Horatio Bardwell Cushman (August 13, 1820 – October 18, 1904) was an American historian. He is known for writing a ''History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians.'' The book is well known source for
Choctaw,
Chickasaw
The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classif ...
, and
Natchez Natchez may refer to:
Places
* Natchez, Alabama, United States
* Natchez, Indiana, United States
* Natchez, Louisiana, United States
* Natchez, Mississippi, a city in southwestern Mississippi, United States
* Grand Village of the Natchez, a site o ...
Indian history.
Personal life
Cushman was born on August 13, 1820 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. He was the son of missionaries who worked at
Mayhew, Mississippi. Cushman, as a child, witnessed the Choctaw Indians' removal from 1831 to 1833. During the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
, Cushman served as a private in the
43rd Mississippi Infantry
The 43rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a regiment of infantry in the Confederate States Army. It fought in many battles and campaigns of the American Civil War. It was known as "The Camel Regiment".
Organization
The 43rd Mississippi Infantry ...
. After the War in 1868, Cushman moved to Texas near the Red River where the Choctaw Nation was found. In 1884, Cushman began writing his Choctaw and Chickasaw history. He spent six years researching for the book. It was first printed in 1899. He died on October 18, 1904 and was buried in Greenville, Texas.
Works
* 1899. ''History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians.'' Norman: University of Oklahoma.
See also
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Timothy H. Ball
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William Bartram
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Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the we ...
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Cyrus Byington
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Angie Debo
Angie Elbertha Debo (January 30, 1890 – February 21, 1988),
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Henry S. Halbert
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Gideon Lincecum
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John R. Swanton
John Reed Swanton (February 19, 1873 – May 2, 1958) was an American anthropologist, folklorist, and linguist who worked with Native American peoples throughout the United States. Swanton achieved recognition in the fields of ethnology and et ...
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Historians of Native Americans
1820 births
1904 deaths
People from Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Confederate States Army soldiers