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Chatot |
| Ethnie: | CHATOT |
| Language: | Chatot |
| Family: | Muskhogean |
| Stock: | Muskhogean |
| Phylum: | Algic |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| Speakers | Language extinct |
| The Chatot were a sedentary tribe located west of the Apalachicola River in Florida. They relocated often due to White pressure before being absorbed into other cultures. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| Chacato, Tolentino |
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| Year | History |
| 1639 | Made peace with Florida governor |
| 1674 | 2 missions established for tribe |
| 1675 | Rebellion, ended by Florencia, settled near Apalachee town of San Luis |
| 1699 | Attacked by Creek, 42 carried away |
| 1706 | Attacked again, fled to Mobile |
| 1763 | Mobile ceded to English, Chatot moved to LA |
| 1924 | Some Louisiana Choctaw remembered former presence of tribe in state |
| Year | Total Population | FL | LA | Source | |
| 1674 | 1,350 | 1,350 | Swanton estimate | ||
| 1700 | 1,000 | 1,000 | NAHDB calculation | ||
| 1707 | 900 | Bienville estimate | |||
| 1725 | 140 | Swanton estimate | |||
| 1800 | 100 | 100 | NAHDB calculation | ||
| 1900 | 50 | 50 | NAHDB calculation | ||
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| None |
| Chatot Sites: |
| Chatot Indain Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/chatothist.htm |
| Mission San Luis de Apalachee http://www.missionsanluis.org/ |
| Mission San Luis de Apalachee http://www.taltrust.org/san_luis.htm |
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