HITCH IT I
—THE INDIAN
The root of the none HITCHITI is lost
in the obscurity of the Indian tribes
that lived in what Is now Southern Geog
ia and Northern Flordia. Actually they
iwere apart of the great MITSCOGHEAN Ind
jinn Nation which included the Muscogees,
gvfeeks, Cherokees and Seminoles and had
i 13 their domain the entire Southeastern
junited States. (They were later to be
■j known ■ only as ’’Creeks.”) The orgin of
|the HITCHITI Indian is extremely remote
jin that they were an ancient tribe r.lre
inoy under domination of the Muscogees in
■Ll74w'„ They are definitely established,,
"-cvevor, &s the reminant of an ancient
{people of Southeastern Georgia,’ an the
lower Chattahoochie River and are bclie
ived to antedate the Muscogee.
Ignorance of tribla differences make
early histroies difficult to interpret.
'Che name "Creeks” was given to an India
ns in the Georgia—Flordia area as early
as 1540 by Hernando De Soto’s army. The
Spaniards had as little regard for the
people as for their identity and histroy
records only the deplorable conditions
that existed afterthe Spanish Army with
drew .
The Creeks are next mentioned as str
ong allies of the English in the Anpala
■Snee wars of 1703 to 1708 and afterward
das allies' in South Carolina and Georgia
^Colonies. Significant is thoir hostility
|to the Spanish in Florida.
The revolt of the Creeks against the
(Americans in 1813-14* the Creek Indian
par, in which Davy Crockeet and General
|-Jackson gained fame, marks the only, ser
jibus uprising of these allies. So comp
jletely crushed were the Creeks by this
-il it ary decade that most of thoir ter
ritory, was ceded to the U. 8. Government
and they were removed to reservations in
1836,
The HITCHITI himself was taller than
the average European of his time often
measuring more than 6 feat, The reputa
tion which has long survived the tribe
tells 6f a people ’’erect in carriage and
graceful in every movement. Maghificie
! (con’t next column)
POWER
PEACE
FOR
• • • Two tasks confronting us. . ,
far outweigh all ethers . . . The first
is to insure our safety through strength
• • • We now have a broadly based and
| efficient defensive strength, including
a great deterrent power which is, for
the present, our best guarantee against
war. But, unless we act wisely and pro
mptly, we could lose that capacity to
deter attack or defend ourselves,.
My profoundest conviction is that the
American people will say, as one man;
"No matter what the exertions or sacri
fices, we shall maintain that necessary j
strength;
But we could make no more tragic mis
take than merely to concentrate on mili
tary strength. For is we did only this,
the future would hold nothing for the
world but an Age of Terror.
And so cur second task is to do the
constructive,work of building a genuine
peace. We must never become so preoc
cupied with our desire for military str
ength that we neglect those areas of
economic development, trade, diplomacy,
education, ideas,, and'principles where
the foundations of real peace must be
laid. . .
The only answer to a regime that wages
total cold war is ti wage total peace.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
^Extracted from the State of the
Union .Message, Jan. 9, 195S
ntly formed, they were proud, haughty,
breve end valiant, in war,"
The only known pictures are paintings
and engravings done in England. The tri
bal chief andhis nephew accompained Gov
ernor Qglethrope.there in 1734,
(This is the only known
difference.inspelling except that freely
interchanged-were the 'a* and ’i1 of the
last syllables. Thus presenting three
spellings: HITCHITI; HITCHITA; ETCHITA)
Reproductions of -these engravings may be
seen in the wardroom of the U. S. S. HI
TCHITI.
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