The Chickasaw Nation
Subtitle: A Short Sketch Of A Noble People
Publisher: J.P. Morton & Co.
Published: 1920
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Page; title: Chapter I — As to the Origin of the American Indians I; title: Chapter II — As to the Origin of the Chickasaw Nation 14; title: How the Indians Preserved Historical Events 16; title: Traditions of a Western Origin 16; title: Did the Separation Take Place in the West? 20; title: The Indians Were the Mound Builders 23; title: Traditions Also Point to an Asiatic Origin 26; title: Conclusion 27; title: Chapter III — The Dawn of History for the Chickasaws 29; title: De Soto Lands in Florida 31; title: De Soto Reaches the Chickasaws 34; title: The Original Chickasaws as They Were 36; title: Battle with the Chickasaws 40; title: What Caused the Conflict 48; title: Chapter IV — Topography of the Country Between the Chickasaw Country and Chickasaw Bluffs 52; title: Dr. Rowland Has Shifted the Bulwark of His Defense . . 53; title: How Language Should Be Interpreted 55; title: The Trails of the Chickasaw Indians 57; title: The Short-Cut Trail, or Pigeon Roost Road 64; title: Pigeon Roost Creek and the Pigeons 70; title: The Trail from Holly Springs to New Albany 75; title: Chapter V—The Four De Soto Narratives Quoted and Compared 79; title: The Text of the Gentleman of Elvas 81; title: How the Governor Went from Quizquiz, and Thence to the River Grande 82; title: The Text of Biedma 83; title: The Text of Ranjel 85; title: Opinion of Professor Lewis Criticized 86; title: De Soto's Route to the Chickasaw Bluffs 92; title: Chapter VI— De Soto at the Chickasaw Bluffs 104; title: The Location of Quizquiz 115; title: De Soto's Camp Near a River Bank 118; title: Garcilaso de la Vega, the Inca 122; title: The Account of Garcilaso de la Vega 125; title: De Soto at the Mississippi 129; title: De Soto Crosses the Mississippi 130; title: The Country Opposite Memphis Dovetails with the Narratives 132; title: Chapter VII — Where the Mississippi was Crossed, Continued, and of the De Soto Memorial at Memphis 138; title: The Importance of the Discovery of the Mississippi River 139; title: The Great Abundance of Fish Taken Points to the Place of Discovery 144; title: Lusher 's Map as Reproduced by J. Paul Gaines 147; title: Article of Miss Mixon 151; title: The Map of Delisle Again 153; title: The De Soto Memorial Erected at Memphis, May 22, 1919 156; title: Address of Dr. B. F. Turner 158; title: The Tomb of De Soto 161; title: Address of Judge R. M. Barton 162; title: Address of J. Elmore Holmes Presenting Copy of De Soto 165; title: Response of Senor Don Emilio Zapico, the Spanish Consul 166; title: Minnesota and Mississippi Honor De Soto 167; title: Chapter VIII— The Home Life and Character of the Chickasaws 170; title: Authentic Sources of Information 170; title: How the Original Chickasaws Appeared 174; title: Private Character of the Chickasaws 179; title: Language of the Chickasaws 181; title: Their Dwelling Houses 182; title: Courtship and Marriage 186; title: The Marital Relation in Other Respects and Chickasaw Nomenclature 187; title: The Treatment of Children 193; title: Food Given by the Indians to Civilization 195; title: What the Chickasaws Had to Eat 200; title: Chickasaw Medicine 204; title: Amusements of the Chickasaws 205; title: The Chickasaw Hunters and their Endurance 205; title: Their Government, Religion, etc 208; title: Making War 220; title: The Indians Were the Mound Builders 221; title: What We Might Learn from the Primitive Chickasaws  223; title: Jefferson on Indian Eloquence 227; title: Montaigne's Opinion of the Indians and their Government 229; title: Chapter IX — The Chickasaws from the Time of De Soto Until their First Treaty with the United States 232; title: Iberville and Bienville Meet the Chickasaws 239; title: Population of the Primitive Chickasaws 242; title: Chickasaws Friends of the English 243; title: Causes Leading to the Extirpation of the Natchez 245; title: The Real Cause of the War made by the French on the Chickasaws 247; title: Bienville Makes War on the Chickasaws 249; title: The Signal Defeat of D'Artaguette 251; title: The Battle of Ackia 255; title: A Perfect Chickasaw Day 263; title: Bienville's Second War upon the Chickasaws 