interaction with them. They had more members and leaders of mixed-blood or partial European ancestry, and more of their men had received some European-American education. The Upper Creek, by contrast, had been more isolated from European-American culture, were still primarily full-blood Creek in ancestry, and kept to traditional ways. Even decades after removal to Indian Territory, divisions remained among the Creek. In 1871 the name "Sands" refers to the leader of a disgruntled group of Upper Creek led by Oktars-sars-har-jo (known in English as "Sands".) When Principal Chief Samuel Checote convened a National Creek Council in October 1871, nearly 300 Sands followers marched on the capital and dispersed the meeting. Pleasant Porter, commanding a group of Creek horsemen, together with a group of Federal agents, put down the short-lived rebellion without loss of life. Porter convinced the Sands followers to lay down their arms and go home. In the fall of 1872, the Creek Nation selected Porter as a delegate to Washington, D.C. to represent the nation's interests with Congress and the government. He performed this work so effectively that he served for much of his life on business in the national capital. He soon became well-known and respected by members of Congress and several presidents, and was befriended by President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1875, Lachar Harjo was elected Principal Chief to replace Checote. Checote supporters controlled the Creek legislature and impeached Harjo, replacing him with a Checote supporter. Porter was called on to quell the subsequent demonstration and convinced the Haijo supporters to go home. In 1882, Judge Isparhecher, from Okmulgee, was charged with sedition by the Creek National Council and removed from office. He gathered about 350 followers of Sands and Haijo, established a military camp and formed a rival government, complete with armed light horsemen. Checote recalled Porter from Washington and put him in charge of about 700 men. He attacked the opponents camp, beginning what historian Meserve says the Creek called the "Green Peach War". Porter's troops chased their opponents into Sac and Fox territory in February 1883. Isparhecher and his remaining followers tried to gain asylum with the Kiowa, but U. S. troops captured them and sent them to Fort Gibson. According to Meserve, there were seven or eight casualties in the Green Peach War. Afterward, some Creek began calling Porter "General" as an honorific title. Isparhecher remained the de facto leader of the full-bloods