Born in 1770, Chief Moshulatubbee of the Northern District of the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi received his name as a young warrior and was known for his dignified bearing, fine physique, and steady, thoughtful disposition. As chief, he was noted for orders banning liquor traffic and drinking in his county, and he strongly favored education; in 1824, a mission school of the ABCFM was located at this prairie village near the Natchez Trace. Moshulatubbee was one of the three head chiefs who signed the early Choctaw treaties with the United States, including the treaty at Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830 that provided for the removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi. He came west with his people in 1832 with high hopes, made his new home in LeFlore County, and died there, buried nearby in a grave covered with unmarked stones. From 1834 to 1907, the region from the Arkansas River to the Winding Stair Mountains was called Moshulatubbee District in the law books of the Choctaw Nation.