[Aztlan] Mississippian Origins in Mexico?

[Gary Daniels]

Is anyone here familiar with Mexican geography? I'm trying to locate the
origins of the Creek Indians, the first mississippians in the southeast U.S.
Their migration legend has some tantalizing clues that makes me think they
have an origin in Mexico. Primarily, the myth mentions a mountain with red
smoke that's actually fire. This sure sounds a lot like a volcano to
me....and since there are no volcanos in the eastern U.S., I think it would
be difficult for a tribe to perfectly describe something they've never
experienced.

Below is an excerpt from the Creek Migration Legend. If the geographic clues
sound like a real place in Mexico, I'd love to hear about it:

"They came to a thick, muddy, slimy river-- came there, camped there, rested
there, and stayed over night there. The next day they continued their
journey and came, in one day, to a red, bloody river. They lived by this
river, and ate of its fishes for two years; but there were low springs
there; and it did not please them to remain. They went toward the end of
this bloody river, and heard a noise as of thunder. They approached to see
whence the noise came. At first they perceived a red smoke, and then a
mountain which thundered; and on the mountain was a sound as of singing.
They sent to see what this was; and it was a great fire which blazed upward,
and made this singing noise....They here met a people of three different
Nations. They had taken and saved some of the fire from the mountain; and,
at this place, they also obtained a knowledge of herbs and of many other
things."

The full text of the myth can be found here:

http://www.wm.edu/linguistics/creek/gatschet/01Gatschet8-18.pdf

So basically I'm looking for a volcano that's near two rivers...a
muddy/slimy river and  a red "bloody" river. The "low springs" could be
sulfur springs...which wouldn't be out of the ordinary near a volcano.

Does this location sound familiar to anyone? Does this fit the description
of the geography around El Popo?

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Gary C. Daniels
Publisher, LostWorlds.org
http://www.lostworlds.org?gad=CM6al6sDEgg2VfoIq4PgCxjIgoT_AyD2h4AT