Ar
k
a n s a s R i ve
r
A r k a n s a s R i v e r
A r k a n s a s R i v e r
V e r d i g r i s Ri v e
r
Fort Gibson
Tahlequah
Fort Coffee
Fort Smith
S e q u o y a h N W R
K e r r R e s e r v o i r
( 1 9 7 0 )
T e n k i l l e r F e r r y L a k e
( 1 9 5 2 )
E u f a u l a R e s e r v o i r
( 1 9 6 4 )
Deas detachment: disbanded at Fort Coffee
Choctaw settlement (1834)
Choctaw: traveled upriver to Choctaw settlements along the Canadian River
Chickasaw: traveled upthe Canadian Rivertoward Chickasaw territory
Creek and Seminole: continued up the Arkansas River into Creek territory, then overland
Drew detachment:traveled up the Illinois River valleyto Tahlequah
Whitely and Drane detachments:left the Arkansas River further east, then traveled overland into Cherokee territory
C a n a d i a n R
i v e r ( h i s t o r i c c h a n n e l )
Ark
a n s a s R i v e r ( h i s t o r i c ch
an
ne l )
C H E R O K E E
T O C H I C K A S A W C H O C T A W
A R K A N S A ST E R R I T O R Y / S T A T E
( 1 8 3 6 )
C R E E K
T O S E M I N O L E
Illinois
Riv
e r ( his
toric
channel)
Ne
os h
o R
i ve
r
C h e r o k e e( n a t i o n a l h i s t o r i c t r a i l )
A p p r o x i m a t e h i s t o r i c r i v e r c h a n n e l s
C h i c a s a w a n d C h o c t a w
S e m i n o l e a n d C r e e k
Y o u a r e h e r e