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Samuel Checote, a noted Creek leader born in 1819 in Alabama, attended old Asbury Mission before coming to Indian Territory. He was a Methodist preacher for 32 years until his death in 1884, served as Lieutenant Colonel of the First Regiment Creek Mounted Volunteers, C.S.A., during the Civil War, and was elected to his first term as Principal Chief of the Creek Nation in 1867.
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