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Known for. Defending Choctaw lands and monetary claims in Washington, promoting education for Indian youth. Peter Perkins Pitchlynn ( Choctaw: Hatchootucknee, lit. 'Snapping Turtle') (January 30, 1806 – January 17, 1881) was a Choctaw chief of mixed Native and European heritage (Choctaw and Scots - Anglo-American ancestry).
pitchlynn, peter perkins (1806–1881). A prominent Choctaw leader during the removal period, Peter Pitchlynn played a major role in building the national tribal government in the nineteenth century. He was the son of John Pitchlynn, a white trader, and Sophia Folsom, a mixed-blood Choctaw.
1 dic 1991 · Peter Pitchlynn, called Snapping Turtle by his full-blood friends, was actually only one-quarter Choctaw by blood. He was raised very much as a Choctaw, yet as the son of a well-to-do white trader was always somewhat set apart.
22 feb 2021 · Peter Pitchlynn: chief of the Choctaws. by. Baird, W. David. Publication date. 1972. Topics. Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins, 1806-1881, Choctaw Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography, Choctaw Indians -- History, Indians of North America -- Southern States -- History, Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- History. Publisher.
Peter Perkins Pitchlynn was a Choctaw chief of mixed Native and European heritage. He was principal chief of the Choctaw Republic from 1864-1866 and surrendered to the Union on behalf of the nation at the end of the Civil War.
Collection Overview. Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws, (1806-1881) was one of the persons selected by the Choctaws in 1828 to survey the southeast section of Indian Territory, the land they had chosen for their home when they were forced to leave Mississippi.
Peter Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws. By Charles Lanman. April 1870 Issue. WHEN Mr. Charles Dickens first visited this country, he met upon a steamboat on the Ohio River a noted Choctaw...
