Tukabatchee

Tukabatchee or Tuckabutche) (Creek: Tokepahce ^[1]) is one of the four mother towns of the Muscogee Creek confederacy^[2] The pre-removal tribal town was located on the Tallapoosa River in the present-day state of Alabama.

The town is believed to be the first site of the ancient 'busk' fire which began the Green Corn Ceremony. Tukabatchee was the home of Big Warrior, one of the two principal chiefs of the Creeks until his death in 1826. Chief Opothleyahola was born here in 1780.^[3]

In 1811 Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (better known as the Prophet) addressed Creek leaders in the Tukabatchee town square. Tecumseh was so disappointed in Big Warrior's response at the end of his speech against American expansion that he said upon reaching Chalagawtha the Prophet would "...stamp his foot and all of Tuckabatchee's cabins would fall." The town was leveled by the New Madrid earthquake a month later.

During the Creek War in 1813, Red Stick rebels surrounded the town. The siege was lifted by Creeks from the nearby town of Cusseta.

Notes

↑ "English - Creek". Retrieved 2012-05-27.
↑ Isham, Theodore and Blue Clark. "Creek (Mvskoke)." Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 20 Aug 2012.
↑ Eddings, Anna. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. " Opothleyahola."

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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