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Cofitachequi was a
paramount chiefdom founded about AD 1300 and
encountered by the
Hernando de Soto
expedition in
South Carolina in
April 1540. Cofitachequi...
- The Lady of
Cofitachequi was a
Native American woman who
served as
chieftainess of the
Cofitachequi tribe during the 16th century. She was
described by...
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expedition made two
journeys through Georgia - the
first heading northeast to
Cofitachequi in
South Carolina, and the
second heading southwest from Tennessee, at...
- was
locked in a
longstanding war with the
rival paramount chiefdom of
Cofitachequi in present-day
South Carolina. The
chiefdom remained a
significant regional...
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Alabama River Valley. The
Lower Towns included Coweta,
Cusseta (Kasihta,
Cofitachequi),
Upper Chehaw (Chiaha), Hitchiti, Oconee, Ocmulgee, Okawaigi, Apalachicola...
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expedition recorded being received by a
female chief (The Lady of
Cofitachequi), who gave her tribe's pearls, food and
other goods to the
Spanish soldiers...
- was
spoken by at
least some of the
people of the
paramount chiefdom of
Cofitachequi in
northeastern South Carolina. If so, that
would be the most eastern...
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Colony of
Virginia Cofitachequi Joara...
- In 1540,
Hernando de Soto
explored the
region and the main town of
Cofitachequi,
where he
captured the
queen of the
Maskoki (Muscogee) and the Chelaque...
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written historical records of this area,
which was part of the
regional Cofitachequi chiefdom of the
Mississippian culture.
During the
colonial era, European...
