Sharon, Was McCurtain County named after Green McCurtain? If it was, I will feel awfully silly. This is some interesting information. I never learned this in school. Has anyone ever been to the Lukfata Indian School for Girls? It is near Broken Bow, OK. I have never been there; but, I have been seeing the sign since I was a little girl. .....Mandy On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:57:36 -0000 "Sharon DeLoache" <deloache@intellex.com> writes: > Sometime ago, my husband and I discovered the San Bois Cemetery > outside of Kinta, Oklahoma. In that cemetery, surrounded by an iron > fence, is the grave of Green McCurtain. Immediately outside the > fence is a tomb stone and a concrete slab on which these words are > engraved: > > "Amy (Mahayia) McCurtain > Born in Miss. Married Choctaw Chief Cornelius McCurtain and came > over Trail of Tears. > Mother of 6 and 3 were chiefs; Jack, Edmond and Green McCurtain. > Recorded in Archives of Okla. Hist. Soc. and referred to as > McCurtain Dynasty for they led their people for over 50 yrs. > Mahayia (On and On) was the Granddaughter of the Historical and > Beautiful Indian Maiden Sho-Ma-Ka, of the extinct Shak-Chi-Homas > Indian Tribe. Sho-Ma-Ka's life is one of the most colorful stories > in the annals of the Five Civilized Tribes. This is recorded in the > National Archives. > > Donated by Grandson of Green McCurtain" > > > None of these folks are in my family, but I am fascinated by the > "Historical and Beautiful Indian Maiden" and the "extinct > Shak-Chi-Homas tribe". Does anyone know anything about any of this? > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes OKGenWeb and this Choctaw list > possible. RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA > 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >