Lost Creeks

by Posey, Alexander Lawrence; Sivils, Matthew Wynn

• ISBN13: 9780803216280
• ISBN10: 0803216289
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

Lost Creekscollects for the first time all the journals and shorter autobiographical works of noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (18731908). In his brief but productive life Posey became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. Posey's journals reveal much about his turbulent but noteworthy political career, his personal aspirations and challenges, and the creative process behind not only his poetry and short stories but also his famed Fus Fixico letters. Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Wynn Sivils produces a carefully annotated edition of the journals and also provides abundant contextual information. This volume enriches and personalizes the legacy of this remarkable Native writer and provides new insight into the beginnings of twentieth-century Native intellectual, political, and literary movements and traditions.

Author Biography

Matthew Wynn Sivils is an assistant professor of English at Iowa State University. He is the editor of Alexander Posey’s Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations, and Oral Traditions and Song of the Oktahutche: Collected Poems, both published by the University of Nebraska Press.

Table of Contents

Illustration

Acknowledgements

A Note on the Editing of these Texts

Alexander Posey Visits Chitto Harjo

The Life of Alexander Posey

Introduction

Journals: Journal of the Creek Orphan Asylum

Biographical

The Cruise of the Good Vrouw: From a Diary by One of the Crew

The River Journal: The Barde Typescript

Notes Afield

The Hains Letters

Journal of the Creek Enrollment Field Party

Lost to His Tribe for Many Years

Bibliography

Appendix: A Catalog of Alexander Posey's Library

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