Pushmataha

Brigadier General Pushmataha (1764-1824) was a Choctaw chief, warrior, hunter, and friend of many, including President Andrew Jackson. In 1812, he led 1,000 Choctaw warriors to fight alongside Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. President Monroe asked him to represent the Choctaw Nation in treaty negotiations in 1824 in Washington, DC, but he died there of croup at age 60 before the 1825 signing. He received a military funeral attended by 2,000 people, including Jackson, stretching over a mile long. He was remembered by fellow Choctaw chiefs as a warrior of great distinction, wise in council, extraordinarily eloquent, and on all occasions and under all circumstances the white man's friend; among his last words were, "When I am gone, let the big guns be fired over me."

Washington, District of Columbia · United States