Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860

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Many Choctaws attended schools like this one, which was built in 1877 in Skullyville, Choctaw Nation. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 241.1. Samuel Garland, chief of the Choctaw Nation, 1862–64. Photo taken in 1865 in Washington, D.C. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 767. Colonel George Harkins, circa 1870, was the nephew of Greenwood LeFlore. Photo taken by C. M. Bell of Washington, D.C. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 811. Judge James Thompson, a wealthy white man, with his Choctaw wife and child. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 915. Sampson Folsom, the son of David Folsom. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 1429. Mrs. Pitchlynn and her children. The baby, Hiram Pitchlynn, became a doctor. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 2418. A Choctaw mother and child, circa 1870. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 2431.109. Choctaw Lighthorsemen, the law enforcement of the Choctaw Nation. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical society, 2641. ■ v A Choctaw grave house. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Barde Collection, 4961. A Choctaw treasury warrant issued soon after the end of the Civil War. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 9249B. Robert M. Jones and his wife, Susan Colbert, circa 1860. Jones was the wealthiest man in the Choctaw Nation and had thousands of acres of cotton planted along the Red River. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 11397. A black Choctaw family and their home. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 8062. The home of Thomas LeFlore, twice chief of the Choctaw Nation, was built in 1831. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 11553. Peter P. Pitchlynn, chief from 1864–66. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 14223. Typical Choctaw boy on a pony, circa 1875. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 15896. Courthouse grounds in Eagle County, Choctaw Nation. At the base of the huge tree, Choctaw justice was meted out. Courtesy of the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 19479.2. ...