This evocative story of the Choctaws is told through the lives of
two remarkable leaders, Taboca and Franchimastabe, during a period
of revolutionary change, 1750-1830. Both men achieved recognition
as warriors in the eighteenth century but then followed very
different paths of leadership. Taboca was a traditional Choctaw
leader, a "prophet-chief" whose authority was deeply rooted in the
spiritual realm. The foundation of Franchimastabe's power was more
externally driven, resting on trade with Europeans and American
colonists and the acquisition of manufactured goods. Franchimastabe
responded to shifting circumstances outside the Choctaw nation by
pushing the source of authority in novel directions, straddling
spiritual and economic power in a way unfathomable to Taboca. The
careers of these leaders signal a watershed moment in Choctaw
history - the receding of a traditional mystically oriented world
and the dawning of a new market-oriented one.
At once engaging and informative, Choctaws in a Revolutionary
Age, 1750-1830 highlights the efforts of a nation to preserve its
integrity and reform its strength in an increasingly complicated,
multicultural world.
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