Pushmataha
A Choctaw Leader and His People
Gideon Lincecum author Greg O'Brien editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Alabama Press
Published:30th May '04
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This important book comprises two articles that appeared in the 1904 and 1906 volumes of Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. In ""Life of Apushimataha,"" Gideon Lincecum tells the story of Choctaw chief Pushmataha, who was born in Mississippi in 1764. A fearless warrior, his name literally means ""one whose tomahawk is fatal in war or hunting."" As a charismatic leader, his foresight in making an alliance with General Andrew Jackson brought the Choctaws into war with the Creek Nation and into the War of 1812 but served to their benefit for many years with the United States government. In 1824, Pushmataha traveled to Washington, D.C., to negotiate the Treaty of Doak's Stand as pressure grew for Choctaw removal to Oklahoma Territory, but he fell ill and died there. He was buried with full military honors in the Congressional Cemetery at Arlington. In ""Choctaw Traditions about Their Settlement in Mississippi and the Origin of Their Mounds,"" Lincecum translates a portion of the Skukhaanumpula - the traditional history of the tribe, which was related to him verbally by Chata Immataha, ""the oldest man in the world, a man that knew everything.
Pushmataha was a Warrior of Great Distinction. He was wise in Council; Eloquent in an extraordinary degree, On all occasions the white man's friend, and under all circumstances. - Grave inscription
ISBN: 9780817351151
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 177g
136 pages