Talimachusi

Talimachusi lay in the country of Coosa, a powerful chiefdom of the southern Appalachian valleys. In 1540 Hernando de Soto's expedition passed through the town after leaving Coosa's principal settlement and travelling south toward Itaba. The wider chiefdom included a chain of villages along the Coosawattee River, with houses and cultivated land surrounding its political centre. Its reach extended beyond the valley to neighbouring communities among the ridges and rivers.