Back Then: A Choctaw Family's Noble Legacy of Perseverance by Beverly Jean Hardy Allen ISBN 13: 9781511582780

New. Young Louis Durant left Canada in the late 1700's seeking adventure and riches in the fur trade. Durant became a leader in the Choctaw nation and a Captain leading a detachment of Choctaw troops fighting with General Andrew Jackson and Choctaw Chief Pushmataha in the War of 1812. Captain Durant sat with Choctaw Chiefs in the negotiations and signing of treaties with the United States government that led to the Trail of Tears and forced removals to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. Follow six generations of Durants as they struggle with white settlers who force them from their Mississippi homeland. A true story of a government's forced removal and imposed sovereignty on an independent and peaceful Choctaw Nation. 6-onb

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