What was our state like when it first received its name, derived from an Indian word, and became the Territory of Alabama on in March 1817?
![The history of the American Indians; particularly those nations adjoining to the Missisippi [!] East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure... With observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, & c. Also an appendix, containing a description of the Floridas, and the Missisippi [!] lands, with their productions--the benefits of colonizing Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians--and the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the mother country.. : Adair, James, trader with the Indians : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/92/be/c9/92bec95d4b664174833ea54196aed1f9.png)
