About the Author

Gideon Lincecum was a self-taught physician, philosopher, and naturalist who lived in the Tombigbee River region in the early 1800s and who studied Choctaw history, culture, and language all his life. Greg O'Brien is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi and the author of Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750-1830.

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Pushmataha was a Warrior of Great Distinction. He was wise in Council; Eloquent in an extraordinary degree, On all occasions the white man's friend, and under all circumstances. - Grave inscription