I hope that someone on this list will be able to enlighten me regarding the term "Captain." In my great great grandmother's enrollment case file, I found that her father was "Capt. John," a full-Choctaw. My cousin and I found a book at the NAES College that provided some interesting information. The book, "The Roots of Dependency: Subsistence Environment and Social Change Among Choctaw, Pawnee and Navajo", by Richard White. In Chapter 3 - The Evolution of the Choctaw Playoff System, it discussed chiefs, captains and warriors. Captains were heads of the Iksas family. Has anyone heard the term "Captain" used. If so, how, when and why? From what we are reading, their were various types of chiefs and captain was one of them. Any and all information will be greatly appreciated. Lori
I believe that the term "iksas" means "clans." So, at the time, there was no Iksas family, though each clan was obviously made up of related families. The captains were the leaders of the clans. Of course, the word captain was a white title. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lori0602h@aol.com To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 7:46 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Can Anyone Help Me With Term "Captain" I hope that someone on this list will be able to enlighten me regarding the term "Captain." In my great great grandmother's enrollment case file, I found that her father was "Capt. John," a full-Choctaw. My cousin and I found a book at the NAES College that provided some interesting information. The book, "The Roots of Dependency: Subsistence Environment and Social Change Among Choctaw, Pawnee and Navajo", by Richard White. In Chapter 3 - The Evolution of the Choctaw Playoff System, it discussed chiefs, captains and warriors. Captains were heads of the Iksas family. Has anyone heard the term "Captain" used. If so, how, when and why? From what we are reading, their were various types of chiefs and captain was one of them. Any and all information will be greatly appreciated. Lori ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== To subscribe to CHAHTA-L list discussions on history, culture, language. Send msg. to CHAHTA-L-request@rootsweb.com Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes, nothing in the subject line, turn off signatures. Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures.......