United States: A Confederate Officer Earns His Command: Chickasaw Diplomacy During The ...

United States: A Confederate Officer Earns His Command: Chickasaw Diplomacy During The Sectional Crisis Daniel Flaherty, 2011   In lieu of an abstract, here is a preview of the article.   Albert Pike, the principal Confederate emissary for Indian Territory, arrived at North Fork Town in the Creek Nation on June 25, 1861, to negotiate treaties of alliance with the Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians. Despite Confederate desires simply to assume the role of guardian previously occupied by...

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