Thank you PELR you have been most helpful in your information given below on Peter Pitchlynn. Now is there anyone on the list that is related to Calvin Howell? I also have him listed in my family tree. Peace and Love, Slimey ============Original Message=========== From: PELR@aol.com Date: Sat, Apr 8, 2000, 11:00am (CDT+1) To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] CREATION STORIES Reply to: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com Slimey     Peter P. Pitchlynn served as chief of the Choctaws from 1864-1866 he moved to Eagletown in 1834 and opened a large plantation on the east bank of the Mountain Fork River near the home of his brother -in -law Calvin Howell . There is a picture on page 3 in the book 'McCurtain County A Pictorial History by the McCurtain Co. Historial Society Paul ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== Pushmataha County, Oklahoma -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/PushCo.html