Toa

Toa was a Native chiefdom in the river valleys of Georgia. In March 1540 Hernando de Soto's expedition reached it after leaving Capachequi and travelling northeast along the Flint River. The Spaniards crossed the river and stayed briefly in Toa before continuing toward the Ocmulgee. Its communities belonged to the world of the late Mississippian Southeast, where maize-growing towns stood among wooded valleys and maintained relationships with neighbouring chiefdoms.