"Civil War,C.S.A.,Indian Territory - Co H. lst Creek Cavalry Rgmt" Husb. of Susan (Yargee) Hodge
The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), January 24, 1921
FAMOUS INDIAN LEADER DIES AT AGE OF 79 YEARS
Associated Press
Tulsa, Okla. Jan. 24. – Another of the famous old Indian leaders who shaped the destiny of the Red Men in the early territorial days in Oklahoma has passed. In the recent death of David M. Hodge, 79 years old, the last “King” of the Broken Arrow Tribe of the Creek Indian nation Oklahoma lost an interesting character.
Prominent in the affairs of his tribe since 1866 he ranked first among Creek statesmen and although he never received the highest honor in the power of the tribe that of the principal chiefship, he was for years the chief adviser of the Creeks. His advice was sought by a succession of tribal heads and on repeated occasions he was named by the House of Warriors and the House of Kings (the senate and the house of representatives of his tribe) as their delegate to the “Great White Fathers” in Washington.
It was the proud boast of the old statesman that he had met and talked with every president since Andrew Jackson.
One of the last missions accomplished by him for his tribe was having congress rule that the Creeks and other Indians were within their rights in suing the government for the recovery of lands given to their slaves after the civil war.
Perhaps his greatest claim to fame is the assembling of an English-Muskogee (Creek) alphabet and dictionary. The first effort toward the formation of this work was made by the Rev. John Fleming a missionary who came with the Muskogees, as they were then called, to the Indian Territory from Alabama and Mississippi in 1837-38. Little progress was made until a number of years later when Hodge, as chief interpreter of the tribe, and the Rev. R. M. Loughridge a missionary, collaborated and finished the book, which has been of inestimable value to the tribe.
When a lad Hodge was taught in an Indian mission school by the father of Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma’s congress-woman-elect, who was one of the early Indian missionaries.
Hodge also translated the Bible into the Creek tongue, the Creek myths into English and was coauthor of a volume of Creek-English songs.
Hodge was made a junior officer in the forces of Albert Pike, discoverer of Pike’s Peak, and was assigned to the army from Texas early in the civil war. As a result of a battle with Union forces on Thanksgiving Day, 1861 in which the army from the North, although possessing superior numbers, was almost annihilated, Hodge was given the rank of colonel and when the war ended he was in command of a regiment.
He was born in Muskogee, Okla., in 1842, his father being a Pennsylvania German and his mother a full-blood Creek.∼Born in Choska, Creek Nation, Indian Territory (near present-day Coweta) in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. He was the son of a white man and a Creek woman. He became involved with Creek Nation politics, was a translator of Creek and English, was licensed to practice law in the Creek Nation and was an orator and leader in the Creek Nation Council House at Muskogee.He was often listed as "David M. Hodge" on legal documentation. He was the son of Nathanel Hodge and Nancy McKellop, a mix-blood Creek Indian woman. Her parents were David McKellop, who came from Scotland in 1810, and Susan Perryman McKellop, daughter of Chief Perryman. According to Legus C. Perryman's Diary, Hodge belonged to the Aktayace Clan, and according to the 1882 Creek Census, he belonged to Big Spring Tribal Down (listed as D.M. Hodge).During the Civil War, Hodge identified himself as one of the "Loyal Creeks", fighting on the side of the Union Army. Educated before the war in Presbyterian Mission schools, he was appointed to write the Creek Constitution of 1868. He often served as clerk of the Creek National Council, and was appointed to several delegations that the Creek Nation sent to negotiate in Washington D.C. He also negotiated terms of the original allowances of the Curtis Act of 1898. In 1897, Creek Principal Chief Isparhecker appointed Hodge to serve on a committee to negotiate with the Dawes Commission for Creek Rights. He also represented the Creek Nation in Washington, D.C., before Congressional committees and the Courts. In 1905, he was appointed a delegate to represent Broken Arrow at the Sequoyah Convention in Muskogee. He was a member of the convention's Committee of Three, which assisted the chairman in appointing subcommittees. The other members of the committee included Charles N. Haskell and Robert L. Owen. Hodge is credited with translating parts of the Bible into the Creek language. He collaborated with Robert McGill Loughridge to complete and publish the "English and Muskogee Dictionary," in 1890. He helped establish the Loughridge Memorial Presbyterian Church, now known as White Church, and aided the development of a subscription school that operated out of the church building from 1870-1900. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKellop_Hodge
Contributor: Paul C. Roberts (49161842)
The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), January 24, 1921
FAMOUS INDIAN LEADER DIES AT AGE OF 79 YEARS
Associated Press
Tulsa, Okla. Jan. 24. – Another of the famous old Indian leaders who shaped the destiny of the Red Men in the early territorial days in Oklahoma has passed. In the recent death of David M. Hodge, 79 years old, the last “King” of the Broken Arrow Tribe of the Creek Indian nation Oklahoma lost an interesting character.
