The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-04-19
GREENWOOD LEPLORE.
One of Mississippi's Host
Famous Characters.
A Sketch of the Noted Indian
Chief, in Whose Honor the
County of Lie fore and the
City of Greenwood
Are Named.

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An insight into the life and
character of Greenwood Leflore.
one of Mississippi's noted Indian
chiefs, would be:interesting at this
time. IL the month of September,
1880, the celebrated Dancing
Rabbit Greek treaty" was made be-
tween the Choctaw Nation and the
United States. OF that treaty the
following is taken from Hutchin-
sons Mississippi code, 1913 to
1913.
l. Perpetual peace and friend
ship is pledged and agreed upon
BY and between the United States
and the Mingoes chiefs and war
1lQr: Of the Ch9ctaw nation of red
people; and that this may be cop-
sidered the treaty existing between
the parties, all other treaties here
tofore existing, and inconvenient
with the provisions of this, are
hereby declared null and void.
,. The United States, under a
grant specially to be made by the
President Of the United States,
shall cause to be conveyed to the
Choctaw nation a tract of country
west Of the Mississippi river, in
fee simple to them and their de-
scendants, to insure to them while
they exist as a nation and live on
i; Beginning near Fort Smith,
where the Arkansas boundary
crosses the Arkansas river; run
Ming thence to the source of the
Canadian Fork, ii in the limits of
the United States, or to those linn
its; thence due South to Red Riv-
er, and down Red River to tie
Western boundary of the Territory
Of Arkansas: thence north along
that line to the beginning. The
boundry to the same to be
agreeable to the treaty made
and concluded in Washington City
in the year 1925. The giant is to
be executed as soon as the present
treaty shall be satisfed.' Section
- of The treaty says: "To each
OF the chiefs OF the Choctaw Nation
towit: Greenwood LeFlore, Met
ackachie and Mushulatubbe, there
is granted a reservation of four
sections of land" (For further
information Of this treaty see
Hutchinson's code Of Mississippi. J
Greenwood LAHORE was born
near French Camp, Miss, in the
year 1900 He was Of Indian and
French parentage, his father beng
a Frenchman and his mother n
half breed Of the Choctaw Nation.
In the sweet pure atmosphere OF
the pines, whose towering heights
east their shadows across the hills
That ribbed this section of the
country, young LAHORE had his
early happy hunting grounds.
Fleet Of foot as the. deer that roam,
n The forest, and straight iii form
IS the arrow ofhis own make, with
his mothers features and express
ION more strongly accumulated than
those of his sire, this comely In
dian boy, destined to play an ac-
tive and conspicuous part IA the
States history, grew and strength
ened unto manhood At the early
age of is years Greenwood LAHORE
sought in marriage the handsome
daughter of Major Donly, Of Nash
Vile, Tenn, His suit prospere1
and the happy couple were lnited
in wedlock. Returning with his
bride to Mississippi-the stage up.
on which the most interesting part
Of his life was acted-here he be.
came chief of the Thoctaw Nation
In this position he was enabled tC
serve the United States Govern
ment to the extent Of bringing
about the Dancing Rabbit Greek
treaty" in 1880, for which he was
handsomely rewarded by gift o
fifteen thousand acres OF the mos
fertile lands in Mississippi in Car
roll county anc portion of Leflor'
county, Yazoo Delta, the latte
county being formed in 1871 ant
named in honor of the chief Sc
lecting the most beautiful spot il
all his broad acre s for a home site
such as nature in her most artistic
moods can touch into living pic
ture, for when the rooftree wa
planted, this undulating section 0
country was replete with sceni
,r,ndonr nalatial home wa