Pushmataha
Subtitle: a Choctaw leader and his people
By: Gideon Lincecum ; with an introduction by Greg O'Brien.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Pushmataha, -- ca. 1764-1824.; Choctaw Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.; Choctaw Indians -- History.; Choctaw Indians -- Social life and customs.; Mounds -- Mississippi.; Mississippi -- Antiquities.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "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." It explains how and why the sacred Manih Waya mound was erected and how the Choctaws formed new towns, and it describes the structure of leadership in their society."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Choctaw traditions about their settlement in Mississippi and the origin of their mounds; title: Life of Apushimataha.