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=== History === | === History === | ||
Their first recorded encounter with non Indian was with the Spanish explorer De Soto in 1540. | Their first recorded encounter with non Indian was with the Spanish explorer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto De Soto] in 1540. | ||
The tribe had inter-tribal conflicts with the [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]], [[Creek Indians|Creeks]], [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]], Illinois, [[Kickapoo Indians|Kickapoo]], [[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee]], Mobilians, [[Osage Indians|Osage]] and [[Quapaw Indians|Quapaw.]] | The tribe had inter-tribal conflicts with the [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]], [[Creek Indians|Creeks]], [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]], Illinois, [[Kickapoo Indians|Kickapoo]], [[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee]], Mobilians, [[Osage Indians|Osage]] and [[Quapaw Indians|Quapaw.]] | ||
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The Chickasaw are the smallest group of the Five Civilized Tribes. Before removing to Indian Territory the tribe sent (1830) a group to inspect the land of the proposed relocation. The group rejected the proposed land, which voided the treaty and removal. This same process reoccurred in 1832, 1835 and 1836. Finally in 1837 the Chickasaw leaders met with the Choctaw leaders near Fort Towson in Indian Territory and agreed to pay the Choctaw for the part of the Choctaws' region in southern Indian Territory. | The Chickasaw are the smallest group of the Five Civilized Tribes. Before removing to Indian Territory the tribe sent (1830) a group to inspect the land of the proposed relocation. The group rejected the proposed land, which voided the treaty and removal. This same process reoccurred in 1832, 1835 and 1836. Finally in 1837 the Chickasaw leaders met with the Choctaw leaders near Fort Towson in Indian Territory and agreed to pay the Choctaw for the part of the Choctaws' region in southern Indian Territory. | ||
The tribe was divided into several groups for the removal leaders included: Colonel A.M.M.Upshaw, John M. Millard, Captain Joe A. Phillips, Dr. C.G. Keenan, W.R. Guy, Chief Ishtehopa, Kin-hi-cha, and Chief Sealy with Lieutenant Governor Morris and Daniel McCurtain an interpreter. Some groups took the overland route and other a water route. The Groups arrived at Memphis November of 1837, from Memphis many took steamships under the direction of Captain Simeon Buckner to Fort Coffee.Some traveled by land directed by Langtree, Welbourne, and John M.Millard. | The tribe was divided into several groups for the removal leaders included: [https://repositories.tdl.org/ttu-ir/handle/2346/45145/browse?value=Upshaw%2C+A.M.M.&type=author Colonel A.M.M.Upshaw], John M. Millard, Captain Joe A. Phillips, Dr. C.G. Keenan, W.R. Guy, Chief Ishtehopa, Kin-hi-cha, and Chief Sealy with Lieutenant Governor Morris and Daniel McCurtain an interpreter. Some groups took the overland route and other a water route. The Groups arrived at Memphis November of 1837, from Memphis many took steamships under the direction of Captain Simeon Buckner to Fort Coffee.Some traveled by land directed by Langtree, Welbourne, and John M.Millard. | ||
Gibson, Arrell M. ''The Chickasaws''. Norman University of Oklahoma Press. FHL book 970.3 C432g | Gibson, Arrell M. ''The Chickasaws''. Norman University of Oklahoma Press. FHL book 970.3 C432g | ||
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