Apalachicola people  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search Total population Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations United States (Louisiana)
Related ethnic groups Creek, other Muskogean peoples  The
Apalachicola (also called Pallachacola,[1] ) were a group of
Native Americans related to the Muscogee people. They spoke a
Muskogean language related to Hitchiti. They lived along the
Apalachicola River in present-day Florida. Their name derives
probably from Hitchiti Apalachicoli or Muskogee Apalachicolo,
signifying apparently "People of the other side", with reference
probably to the Apalachicola River or some nearby stream.
Around 1706 some of the Apalachicola moved from the Apalachicola
River area to the Savannah River, which formed the future border
between the colony of South Carolina and Georgia. They may have
been captured during English-sponsored slave raids and forced to
relocate to the Savannah River area. A census taken in 1708
described the Apalachicola of