Prominent in the affairs of his tribe since 1866 he ranked first among Creek statesmen and although he never received the highest honor in the power of the tribe that of the principal chiefship, he was for years the chief adviser of the Creeks. His advice was sought by a succession of tribal heads and on repeated occasions he was named by the House of Warriors and the House of Kings (the senate and the house of representatives of his tribe) as their delegate to the “Great White Fathers” in Washington.
It was the proud boast of the old statesman that he had met and talked with every president since Andrew Jackson.
One of the last missions accomplished by him for his tribe was having congress rule that the Creeks and other Indians were within their rights in suing the government for the recovery of lands given to their slaves after the civil war.
Perhaps his greatest claim to fame is the assembling of an English-Muskogee (Creek) alphabet and dictionary. The first effort toward the formation of this work was made by the Rev. John Fleming a missionary who came with the Muskogees, as they were then called, to the Indian Territory from Alabama and Mississippi in 1837-38. Little progress was made until a number of years later when Hodge, as chief interpreter of the tribe, and the Rev. R. M. Loughridge a missionary, collaborated and finished the book, which has been of inestimable value to the tribe.
When a lad Hodge was taught in an Indian mission school by the father of Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma’s congress-woman-elect, who was one of the early Indian missionaries.
Hodge also translated the Bible into the Creek tongue, the Creek myths into English and was coauthor of a volume of Creek-English songs.
Hodge was made a junior officer in the forces of Albert Pike, discoverer of Pike’s Peak, and was assigned to the army from Texas early in the civil war. As a result of a battle with Union forces on Thanksgiving Day, 1861 in which the army from the North, although possessing superior numbers, was almost annihilated, Hodge was given the rank of colonel and when the war ended he was in command of a regiment.
He was born in Muskogee, Okla., in 1842, his father being a Pennsylvania German and his mother a full-blood Creek.∼Born in Choska, Creek Nation, Indian Territory (near present-day Coweta) in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. He was the son of a white man and a Creek woman. He became involved with Creek Nation politics, was a translator of Creek and English, was licensed to practice law in the Creek Nation and was an orator and leader in the Creek Nation Council House at Muskogee.He was often listed as "David M. Hodge" on legal documentation. He was the son of Nathanel Hodge and Nancy McKellop, a mix-blood Creek Indian woman. Her parents were David McKellop, who came from Scotland in 1810, and Susan Perryman McKellop, daughter of Chief Perryman. According to Legus C. Perryman's Diary, Hodge belonged to the Aktayace Clan, and according to the 1882 Creek Census, he belonged to Big Spring Tribal Down (listed as D.M. Hodge).During the Civil War, Hodge identified himself as one of the "Loyal Creeks", fighting on the side of the Union Army. Educated before the war in Presbyterian Mission schools, he was appointed to write the Creek Constitution of 1868. He often served as clerk of the Creek National Council, and was appointed to several delegations that the Creek Nation sent to negotiate in Washington D.C. He also negotiated terms of the original allowances of the Curtis Act of 1898. In 1897, Creek Principal Chief Isparhecker appointed Hodge to serve on a committee to negotiate with the Dawes Commission for Creek Rights. He also represented the Creek Nation in Washington, D.C., before Congressional committees and the Courts. In 1905, he was appointed a delegate to represent Broken Arrow at the Sequoyah Convention in Muskogee. He was a member of the convention's Committee of Three, which assisted the chairman in appointing subcommittees. The other members of the committee included Charles N. Haskell and Robert L. Owen. Hodge is credited with translating parts of the Bible into the Creek language. He collaborated with Robert McGill Loughridge to complete and publish the "English and Muskogee Dictionary," in 1890. He helped establish the Loughridge Memorial Presbyterian Church, now known as White Church, and aided the development of a subscription school that operated out of the church building from 1870-1900. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKellop_Hodge
Contributor: Paul C. Roberts (49161842)
"Civil War,C.S.A.,Indian Territory - Co H. lst Creek Cavalry Rgmt" Husb. of Susan (Yargee) Hodge
The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), January 24, 1921
FAMOUS INDIAN LEADER DIES AT AGE OF 79 YEARS
Associated Press
Tulsa, Okla. Jan. 24. – Another of the famous old Indian leaders who shaped the destiny of the Red Men in the early territorial days in Oklahoma has passed. In the recent death of David M. Hodge, 79 years old, the last “King” of the Broken Arrow Tribe of the Creek Indian nation Oklahoma lost an interesting character.
