items. The name "Westo" apparently derived from the name of Byrd's plantation "Westover." The Spanish called them Chichimecos, a generic name they often applied to "uncivilized" Indians.

By 1659, the Westo had migrated from Virginia to the homeland of the old Ocute (La Tama) chiefdom near the present-day city of Macon. The Spanish in that year said they were attacking Indian tribes in the northern part of the Spanish colony. The Westo wreaked havoc on the Spanish