Notes:

Referred to as Johnny Haujo in the writings of Benjamin Hakwins.

E-mail sent on 08 Mar 2007:

Concerning the Creek word Haujo/Hajo/Harjo/Hadjo, all means the same (Crazy). Here is where those names came from:

When a boy reached manhood, which gave him the previlege to marry, take up land, occupy a man's place in the lodge about the public square, take an active part in civil and military affairs, the tradition was for the boy to be given a name other than his clan name, at the annual harvest ceremony.

During the Ceremony the "tastanagi takko" (Big Warrior) would stand up and call the young men forward one at a time. He would present each one with a piece of tabbaco and pronounce outloud one of four possible titles, which would from that day forward belong to the young man in addition to his clan name. The four possible titles to choose were, Hadjo-Crazy or Droll, Fiksigo-Heartless, Imala-Leader and Yaholo-One who makes a loud cry or hoop. After this Cermony the boys were a man and entered into the class of "taskaya" (Warrior) in his town.

Examples of the Creek Warriors using their Ceremonial Names and Clan Names together "Nokusi Hadjo" means (Bear Crazy) "Katca Fiksigo" means (Panther Heartless) "Idjo Yaholo" means (Dear Cry) here is one more example, "Teaswa Fiksigo" means (Beaver Heartless) ande etc. Hope this helps.

In your case Johnny Haujo means (Johnny Crazy) his clan name is not given with this name. But I am sure he did have a clan name, I would just have to try to find it in docunmentation.

Best Regards,
Steve Travis

Family/Spouse: Pheobe Parobi PYBURN. Pheobe (daughter of Benjamin Jacob PYBURN and UNKNOWN) was born between 1774 and 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]