Island Bayou is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed June 3, 2011 tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
Red River in
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
.
The stream rises northwest of
Calera in
Bryan County and flows southeastward before emptying into the Red River south of
Wade. Its entire length is within Bryan County.
The
Treaty of Doaksville (1837) set Island Bayou as the boundary between the
Chickasaw and
Choctaw Nations in
Indian Territory
The Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the Federal government of the United States, United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans in the United St ...
; however, the description was uncertain. It was not until 1854 that the Choctaw-Chickasaw treaty of that year gave certainty to the boundary:
:''"viz: Beginning on the north bank of the Red River, at the mouth of Island Bayou, where it empties into the Red River...thence, northerly along the eastern prong of Island Bayou to its source; thence, due north to the Canadian River".''
The
Texas Road and the old
Butterfield Overland Mail route ran past the head of Island Bayou at
Fisher's Station
Fisher's Station, also known as Carriage Point, was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route and the Texas Road in Indian Territory. It was located at the head of Island Bayou in what is now Bryan County, Oklahoma. Island Bayou w ...
, also known as Carriage Point.
The elevation at its mouth is above sea level, at 33.848ºN 96.104ºW.
Sources
*Kappler, Charles (ed.)
"TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW, 1837 (Doaksville)" ''Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties''. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. 2:486-488 (accessed August 25, 2006).
*Kappler, Charles (ed.)
. ''Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties''. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. 2:652-653 (accessed August 25, 2006).
*Wright, Muriel H
''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' 8:3 (September 1930) 315-334. (accessed August 26, 2006).
External links
*
ttp://bridgehunter.com/ok/bryan/64270000000000/ Island Bayou Creek Bridge*United States Geological Survey
''Source Island Bayou''-Map from TopoQuest (accessed June 29, 2008).
*United States Geological Survey
''Mouth of Island Bayou''-Map from TopoQuest (accessed June 29, 2008).
Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Rivers of Oklahoma
Rivers of Bryan County, Oklahoma
Tributaries of the Red River of the South
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