03055nam 22006614a 450 991045639770332120200520144314.00-8173-8337-9(CKB)2550000000019464(EBL)835662(OCoLC)636860807(SSID)ssj0000487544(PQKBManifestationID)11313503(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487544(PQKBWorkID)10443326(PQKB)11106427(SSID)ssj0000741915(PQKBManifestationID)11409349(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741915(PQKBWorkID)10743107(PQKB)11182702(MiAaPQ)EBC835662(MdBmJHUP)muse27109(Au-PeEL)EBL835662(CaPaEBR)ebr10387611(EXLCZ)99255000000001946420030409d2004 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrSplendid land, splendid people[electronic resource] the Chickasaw Indians to removal /James R. AtkinsonTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20041 online resource (382 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5033-0 0-8173-1339-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-341) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Land of the Bones; 2. Down a Long Road; 3. The Long Road Narrows; 4. The Road Has No Fork; 5. The Road Lengthens; 6. A Better Road Traveled; 7. A Road Unexpected; 8. The Strange Road Ends; 9. A Short but Dangerous Road; 10. The War Road Ends; 11. The Road West Begins; 12. The Road West; Notes; Bibliography; IndexBefore the Chickasaws were removed to lands in Oklahoma in the 1800's, the heart of the Chickasaw Nation was located east of the Mississippi River in the upper watershed of the Tombigbee River in what is today northeastern Mississippi. Their lands had been called ""splendid and fertile"" by French governor Bienville at the time they were being coveted by early European settlers. The people were also termed ""splendid"" and described by documents of the 1700's as ""tall, well made, and of an unparalleled courage. . . . The men have regular features, well shaped and neatly dressed; theyChickasaw IndiansHistorySourcesChickasaw IndiansGovernment relationsChickasaw IndiansWarsTombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.)HistorySourcesElectronic books.Chickasaw IndiansHistoryChickasaw IndiansGovernment relations.Chickasaw IndiansWars.976.004/973Atkinson James R1034240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456397703321Splendid land, splendid people2453237UNINA