HISTORYOF THE( fi*aBYH B, CUSHMAN,H. B. Cushman1899,Copyright, by(All reserved.)rightsTEXAS:GREENVILLK,HEADLIGHT PRINTING HOUSE1899.To the of Calvin and Laura Cush-memory my parents,as Heralds of the Cross of with a fewman, Christ, they,other left their homes incongenial spirits, Massachusetts,A. D. as1820, and went to the Choctawmissionaries, Indian*,then in their Ancient Domains east of theliving- Missisipr.iRiver. Devoted their lives to the moral and intellectualand interests of that and inimprovement spiritual peculiarrace of and the sincere andmankind,teresting living- dying-friends of.the Red Man of the North American Conabidingtinent.1.iALSOTo the Choctaw and Chickasaw each the novv-people,feeble remnant of a once contentednumerous, independent,and whose line of dates back tohappy people, long ancestrythe of the remote it is ascribed inpre-historic ages past,remembrance of the writer s earliest and most faithlovingful whom he has a cause to cherish for theirfriends, justknown and tested virtues.many long<?Cswith currentIii copyrightcomplianceU. C.law, Bindery producedLibraryvolume onthis paperreplacementZ39.48-that meets the ANSI Standardto the1984 irreparablyreplacedeteriorated original.1993INTRODUCTION.one s material to a historical andTo clasbring strictlyis almost an whensified order with aimpossibility dealing"Red Raceso diversified as that of the of the North.subjectAmerican Continent. But I ...
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