264; title: Vaudreuil Makes War on the Chickasaws 269; title: The Chickasaws' Prowess on the Mississippi 271; title: The English Gain Control of the Gulf States 276; title: The Prophecy of Adair Fulfilled 278; title: The Chickasaws Neutral during the Revolution 281; title: Why Mississippians, Tennesseans, Alabamians and Kentuckians Should be Proud of the Chickasaw Nation 282; title: Chapter IX — Continued Page; title: Why the Chickasaws were Unconquered and Unconquerable 283; title: Historic Chickasaw Country 285; title: Chapter X — Of the First Treaties between the United States and the Chickasaw Nation 292; title: The Right of Title by Discovery Established 293; title: The Indians Were Not Without Able White Defenders . 296; title: First or Unofficial Chickasaw Treaty 301; title: Treaties between the Chickasaws and the United States 305; title: The Treaty of 1786 306; title: The Treaty of 1801 308; title: The Treaty of 1805 309; title: Indians Encouraged to Contract Debts 311; title: The Treaty of 1816 312; title: The Treaty Preceding the Birth of Memphis 314; title: The Heart-Breaking Treaties of 1832 and 1834 317; title: Chapter XI — Short Sketch of Piomingo and Sequoyah; and herein of Men of the South 331; title: Piomingo, the Great Chickasaw Chief 332; title: George Washington to Piomingo 339; title: Piomingo, at the Nashville Conference, 1792 340; title: Piomingo Left to his Fate 343; title: Victory for the Unconquerable Chickasaws 346; title: Piomingo and Governor Gayoso 348; title: The Last Public Appearance of Piomingo 350; title: As to Family of Piomingo, etc 354; title: Sequoyah, the Cadmus of America 358; title: The Great Invention 362; title: Sequoyah in the Hall of Fame 366; title: The Last Days of Sequoyah 367; title: The South and Intellectual Men 368; title: The South After the Abolition of Slavery 373; title: The Fate of Haiti under Negro Rule 374; title: How the South Prospered After Emancipation 378; title: The Attitude of Southern Men to the Union 380; title: The Negro in the 1920 Census 388; title: Chapter XII — The Story of the Chickasaws Continued Since the Treaties of 1832 and 1834 394; title: Centenary of Chickasaw Triumphs 394; title: The Chickasaws Purchase a New Home in the Choctaw Country 397; title: Treaty of Washington, 1852 398; title: Ancient Cemetery at Pontotoc 399; title: Treaty at Washington, 1855 400; title: The Chickasaws and the Civil War 402; title: Treaty of the Choctaws and Chickasaws with the Confederate States of America 406; title: The Desolation of the Civil War 408; title: The Treaty of 1866 412; title: The Long Struggle for Racial Purity 415; title: Constitution and Laws of the Chickasaws 419; title: The Dawes Agreement 420; title: How Congress Set Aside all Indian Treaties 421; title: Illogical Argument against Ownership in Common  434; title: Robbing Indians According to Law 438; title: The Judiciary Sustains Congress 446; title: In the Forum of Conscience 450; title: Chapter XIII — The Chickasaws in the Twentieth Century. . 455; title: The Chickasaw Guards 456; title: Competitive Drills 460; title: Chickasaw Guards in World-Wide War 461; title: Certain Indians Made Citizens 467; title: The Chickasaws as Citizens of Oklahoma 474; title: The Name Oklahoma a Chickasaw Word 478; title: The Present Chickasaw Population 481; title: Unsold Tribal Property 484; title: The Present Chickasaw Officials 487; title: Indian Population of the United States 488; title: Official Washington vs. Official Washington 493; title: The Present General Condition of the Indians 500; title: Children in School 501; title: Christianity and the Chickasaws 504; title: Chickasaw and Choctaw Claim vs. United States 507; title: Chapter XIV— The World-Wide War and Herein of Otis W. Leader 510; title: Distinguished Service of Otis W. Leader 511; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: James H. Malone Frontispiece; title: Indian Pictograph Writing 1 6; title: De Soto at Chickasaw Bluffs 104; title: De Soto Memorial 156; title: Original Chickasaw 1 74; title: Chickasaw Hunting Scene 206; title: Bienville's Fort 256; title: historic Chickasaw Country 285; title: Piomingo 331; title: Sequoyah 358; title: Governor D. H. Johnston 455; title: Otis W. Leader 510; title: Pusher's Map Redrawn by Gaines Back of Book