03018nam 22006614a 450 991080875210332120240516102451.00-8173-8337-9(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(MdBmJHUP)muse27109(Au-PeEL)EBL835662(CaPaEBR)ebr10387611(MiAaPQ)EBC835662(EXLCZ)99255000000001946420030409d2004 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrSplendid land, splendid people the Chickasaw Indians to removal /James R. Atkinson1st ed.Tuscaloosa 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.)HistorySourcesChickasaw IndiansHistoryChickasaw IndiansGovernment relations.Chickasaw IndiansWars.976.004/973Atkinson James R1638337MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808752103321Splendid land, splendid people3980658UNINA