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Fort Towson, Ark, Nov 23 (Indian Territory). Cds on folded letter sheet addressed to Col. P.P. Pitchlynn in Washington City, manuscript "10" rate, Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, or Hat-choo-tuck-nee ("The Snapping Turtle"), was a Choctaw chief of Choctaw and Anglo-American ancestry. He was principal chief of the Choctaw from 1864-1866 and surrendered to the Union on behalf of the nation at the end of the Civil War.