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Pushmataha : a Choctaw leader and his people / / Gideon Lincecum ; with an introduction by Greg O'Brien



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Autore: Lincecum Gideon <1793-1874.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Pushmataha : a Choctaw leader and his people / / Gideon Lincecum ; with an introduction by Greg O'Brien Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (125 p.)
Disciplina: 976.004/97387
Soggetto topico: Choctaw Indians - Kings and rulers
Choctaw Indians - History
Choctaw Indians - Social life and customs
Mounds - Mississippi
Soggetto geografico: Mississippi Antiquities
Altri autori: O'BrienGreg  
Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Choctaw traditions about their settlement in Mississippi and the origin of their mounds -- Life of Apushimataha.
Sommario/riassunto: Valuable, original, and difficult-to-find resources on Choctaw history and culture. This important book comprises two articles that appeared in the 1904 and 1906 volumes of Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. 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
Titolo autorizzato: Pushmataha  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8469-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819656803321
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