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

Index

Index ■ 197
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 139 American Revolution, 6, 10 Apaches, 73 Apuckshunnubbee, 70–71, 94, 104, 136 Apukshenubbee, 94 Apushamatahahubbee, 94 Arapahos, 73 Arkansans, 69, 126, 130, 142 Arkansas, 4, 58, 60, 67–70, 72, 74–76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 94, 112, 128, 143 Arkansas Gazette, 67, 69 Arkansas Penitentiary, 122 Arkansas Post, 35 Arkansas River, 50, 58, 74, 76, 112 Arkansas Territory, 32 Armstrong, Major F. W., 112, 115 Armstrong Census, 34 Armstrong Roll, 107, 108 Arundinaria tecta, 63 Ashley’s Ford, 137 Ayer Collection, xvi Aztecs, 3
B
Baird, W. David, xvii–xix Ball play, 124–25 Baptist, 110, 141 Battle of New Orleans, 20 Bayou Treache, 79 Beaver Creek, 62 Benton, Senator Thomas, 69 Bethabara mission, 114 Birch, Captain, 60 Bison, xvi, 58 Black Mesa, 48 Black River, 19 Black root tea, 64 Blue River, 62, 83–84 Boggy River, 58 Bookbearer, 115 Boston, 105 Brazos River, 50 British, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 20, 71 Buchanan, James, 122–23 Buffalo, 49, 51, 53, 67, 84 Byington, Cyrus, 55, 62, 90, 138
C
Caddo Indians, xxvi, 67, 73–74, 79 Calhoun, John C., 21–23, 29, 69 Canadian River, 54, 58, 62–63, 67–68, 73, 79, 81, 94, 112 Cantonment Towson, 83 Caribbean slave market, 5 Catlin, George, 52–53, 124 Champagne, Duane, 33, 111 Chashki yakni, 46 Cherokees, xiv, xv, xxiii, 5, 19, 20, 74–84, 110, 118, 128, 130, 147 Cheyennes,73 Chickasaws, xiv, xv, xvi, 5, 63, 74, 76, 111, 118, 130, 134 Chikaskia River, 58 Chisholm, John D., 75 Choctaw: clans, 7, 89, 92, 94–95, 98–102, 107–9, 111, 119, 125, 140; economy, 9, 126–27, 149; elders, 2, 7, 24, 46, 56, 91, 94–95, 101; full bloods, xvii–xx, 9, 33, 87–89; male gender roles, 7, 10, 16, 41, 63, 96, 98, 102, 108, 118–119, 128, 130; female gender roles, 16, 24, 34, 63, 95–96, 98, 101, 107–9; intermarried whites, 8–9, 16, 33, 57, 87–88, 110, 127, 134, 149; mixed bloods, xvi–xx, 88, 110 Choctaw Academy, 105, 107, 110 Choctaw Agency, 112, 124–25 Choctaw General Council, 106–7, 110 Christian missionaries, xvi, 26, 34 Christianity, 26, 34, 96, 99, 101–2, 104–6, 110–11, 139, 141Christmas, 72, 137–38 Cimarron, 58 Civil War, 127–31; anarchy during, 130; in Indian Territory, xxii, 129; pressure to join South, 126, 128 Claiborne, General Ferdinand, 19 Clark, Colonel, 84 Clark, General William, 75, 80 Clear Creek, 62 Clermont, 76, 77 Coffee, General John, 90 Cole, Robert, 71 Colorado, xvi Comanche, xiv, xxi, xxvi, 51, 68, 73, 82 Confederacy, 126, 128, 130 Congregationalists, 139 Congress, 15, 21, 32, 60, 69, 76, 88, 105, 151 Cortez, 3 Council House, 27, 94 Creek(s): Civil War, 128, 130; Osage War, 82; Red Sticks, 19–20, 23, 56, 71, slavery , 118; treaty with United States, 38; war with Choctaws, 10, 125; in Yamasee War, 5 Creek Nation, 19, 38 Creek Red Sticks, 23 Creek War, 12, 19 Cross Timbers, 50 Cummings, Major Alexander, 78–79 Custin, Dr., 59
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Dallas, 151 Dawes Act, 145, 150 De Soto, Hernando, 3–4, 49 Debo, Angie, xiv–xxi, xxiii, xxiv–xxv December, 13, 19, 21, 136 Delawares, 43, 54, 74, 76, 80–83 DeRosier, Arthur, Jr., 11, 14, 93 Disease, 4–6; Cholera, 6, 114; Diarrhea, 64; Malaria, 114; Measles, 114; Smallpox, 6, 71, 104; Tuberculosis, 6; Whooping cough, 6, 114 Doak’s Stand, 23 Doaksville, 135–36 Doaksville Constitution, 135 Draper Collection, xvi Dwight Mission, 78
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East, 47–48, 50, 57–58, 61, 63, 65, 67–68, 80, 87–88, 94, 101, 104, 114, 119, 129–30, 135 Eastern Woodlands, 48 Eastin, William, 23 Eaton, John H., 90–92 Edwards, John, 95–96 English, xxi, 4, 5, 8, 93, 127
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Five Civilized Tribes, xiv, 118 Flint, Timothy, 60 Flores, Dan, 59 Folsom, David, xviii Folsom, Edmond, 33 Folsom, Nathaniel, 8 Forbes, Jack, xxv 198 ■ Living in the Land of Death Foreman, Grant, xiv–xvii, xix–xxv, 115 Fort Adams, 35 Fort Gibson,76, 82, 113 Fort Jessup, 60 Fort Mims, 19 Fort Osage, 67 Fort Smith, 67, 72, 76, 78, 117, 121, 128 Fort Towson, 51, 59–62, 78, 83 France, 74 Freeman, Thomas, 59–60 French, xxi, 4, 6, 7, 10–11, 61, 114, 148 French and Indian War, 6 Fulton, Governor, 84
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Gaines, George S., 46, 54, 63, 82, 90 Gaines exploration party, 54 Galloway...