Of these six sons , William " Chooshemataha " Colbert ( named after James Logan 's father , Chief/Major William d'Blainville " Piomingo " Colbert ) served with General Andrew Jackson during the Creek Wars of 1813-14 . He also had served during the Revolutionary wars and received a commission from President George Washington in 1786 along with his namesake grandfather . His brothers Levi ( " Itawamba Mingo " ) and George Colbert ( " Tootesmastube " ) also had military service in support of the United States . In addition , the two each served as interpreters and negotiators for chiefs of the tribe during the period of removal . Levi Colbert served as principal chief , which may have been a designation by the Americans , who did not understand the decentralized nature of the chiefs ' council , based on the tribe reaching broad consensus for major decisions . An example is that more than 40 chiefs from the Chickasaw Council , representing clans and villages , signed a letter in November 1832 by Levi Colbert to President Andrew Jackson , complaining about treaty negotiations with his appointee General John Coffee . After Levi 's death in 1834 , the Chickasaw people were forced upon the Trail of Tears . His brother , George Colbert , reluctantly succeeded him as chief and principal negotiator , because he was bilingual and bicultural . George " Tootesmastube " Colbert never reached the Chickasaw 's " Oka Homa " ( red waters ) ; he died on Choctaw territory , Fort Towson , en route
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
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