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Tukabatchee orTuckabutche (Creek:Tokepahce[1]) is one of the four mother towns of theMuscogee Creek confederacy.[2] The pre-removal tribal town was located on theTallapoosa River in the present-day state ofAlabama.
The town is believed to be the first site of the ancient 'busk' fire which began theGreen Corn Ceremony. Tukabatchee was the home ofBig Warrior, one of the two principal chiefs of the Creeks until his death in 1826. ChiefOpothleyahola was born here in 1780.[3]
In 1811Tecumseh andTenskwatawa (better known as the Prophet) addressed Creek leaders in the Tukabatchee town square. Tecumseh was so disappointed in Big Warrior's response at the end of his speech against American expansion that he said upon reaching Chalagawtha the Prophet would "...stamp his foot and all of Tuckabatchee's cabins would fall." An ahistorical legend subsequently developed stating that the town was leveled by theNew Madrid earthquake a month later but there is neither documentary nor archeological evidence that the town was destroyed.[citation needed]
During theCreek War in 1813,Red Stick rebels surrounded the town. The siege was lifted by Creeks from the nearby town ofCusseta.
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