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Pushmataha (c. 1764 – December 24, 1824; also spelled Pooshawattaha, Pooshamallaha, or Poosha Matthaw) was one of the three regional chiefs of the major divisions of the Choctaw in the 19th century.
Dec 21, 2020 · Pushmataha assembled a force of more than 700 fighters and Jackson promoted him to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He and the Choctaw force helped bring an end to the Creek attacks in March 1814 at the Battle Horseshoe Bend, nearly wiping out the entire Creek fighting force.
Pushmataha was a Choctaw Indian chief whose compliance facilitated U.S. occupation of Indian land in the early 19th century. In 1805, shortly after being elected chief, he signed the Treaty of Mount Dexter, ceding much of his people’s land in Alabama and Mississippi for white occupancy.
Aug 9, 2022 · Chief Pushmataha was well known as a skillful warrior and a wise leader. He had established a reputation as an eloquent speaker and successful negotiator by 1800, able to speak four languages. He guided Choctaw Nation to being an ally of the United States in the War of 1812, and was commissioned as a brigadier General, leading a battalion of ...
Pushmataha County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,812. [1] Its county seat is Antlers. [2] The county was created at statehood from part of the former territory of the Choctaw Nation, which had its capital at the town of Tuskahoma.
Apr 24, 2020 · Pushmataha, at 50 years of age, and his Choctaw warriors helped General Andrew Jackson and his American army, Cherokees, and Lower Creeks avenge the Upper Creek massacre of Fort Sims and destroy the Upper Creek military support of the British.
Quick Facts. Significance: Choctaw chief. Place of Birth: Noxubee River near present-day Macon, Mississippi. Date of Birth: c. 1764. Place of Death: Washington, D.C. Date of Death: December 24, 1824.
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Mar 27, 2023 · Pushmataha is perhaps the best-known Choctaw leader of the nineteenth century. He is most famous for negotiating treaties with the U.S. government that allied the Choctaws with the Americans against the British in the War of 1812 and for leading Choctaw forces in aid of Gen. Andrew Jackson against the Red Stick Creek faction during the Creek ...
Jul 5, 2004 · Pushmataha: A Choctaw Leader and His People. "The Life of Pushmataha" is a fascinating little piece of biography and legend. This man arrived as a teen among the Choctaw, claiming to have had no parents and no particular place of origin. By Don Noble.
Pushmataha, a Choctaw warrior and chief, was one of the most influential Native American leaders of the early 1800s. He was born ca. 1764 in what is now Noxubee County. As a young man, he was influenced by white traders, Indian agents, and missionaries. By studying their language, customs, and negotiation techniques, Pushmataha learned to […]
