Greenwood LeFlore
Greenwood LeFlore or Greenwood Le Fleur (born June 3, 1800 in Hinds County , Mississippi , † August 31, 1865 ) was the son of a French-Canadian trader and a Choctaw .
Life
From the age of 12 he attended school in Nashville . At the age of 22 he became chief of the western Choctaw, who at that time still lived in the US state of Mississippi. In 1830 he became chief of all Choctaw. Greenwood LeFlore supported George Washington's program to integrate the Indians into the culture of the European population. He encouraged the members of his people to settle down, practice agriculture, adopt the Christian faith and send the children to school.
Greenwood LeFlore was involved in the negotiations for the 1830 contract of Dancing Rabbit Creek . According to the Indian Removal Act , the Choctaw, like all other Indians east of the Mississippi, were to be resettled in Indian territory in what would later become the state of Oklahoma . Greenwood LeFlore achieved comparatively good negotiation results for his people in the land allocation in the new settlement area, but was viewed by his critics as one of the main culprits for the eviction from their homeland.
Greenwood LeFlore advanced to the upper class of Mississippi state. He was a member of the House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate as a politician and was a personal friend of Jefferson Davis . In the American Civil War , however, he turned against leaving the Union, which resulted in the loss of all of his property.
Web links
- Greenwood LeFlore in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | LeFlore, Greenwood |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Le Fleur, Greenwood |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Indian representative and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hinds County , Mississippi |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1865 |