Pushmataha
Also known as The Indian General, Pooshawattaha
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.
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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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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