Thank You for you reply. ......Mandy On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 07:42:13 -0000 "Sharon DeLoache" <deloache@intellex.com> writes: > I don't know that it was named after Green McCurtain, but I feel sure > that > it (the County) was named for the McCurtain family. There were so > many > prominent and important McCurtains: Cornelius, Jackson, and Edmund > in > addition to Green. > -----Original Message----- > From: ohyeahright@juno.com <ohyeahright@juno.com> > To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 12:22 PM > Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] Shak-Chi-Homas Tribe? > > > >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 > >> > > > > > >==== 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 ==== > 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 >