of Eastern North America series

During the next few articles of this series, we will be talking about the Judaculla Rock . . . it has absolutely nothing to do with the Cherokees . . . the strange origins of words in the Muskogee language . . . and the probable migration route taken by the Muskogee tribes from their homeland to the new home in the Tallapoosa and Middle Chattahoochee River Valleys. Until then!