. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . weresettled with the Creeks. The idea of the Govern- 122 OKLAHOMA HISTORY ment was for them to become part of that Seminoles were dissatisfied, and the Govern-ment arranged for them to have separate lands andgovernment of their own. At first their govern-ment was much like that of the Indians before. Creek Capitol, Okmulgee, OklahoiMa they came in contact with the whites. When theirnation was reorganized after the Civil War, theyadopted the ideas of the other civilized nations. Their most important executive officers wereSeminol
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . weresettled with the Creeks. The idea of the Govern- 122 OKLAHOMA HISTORY ment was for them to become part of that Seminoles were dissatisfied, and the Govern-ment arranged for them to have separate lands andgovernment of their own. At first their govern-ment was much like that of the Indians before. Creek Capitol, Okmulgee, OklahoiMa they came in contact with the whites. When theirnation was reorganized after the Civil War, theyadopted the ideas of the other civilized nations. Their most important executive officers wereSeminole ^ Principal Chief and a Treasurer,government elcctcd by the pcoplc. They also hada superintendent of schools. Their council con- TRIBAL GOVERNMENT 123 sisted of but one house, made up of leaders oftheir fourteen elans. Wewoka was the capitalof the Seminole Nation. The Choctaw country, before 1855, was dividedinto four districts, one of which the Chickasaws
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