The story
- Creek · derived fromwe-chate“red water”
- English todayWichita
Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wichita
Today it means: A member of a tribe of Native Americans, most populous in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Full definition →
Creek we-chate