From Carol Middleton
TAL-A-Ti-Gi-- Meaning "Border Town". The French Census of 1760 spelled
it KA-LA-LE-KIS, and stated that it contained 130 warriors. "It was
originally settled from A-BIH-KA, and was no doubt the town in which was
fought the Battle of Talladega on November 9th, 1813. The town probably
covered a district which bordered on that of the Natchez, hence the name
"Border Town".
----from "Historic Tales of Talladega", E. Grace Jemison (1959,
self-published)
"The source of this name is Creek 'talwa' [dot over the "a"], town, and
'atigi' [another dot over the "a"], border -- 'Border Town' -- a town
indicating its location on the boundary between the lands of the Creek
Indians and those of the Natchez.
"The final sylable "-wa" is regularly lost in Creek compound words, as
in 'fusachi' [dot over a], bird stream, 'okchanalgi [dot], salt clan,
'opilllako', big swamp, 'pinhoti', turkey home, the first elements
being respectively 'fuswa'. bird, okchanwa', salt, 'opilwa', swamp, and
'pinwa', turkey.
---from "Indian Place Names in Alabama", James B. McMillan
Sorry, keyboard does not provide proper elements for strict duplication
of characters. But you get the idea??
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