Push-Ma-Ta-Ha, A Choctaw Warrior. (opposite p.112 in extra-illustrated Life)

Pushmataha (1764/65?–1824) was a Choctaw warrior who fought against Creeks and Seminoles with Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812. He later negotiated treaties with General Jackson, but Pushmataha died while in Washington, D.C., to protest the U.S. government’s failure to maintain their end of the bargain. He did not live to see the eventual enactment of Jackson’s Indian Removal policies as president.  
 
This hand-colored lithograph was based on a painting done just before Pushmataha died. The original painting itself burned in 1865. The portrait had first appeared in lithograph form in McKenney & Hall’s famous History of the Indian Tribes of North America (Philadelphia: Biddle, 1836–44). This lithograph is from a later edition published by J. T. Bowen in 1848–50 [catalog record]. 
 

Further Reading: 
AAS has an excellent collection of Native American Resources, including a recently acquired cache of Choctaw and Chickasaw laws.