Prominent in the affairs of his tribe since 1866 he ranked first among Creek statesmen and although he never received the highest honor in the power of the tribe that of the principal chiefship, he was for years the chief adviser of the Creeks. His advice was sought by a succession of tribal heads and on repeated occasions he was named by the House of Warriors and the House of Kings (the senate and the house of representatives of his tribe) as their delegate to the “Great White Fathers” in Washington.
It was the proud boast of the old statesman that he had met and talked with every president since Andrew Jackson.
One of the last missions accomplished by him for his tribe was having congress rule that the Creeks and other Indians were within their rights in suing the government for the recovery of lands given to their slaves after the civil war.
Perhaps his greatest claim to fame is the assembling of an English-Muskogee (Creek) alphabet and dictionary. The first effort toward the formation of this work was made by the Rev. John Fleming a missionary who came with the Muskogees, as they were then called, to the Indian Territory from Alabama and Mississippi in 1837-38. Little progress was made until a number of years later when Hodge, as chief interpreter of the tribe, and the Rev. R. M. Loughridge a missionary, collaborated and finished the book, which has been of inestimable value to the tribe.
When a lad Hodge was taught in an Indian mission school by the father of Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma’s congress-woman-elect, who was one of the early Indian missionaries.
Hodge also translated the Bible into the Creek tongue, the Creek myths into English and was coauthor of a volume of Creek-English songs.
Hodge was made a junior officer in the forces of Albert Pike, discoverer of Pike’s Peak, and was assigned to the army from Texas early in the civil war. As a result of a battle with Union forces on Thanksgiving Day, 1861 in which the army from the North, although possessing superior numbers, was almost annihilated, Hodge was given the rank of colonel and when the war ended he was in command of a regiment.
He was born in Muskogee, Okla., in 1842, his father being a Pennsylvania German and his mother a full-blood Creek.∼Born in Choska, Creek Nation, Indian Territory (near present-day Coweta) in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. He was the son of a white man and a Creek woman. He became involved with Creek Nation politics, was a translator of Creek and English, was licensed to practice law in the Creek Nation and was an orator and leader in the Creek Nation Council House at Muskogee.He was often listed as "David M. Hodge" on legal documentation. He was the son of Nathanel Hodge and Nancy McKellop, a mix-blood Creek Indian woman. Her parents were David McKellop, who came from Scotland in 1810, and Susan Perryman McKellop, daughter of Chief Perryman. According to Legus C. Perryman's Diary, Hodge belonged to the Aktayace Clan, and according to the 1882 Creek Census, he belonged to Big Spring Tribal Down (listed as D.M. Hodge).During the Civil War, Hodge identified himself as one of the "Loyal Creeks", fighting on the side of the Union Army. Educated before the war in Presbyterian Mission schools, he was appointed to write the Creek Constitution of 1868. He often served as clerk of the Creek National Council, and was appointed to several delegations that the Creek Nation sent to negotiate in Washington D.C. He also negotiated terms of the original allowances of the Curtis Act of 1898. In 1897, Creek Principal Chief Isparhecker appointed Hodge to serve on a committee to negotiate with the Dawes Commission for Creek Rights. He also represented the Creek Nation in Washington, D.C., before Congressional committees and the Courts. In 1905, he was appointed a delegate to represent Broken Arrow at the Sequoyah Convention in Muskogee. He was a member of the convention's Committee of Three, which assisted the chairman in appointing subcommittees. The other members of the committee included Charles N. Haskell and Robert L. Owen. Hodge is credited with translating parts of the Bible into the Creek language. He collaborated with Robert McGill Loughridge to complete and publish the "English and Muskogee Dictionary," in 1890. He helped establish the Loughridge Memorial Presbyterian Church, now known as White Church, and aided the development of a subscription school that operated out of the church building from 1870-1900. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKellop_Hodge
Contributor: Paul C. Roberts (49161842)
The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), January 24, 1921
FAMOUS INDIAN LEADER DIES AT AGE OF 79 YEARS
Associated Press
Tulsa, Okla. Jan. 24. – Another of the famous old Indian leaders who shaped the destiny of the Red Men in the early territorial days in Oklahoma has passed. In the recent death of David M. Hodge, 79 years old, the last “King” of the Broken Arrow Tribe of the Creek Indian nation Oklahoma lost an interesting character.
