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Creek
noun
ˈkrēk

Definition

  • plural Creek or Creeks a member of any of a group of Indigenous American peoples that formed a confederacy in Georgia and eastern Alabama in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840
  • plural Creek or Creeks a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy muscogee sense 1
    the Muskogean language of this people muscogee sense 2

    NOTE: Creek is the name by which the Muscogee people were known to English settlers prior to their forcible removal to Indian Territory. Present-day members of this nation live under the name


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Creek
noun
ˈkrēk

Definition

  • plural Creek or Creeks a member of any of a group of Indigenous American peoples that formed a confederacy in Georgia and eastern Alabama in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840
  • plural Creek or Creeks a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy muscogee sense 1
    the Muskogean language of this people muscogee sense 2

    NOTE: Creek is the name by which the Muscogee people were known to English settlers prior to their forcible removal to Indian Territory. Present-day members of this nation live under the name

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