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The Apalachicola
(also called Pallachacola) were a group of
Native Americans related to the
Creek. They spoke a
Muskogean language related to
Hitchiti. They lived along the
Apalachicola River. Around 1706
some of the Apalachicola moved from the Apalachicola River area to the
Savannah River, close to the colony
of
South Carolina. They may have been
captured during English-sponsored
slave raids and forced to relocate to
the Savannah River. A census taken in 1708 described the Apalachicola
of the Savannah River as the "Naleathuckles", with 80 men settled in a
town about 20 miles up the Savannah River. A more accurate census was
taken by
John Barnwell in early 1715. This
census describes the Savannah River Apalachicola as living in two
villages and having a population of 214 people — 64 men, 71 women, 42
boys, and 37 girls. Information courtesy of
Wikipedia.org
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