Apuckshunubbee
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| Apuckshunubbee | |
| Residence | Choctaw nation, now Mississippi |
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| Nationality | Choctaw |
| Occupation | Tribal chief |
Apuckshunubbee (c. 1740 - October 18, 1824) was a principal chief of the Choctaw Native American tribe. He represented the western or Okla Falaya (Tall People) District. He has been described as "a large man, tall and bony, with a down look, and was of the superstitious and religious cast of mind."[1] Apuckshunubbee died in Kentucky on his way to Washington D.C. to negotiate for the tribe in 1824. His name was also spelled as Puckshenubbee, Pukshunnubbu, and Pukshunnubbee.
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[edit] Journey to Washington City
Apuckshunubbee, Pushmataha, and Mosholatubbee, the principle leaders of the Choctaws, went to Washington City (the 19th century name for Washington, D.C.) to discuss encroaching settlement and to seek the expulsion of settlers or financial compensation.[2] Apuckshunubbee was nearly 80 years old when he made the trip to protest violations made against the Treaty of Doak's Stand. He was a chief by 1801 and was a signer of the Treaty of Mount Dexter, Treaty of Fort St. Stephens, and the Treaty of Doak's Stand. The delgation also included Talking Warrior, Red Fort, Nittahkachee, Col. Robert Cole and David Folsom, both half-breed Indians, Captain Daniel McCurtain, and Major John Pitchlynn, the U.S. Interpreter.[1] The proposed route to Washington was to travel the Natchez trace to Nashville, Tennessee, then to Lexington, Kentucky, onward to Maysville, Kentucky, across the Ohio River northward to Chillicothe, Ohio, (former principal town of the Shawnee), then finally east over the “National Highway” to Washington City.[1]
Apuckshunubbee died in Maysville, Kentucky. Apuckshunubbee was reported to have died from a broken neck caused by a fall from a hotel balcony.[3] Other historians say he fell from a cliff.
| “ | According to the report in the Maysville Eagle, Apuckshunnubbe, the great Medal Chief, after supping at Captain Langhorne’s on Wednesday last, in the evening attempted to go to the river, missed his way, and was precipitated over the abutment of the road and received so severe contusions to his head and other injuries, as to render his recovery hopeless. He lingered until Friday night, in a perfectly senseless condition, when his soul winged to the presence of the Great Spirit. | ” |
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—Earl White- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma[1] |
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The death of Apuckshunubbee, along with Pushmataha, effectively crippled the Choctaw Nation. His successor was Robert Cole. Within six years the Choctaw were forced to cede their last remaining territory in Mississippi to the United States.
[edit] See Also
- Choctaw
- Pushmataha
- Mosholatubbee
- Greenwood LeFlore
- George W. Harkins
- Peter Pitchlynn
- Phillip Martin
- List of Choctaw Treaties
[edit] Citations
- ^ a b c d White, Earl. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (HTML). Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ Cushman, Horatio [1899]. "The Choctaw", History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians. University of Oklahoma Press, 149-150. ISBN 0806131276.
- ^ Cushman, Horatio [1899]. "The Choctaw", History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians. University of Oklahoma Press, 274. ISBN 0806131276.
