TY - BOOK AU - Atkinson,James R. TI - Splendid land, splendid people: the Chickasaw Indians to removal SN - 9780817383374 AV - E99.C55 A75 2004 U1 - 976.004/973 21 PY - 2004/// CY - Tuscaloosa PB - University of Alabama Press KW - Chickasaw Indians KW - History KW - Sources KW - Government relations KW - Wars KW - Chickasaw (Indiens) KW - Histoire KW - Guerres KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - State & Local KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - ram KW - Relations avec l'État KW - Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.) KW - Tombigbee, Vallée de la (Mississ. et Alab.) KW - Tombigbee River Valley KW - Tombigbee, Bassin du (États-Unis) KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and index; Land of the bones -- Down a long road -- The long road narrows -- The road has no fork -- The road lengthens -- A better road traveled -- A road unexpected -- The strange road ends -- A short but dangerous road -- The war road ends -- The road West begins -- The road West; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Before the Chickasaws were removed to lands in Oklahoma in the 1800s, the heart of the Chickasaw Nation was located east of the Mississippi River in the upper watershed of the Tombigbee River in what is today northeastern Mississippi. Their lands had been called ""splendid and fertile"" by French governor Bienville at the time they were being coveted by early European settlers. The people were also termed ""splendid"" and described by documents of the 1700s as ""tall, well made, and of an unparalleled courage. ... The men have regular features, well shaped and neatly dressed; they a UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=420013 ER -