Splendid land, splendid people : the Chickasaw Indians to removal / James R. Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, James R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chickasaw Indians--History--Sources.

Chickasaw Indians.

Chickasaw Indians--Government relations.

Chickasaw Indians--Wars.

Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.)--History--Sources.

Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Before the Chickasaws were removed to lands in Oklahoma in the 1800's, the heart of the Chickasaw Nation was located east of the Mississippi River in the upper watershed of the Tombigbee River in what is today northeastern Mississippi. Their lands had been called ""splendid and fertile"" by French governor Bienville at the time they were being coveted by early European settlers. The people were also termed ""splendid"" and described by documents of the 1700's as ""tall, well made, and of an unparalleled courage. . . . The men have regular features, well shaped and neatly dressed; they

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Land of the Bones; 2. Down a Long Road; 3. The Long Road Narrows; 4. The Road Has No Fork; 5. The Road Lengthens; 6. A Better Road Traveled; 7. A Road Unexpected; 8. The Strange Road Ends; 9. A Short but Dangerous Road; 10. The War Road Ends; 11. The Road West Begins; 12. The Road West; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-341) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8337-9

OCLC:

636860807