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Pushmataha
2010,2004
Overview
Comprises two valuable, original, and difficult-to-find
pieces on Choctaw history and culture that originally appeared
in the 1904 and 1906 volumes of
Publications of the Mississippi Historical
Society 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, DC, 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.” It explains how and why the sacred Nanih
Waya mound was erected and how the Choctaws formed new towns,
and it describes the structure of leadership roles in their
society.
Publisher
University of Alabama Press,The University of Alabama Press
Subject
ISBN
9780817351151, 0817351159