Prominent in the affairs of his tribe since 1866 he ranked first among Creek statesmen and although he never received the highest honor in the power of the tribe that of the principal chiefship, he was for years the chief adviser of the Creeks. His advice was sought by a succession of tribal heads and on repeated occasions he was named by the House of Warriors and the House of Kings (the senate and the house of representatives of his tribe) as their delegate to the “Great White Fathers” in Washington.
It was the proud boast of the old statesman that he had met and talked with every president since Andrew Jackson.
One of the last missions accomplished by him for his tribe was having congress rule that the Creeks and other Indians were within their rights in suing the government for the recovery of lands given to their slaves after the civil war.
Perhaps his greatest claim to fame is the assembling of an English-Muskogee (Creek) alphabet and dictionary. The first effort toward the formation of this work was made by the Rev. John Fleming a missionary who came with the Muskogees, as they were then called, to the Indian Territory from Alabama and Mississippi in 1837-38. Little progress was made until a number of years later when Hodge, as chief interpreter of the tribe, and the Rev. R. M. Loughridge a missionary, collaborated and finished the book, which has been of inestimable value to the tribe.
When a lad Hodge was taught in an Indian mission school by the father of Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma’s congress-woman-elect, who was one of the early Indian missionaries.
Hodge also translated the Bible into the Creek tongue, the Creek myths into English and was coauthor of a volume of Creek-English songs.
Hodge was made a junior officer in the forces of Albert Pike, discoverer of Pike’s Peak, and was assigned to the army from Texas early in the civil war. As a result of a battle with Union forces on Thanksgiving Day, 1861 in which the army from the North, although possessing superior numbers, was almost annihilated, Hodge was given the rank of colonel and when the war ended he was in command of a regiment.
He was born in Muskogee, Okla., in 1842, his father being a Pennsylvania German and his mother a full-blood Creek.∼Born in Choska, Creek Nation, Indian Territory (near present-day Coweta) in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. He was the son of a white man and a Creek woman. He became involved with Creek Nation politics, was a translator of Creek and English, was licensed to practice law in the Creek Nation and was an orator and leader in the Creek Nation Council House at Muskogee.He was often listed as "David M. Hodge" on legal documentation. He was the son of Nathanel Hodge and Nancy McKellop, a mix-blood Creek Indian woman. Her parents were David McKellop, who came from Scotland in 1810, and Susan Perryman McKellop, daughter of Chief Perryman. According to Legus C. Perryman's Diary, Hodge belonged to the Aktayace Clan, and according to the 1882 Creek Census, he belonged to Big Spring Tribal Down (listed as D.M. Hodge).During the Civil War, Hodge identified himself as one of the "Loyal Creeks", fighting on the side of the Union Army. Educated before the war in Presbyterian Mission schools, he was appointed to write the Creek Constitution of 1868. He often served as clerk of the Creek National Council, and was appointed to several delegations that the Creek Nation sent to negotiate in Washington D.C. He also negotiated terms of the original allowances of the Curtis Act of 1898. In 1897, Creek Principal Chief Isparhecker appointed Hodge to serve on a committee to negotiate with the Dawes Commission for Creek Rights. He also represented the Creek Nation in Washington, D.C., before Congressional committees and the Courts. In 1905, he was appointed a delegate to represent Broken Arrow at the Sequoyah Convention in Muskogee. He was a member of the convention's Committee of Three, which assisted the chairman in appointing subcommittees. The other members of the committee included Charles N. Haskell and Robert L. Owen. Hodge is credited with translating parts of the Bible into the Creek language. He collaborated with Robert McGill Loughridge to complete and publish the "English and Muskogee Dictionary," in 1890. He helped establish the Loughridge Memorial Presbyterian Church, now known as White Church, and aided the development of a subscription school that operated out of the church building from 1870-1900. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKellop_Hodge
Contributor: Paul C. Roberts (49161842)
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