Pushmataha
Sign in to savePushmataha ( – 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. Many historians considered him the "greatest of all Choctaw chiefs". Pushmataha was highly regarded among Native Americans, Europeans, and white Americans, for his skill and cunning in both war and diplomacy.
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- Pushmataha
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- 1824 portrait of Pushmataha by Charles Bird King, in History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
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- Paramount Chief of the Choctaw Nation
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- Chief of the Six Towns District
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- 1815
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- 1824
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- 1800
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- 1824
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- 1764, exact date unknown
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- Name
- Early life
- Chief of the Six Towns district
- War of 1812
- Principal Chief of the Choctaw
- Journey to Washington
- Death and burial
- Successors
- Legacy and honors
- Family
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Pushmataha ( – 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. Many historians considered him the "greatest of all Choctaw chiefs". Pushmataha was highly regarded among Native Americans, Europeans, and white Americans, for his skill and cunning in both war and diplomacy.
Rejecting the offers of alliance and reconquest proffered by Tecumseh, Pushmataha led the Choctaw to fight on the side of the United States in the War of 1812. He negotiated several treaties with the United States.
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1760s births1824 deaths19th-century American diplomatsBattle of New OrleansBurials at the Congressional CemeteryChiefs of the ChoctawInfectious disease deaths in Washington, D.C.Native American history of MississippiNative Americans in the War of 1812People from Macon, MississippiPeople of the Creek War