It will be found appropriate to distinguish between Creek towns and villages. By _towns_ is indicated the settlements which had a public square, by _villages_ those which had none. The square occupied the central part of the town, and was reserved for the celebration of festivals, especially the annual busk or _fast_ (púskita), for the meetings of chiefs, headmen and "beloved men," and for the performance of daily dances. Upon this central area stood the "great house," tchúka `láko, the council-house, and attached to it was a play-ground, called by traders the "chunkey-yard." Descriptions of these places will be given below.