Pushmataha

Pushmataha (ca. 1764-1824) was a Choctaw chief who fought for the United States in the War of 1812 and alongside those of Andrew Jackson against the Red Stick Creeks in the Battle of Econochaca (Holy Ground) and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The town of Pushmataha in Choctaw County is named for him.
Print by McKenney and Hall from the Birmingham Public Library Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature