Abihka

Abihka was one of the old Muscogee communities of the Coosa river country and a foundation town of the Creek confederacy. Its people were closely connected with the neighbouring Coosa, and the name Abihka was sometimes used for Upper Creek peoples more broadly. Refugees from the Natchez found a home among them after warfare in the lower Mississippi valley.

In the eighteenth century Yahatatastonake, known to British traders as the Great Mortar, represented Abihka among the Upper Creeks. He favoured ties with the French and opposed British encroachment on Creek hunting grounds. His career unfolded amid competition between European powers and the efforts of Creek towns to defend their independence. The Abihka maintained particularly close ties with their Coosa neighbours, whose settlements also occupied the river valley.