As early as the latter half of the sixteenth century, a tribe speaking a Maskoki language was settled on the shores of the Atlantic ocean, on lands included at present in the State of South Carolina, and from these shores they extended to some distance inland. In that country René de Laudonnière in 1564 established a fortification in Port Royal Bay, called Charlefort, and the terms transmitted by him, being all of Creek origin, leave no doubt about the affinity of the natives, yatiqui _interpreter_, tola _laurel_, Olataraca, viz.: holá'hta `láko, nom. pr. "_the great leader_." Shortly after, the Spanish captain Juan Pardo led an expedition (1566-67) through the countries along Savannah river, and the local names found in the report made of it by Juan de la Vandera (1569) also point to the presence of a people speaking Creek established on both sides of that river:[41] Ahoya "_two going_"; Issa Cr. ídshu "_deer_"; Solameco, Cr. súli miko "_buzzard chief_"; Canosi, Cr. ikanō′dshi "_graves are there_"--the name of Cannouchee river, Georgia.