Show are of scotch descent the prevalence of scotch names with the creek and cherokee indians has at various times been the source of comment although other nations and in tact nearly every na alon is represented by the names borne by these people the scotch names are far more numerous and have suffered less change than those acquired from any other nation the names of some of these scotch in deans are closely allied with the his tory of these two nations for the last years and tor several generations such names as mckellup mccombs adir mcqueen and mcall alvary are registered on nearly all the treaties and official papers ot moment in either nation men bearing these names to day are among the foremost ot the progressive indians the news of okmulgee gives this account of the origin of these scotch names As was stated the origin of these scotch names dates back over years at that time the creek and cherokee indians more especially bent their efforts toward building up a nation of physically perfect men the women were encouraged to mate only with the strong robust men of the tribe and it a weak with stood the taunts and jibes of his fellows and remained was little chance of his securing a wife in that way the life of these people wae almost spartan while this sentiment was at ita height and the tribes were living in georgia some time before the revolution a regiment of scotch ers was quartered in the vicinity of one of the principal villages of the nations the indian maidens looked with favor on the burly men of the north of scotland and a number of marriages was the result when the regiment was ordered back to eng land or to some other quarter of the globe there were some of Scotch men who stayed behind and their names have thus been fixed la the annals of the creek nation it Is through the creeks that the chero deos acquired their scotch names descendants of these highlanders been enrolled in the armies ot the united states since that time and president roosevelt had several 0 them in his hough riders kansas city journal |