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Piomingo and Tishomingo

About Piominko

Born near Tupelo, Mississippi, in approximately 1750, Piominko served the Chickasaw people as a leader, diplomat and negotiator during the infancy of the United States of America. Chickasaws owned territory in Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee.

He signed the Treaty of Hopewell on the tribe’s behalf in 1786. It formalized diplomatic relations with the United States and spelled out Chickasaw Nation boundaries.

Piominko and President George Washington were friends. Piominko, along with several other Chickasaw leaders, were hosted by Washington in his Philadelphia home in 1794.

Piominko was awarded a Washington Peace Medal by the president as a way of honoring the Chickasaw leader for his loyalty to the new nation.

Also known as Mountain Leader, Piominko embarked upon diplomatic missions to several states and conferred with other tribes. He met with governors, tribal leaders and U.S. emissaries to preserve and protect the Chickasaw Nation. It is believed he died near Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1799 of natural causes.

About Tishominko

His image adorns the Chickasaw Nation flag, yet he served as an assistant leader to Ishtehotopah, who was ‘Hereditary minko’ of the Chickasaws just prior to the Trail of Tears in 1837. Tishominko would speak to Chickasaws on behalf of Ishtehotopah.

Tishominko’s “sign” is on many treaty documents between the Chickasaw Nation and the United States government, including the Treaty of Pontotoc which set in motion abandonment of the Chickasaw homeland.

Tishominko presided as leader of the Tishomingo District until the Chickasaws were forced to relocate to lands west of the Mississippi River. It is believed Tishominko succumbed to smallpox on the Chickasaw Removal between 1838 and 1841 at Eagle Town, Indian Territory. He was approximately 100 years old when he died. Until recently, experts believed he died near Little Rock, Arkansas. Hinson said documents, which are still being examined, indicate he survived the march but died shortly after arriving in the new territory as attested by Choctaw leader Peter Pitchlynn, who memorialized Tishomingo in 1841 at present day Eagle Town, Oklahoma.

Tishominko also was awarded a silver medal by President Washington, having served with distinction in the U.S. military at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the Red Stick War and the War of 1812. He also served under Gen. Andrew Jackson, whose policies as president led to the Indian Removal of 1830 and the removal of the southeastern Indian nations.

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Chiefs

• Taski Etoka or Taskabucka, the Hair Lipped King
• Chinnubbee
• Chehopistee
• Ishtehotopa
• Tishomingo
• Samuel Sealy
• William McGilvery
• Edmund Pickens
• Cyrus Harris
• Daughtrey Winchester Colbert
• Benjamin Franklin Overton
• Benjamin Crooks Burney
• Jonas Wolf
• William Malcolm Guy
• William Leander Byrd
• Palmer Mosely
• Robert Maxwell Harris
• Douglas Henry Johnston
• Peter Maytubby
• Floyd Maytubby
• E. B. Hugh Maytubby
• Overton James

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Sources for Chickasaw research https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/chickasaw-indian-research.htm

• https://books.google.com/books/about/Leaders_and_Leading_Men_of_the...