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k

a n s a s R i ve

r

A r k a n s a s R i v e r

A r k a n s a s R i v e r

V e r d i g r i s Ri v e

r

Fort Gibson

Tahlequah

Fort Coffee

Fort Smith

S e q u o y a h N W R

K e r r R e s e r v o i r

( 1 9 7 0 )

T e n k i l l e r F e r r y L a k e

( 1 9 5 2 )

E u f a u l a R e s e r v o i r

( 1 9 6 4 )

Deas detachment: disbanded at Fort Coffee

Choctaw settlement (1834)

Choctaw: traveled upriver to Choctaw settlements along the Canadian River

Chickasaw: traveled upthe Canadian Rivertoward Chickasaw territory

Creek and Seminole: continued up the Arkansas River into Creek territory, then overland

Drew detachment:traveled up the Illinois River valleyto Tahlequah

Whitely and Drane detachments:left the Arkansas River further east, then traveled overland into Cherokee territory

C a n a d i a n R

i v e r ( h i s t o r i c c h a n n e l )

Ark

a n s a s R i v e r ( h i s t o r i c ch

an

ne l )

C H E R O K E E

T O C H I C K A S A W C H O C T A W

A R K A N S A ST E R R I T O R Y / S T A T E

( 1 8 3 6 )

C R E E K

T O S E M I N O L E

Illinois

Riv

e r ( his

toric

channel)

Ne

os h

o R

i ve

r

C h e r o k e e( n a t i o n a l h i s t o r i c t r a i l )

A p p r o x i m a t e h i s t o r i c r i v e r c h a n n e l s

C h i c a s a w a n d C h o c t a w

S e m i n o l e a n d C r e e k

Y o u a r e h e r e