Tammy, Thanks for the link on Peter Pitchlynn, he's one of my favorites. Suggested reading My life among the Choctaws by Henry Clay Benson. Doug Tammy Jones wrote: > A Man Between Nations: The Diary of Peter Pitchlynn > > http://www.missourireview.org/features/pitchlynn.html > > Tammy Dice Jones > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: O. G. <SLIMEY_1@webtv.net> > To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 8:14 AM > Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] CREATION STORIES > > > > > Nalora is there any information in your books on a Peter Pitchlynn? And > > do you know if there was a Peter Pitchlynn that was the Chief of the > > Choctaw nation at one time? Would you and anyone else on the list that > > have any information on this please share with me what you have on > > this.. > > > > Peace and Love, > > Slimey > > > > > > =========original message=============== > > > > Message > > From: vashti@theshop.net (Nalora) > > Date: Fri, Apr 7, 2000, 3:18pm > > To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] CREATION STORIES Reply to: > > CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com > > > > In "The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic" page 3, Angie Debo states > > there is a Legend related by Peter Pitchlynn that the Choctaw people > > came from under the ocean, (apparently the Gulf of Mexico) and were > > guided north by their sacred pole. Ms. Debo cites Cushman, pg 31-32 as > > her source for this creation myth. > > > > Nalora > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > > Check out the Oklahoma's main web site at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/ > > Lots of Native American Links there. > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > > Please support wonderful & FREE genealogy on the internet. Join > Rootsweb.com today! http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Please support wonderful & FREE genealogy on the internet. Join Rootsweb.com today! http://www.rootsweb.com