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?

Is Beautiful Indian Maiden Sho-Ma-Ka of the extinct Shak-Chi-Homas Indian Tribe the same person as the grandmother to Coleman Cole named Shumaka of the Shvkchi Homa Tribe. (I would love to hear the story of Sho-Ma-Ka's life) Tammy "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"