The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31
EAGLE OF THE CHoCTAWS.
GEN. JACKSON'S FAMOUS REDSKIS
BRIGADIER GENERAL.

His Body Now in Washington-It Is
Inferred in the Congregational
Cemetery-He Was Pushmatahn
and He Resisted Tecumsehs InfIu-
cnce in the Stirring Times of 1912.
From the New York Sun.
The Congressional cemetery is about one
mile and a half east of the capitol at
Washington. 1t is ten acres in extent. and
is partly bounded by a southwesterly curve
of the Anacostia river. 1t was formerly
known as the Washington Paris Burying
Ground" and has always been under the
direction of the vsstry of Christ Church.
In consideration of the legislation by Con-
gress In favor of this cemetery, its direc-
tors set aside space for 300 monuments or
ceEotaphs, to be erected in honor of
statesmen who might die while In the
service of the United States. More than
one hundred of these inartistic tOmbstones
are scattered through the northeastern
part of the cemetery They are cubes of
sandstone. each capped by a pyramid; and
in letters once black, but now dimmed by
time, set forth the names ages and dates
of death of the men thus commemorated
Not more than fifty persons are actual
" buried beneath these stones, the cree
ton Of which was discontinued about for
ty-hve years ago. Close to each other are
The monuments which cover the dust of
George Clinton and Elbrldge Gerry, both of
whom died while holding the office of Vice
President of the United States few
rods farther south broken column Of
white marble marks the last resting place
of Gen. Jacob Brown, whose brilliant
military record IS summed up in these
words, He was al Niagara and Cnippe
wa" Commodore Daniel p. Patterson,
Cen james Jackson of Georgia; William
Writ. Tobias Lear and several European
diplomats sleep their last slumber IN this
enclosure.
The red warrior. Pushmataha, deemed
worthy of a grave among them, is not un-
worthy to be remembered with them. He
was onco the extraordinary types which
belong to no race End no age, but are oc-
caslonaliy found in all.
Pushmataha, The eagle of the Choc-
taws,' was the incarnation of the type of
Indians idoalized by Cooper He was
born in what is now Mississippi in 1865
His early efforts in oratory were ridicued
by The elders Of his tribe. and his courage
was REGARDED as mere bravado, but he won
distinction and the warpath before ne was
- years old, and then went to Mexico
where he remained several years. When
Tecumseh made his memorable second
tour Of the South, in an endeavor 10 in
duee the Greeks, Cerokees and ChoctaWs
to become a part of his projected Indian
Confederation against the whites, Push
mataha was aheddy a middie-aged man,
whose prowess and oratory had at last
met the appreciation of his people He
had risen TO be the principal of the three
chiefs of mis- tribe and lived on the Tom
bigoee river. near st. Stephen. Ala.
Tecumseh was fattered by The overtures
Of the British, who sadly accepted the aid
of the savages of the Northwest in the
war then In progress. AT first the Choc-
Jaws would not listen TO Tecumseh, but at
length his e,oquence caused them to waV-
er. Gen r. L. Claiborne, enc Of Wayne's
gallant soldiers was then on his way to
defend Mobile. He determined TO obtain
an interview with The chief of the already
divided nation. Pushmataha received the
deputatlon sent by Ciaiborne. and was Ia
ter induced 20 visit the latter's headquar-
ters at Mount Vernon Gen. Claiborne
received him with military pomp. and pre-
scented him with the uniform and insignia
of a brigadier general. The gift consisted
spurs and hat and feather, all of which
had been ordered from Mobile at a cost
OF $500.
Whatever Pushmataha's previous inter-
tons may have been, the glitterng uni
form won his heart In the council of the
Choctaws. called in October 1913 20 &C.
eide the momentous question of allegiance
to the United States or Great Britain
Pushmataha remained silent until the
tenth and last day. lie then made an mn
passioned apeech, in which he announced