Chickasaw Nation



Various spellings: Chickasaw, Chickesaw

Original homeland on the northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and eastern Arkansas.

The Chickasaw Nation is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma.

One of the Five Civilized Tribes: Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek and Seminole 

Linguistic group: Muskhogean

History
Their first recorded encounter with non Indian was with the Spanish explorer De Soto in 1540.

The tribe had inter tribal conflicts with the Choctaw, Creeks, Cherokee, Illinois, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Mobilians, Osage and Quapaw.

The Chickasaw are the smallest group of the Five Civilized Tribes. Before removing to Indian Territory the tribe sent (1830) a group to inspect the land of the proposed relocation. The group rejected the proposed land, which voided the treaty and removal. This same process reoccured in 1832, 1835 and 1836. Finally in 1837 the Chickasaw leaders met with the Choctaw leaders near Fort Towson in Indian Territory and agreed to pay the Choctaw for the part of the Choctaws' region in southern Indian Territory.

The tribe was divided into several groups for the removal leaders included: Colonel A.M.M. Upshaw, John M. Millard, Captain Joe A. Phillips, Dr. C.G. Keenan, W.R. Guy,Chief Ishtehopa, Kin-hi-cha, and Chief Sealy with Leiutenant Governor Morris and Daniel McCurtain an interpreter. Some groups took the overland route and other a water route. The Groups arrived at Memphis November of 1837, from Mephis many took steamships under the direction of Captain Simeon Buckner to Fort Coffee. Some traveled by land directed by Langtree, Welbourne, and John M. Millard

Brief Timeline

 * 1729: Natchez Revolt, the Natchez joined the Chickasaw
 * : During the French and Indian War were allies of the British
 * 1786: Hopewell Treaty; northern boundary of the Ohio River.
 * 1809-11: Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, tried to unite Indians against the United States
 * 1822: some moved west of the Mississippi
 * 1832: 
 * 1833: Treaty of Pontotoc Creek
 * 1837: a group of 450-500 removed to Indian Territory
 * 1839: 300 Chicksaw arrive in Indian Territory
 * 1841: 145 Chickasaw emigrated
 * 1842: 198 imigrated
 * 1844: 138 Chickasaw and 56 slaves moved west
 * 1847: Census in Oklahoma Territory
 * 1855: treaty separating land of Chickasaw and Choctaw.

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Chickasaw tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Tribal Headquarters
Chickasaw Nation Headquarters P.O. Box 1548 Ada, OK 74821 Phone: 580.436.2603

Census
1818 Chickasaw Census - an annuity roll www.chickasawhistory.com

Chickasaw Emigration Roll 1839 (Upshaw Roll). Prepared by A.M.M. Upshaw abstracted from National Archives Filming of 1980 Record Group 75 Records of Bureau of Indian Affairs Edited and Indexed by Larry S. Watson C. Histree 1994 FHL Book: 970.3 C432ce

1847Chickaswa Indian Census Roll Indian Territory, 1839 Chickasaw Indian Census Roll Indian Territory, 1837 Chickasaw Indian Census (Muster) Roll Mississippi. Abstracted and edited by Bennie Coffey Loftin and Johnny Cudd Published by Pittsburg County Genealogical and Historical Society, 113 E. Carl Albert parkway, McAlester, Oklahoma 74501-5039. FHL Book 970.3 C432ci

Correspondence 

Treaties


 * 1786 January 10, at Hopewell
 * 1801 October 24, at Chickasaw Bluffs
 * December 17, 1801
 * 1805 July 23,
 * January 7, 1806, in Cherokee treaty
 * August 9, 1814, Creek treaty
 * 1816 September 20, at Chickasaw Council House
 * October 19, 1818, at Chickasaw Old Town
 * 1830 August 31, at Franklin
 * 1832 October 20, at Chickasaw Council House (Pontitock)
 * 1832 October 22, supplementary
 * 1834 May 24,
 * 1837 January 17, at Doaksville
 * 1852 June 22, at Washington
 * 1854 November 4, at Doaksville
 * 1855 June 22, at Washington
 * 1865 September 13, at Fort Smith
 * 1866 April 28, at Washington
 * July 4, 1866, Delaware treaty

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution of the Chickasaw Nation
 * The Chickasaw Nation Official Web Site
 * Chickasaw Nation Wikipedia