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Isparhecher, also known as ''Is-pa-he-che'' and ''Spa-he-cha'', was a full-blood Creek Indian who was born in Alabama in 1829 to full-blood Creek parents. The family belonged to the Lower Creeks (a.k.a., McIntosh faction) and removed to Indian Territory in the early 1830s, where they settled on a farm at Cussetah town, about southeast of the present city of Okmulgee, Oklahoma〔John Bartlett Meserve. ''Chronicles of Oklahoma''. Vol. 10, No. 1, March 1932. "Chief Isparhecher." Retrieved April 24, 2013.()〕 He joined the Confederate army in 1861, then switched his allegiance to the Union Army in 1863, He became a significant player in post Civil War Creek politics until his death in 1902. After the war, he initially supported the recognized Creek government, and its principal chief, Samuel Checote. Then his political views changed and he joined the opposition, which consisted of traditional full-blood Creeks that rejected what they considered the customs and laws of white men. That group formed a rival Creek government based in the town of Nuyaka, led first by Locha Harjo, then by Isparhecher. The rival group was defeated in a skirmish with the Checote militia, led by Pleasant Porter, in 1883. ==Personal life== Isparhecher was born in Alabama in 1829 to full-blood Creek parents, ''Yar-de-ka Tus-tan-nug-ga'' and his wife ''Ke-char-te''. The family belonged to the Lower Creeks (a.k.a., McIntosh faction) and removed to Indian Territory in the early 1830s. They settled on a farm at Cussetah town, about southeast of the present city of Okmulgee, Oklahoma〔 He became a significant player in post Civil War Creek politics until his death in 1902. Little has been written about his early years, following the move to Indian Territory except that the parents died early. He is said to have become a farmer and stockman.〔 Sometime prior to the Civil War, he married a woman named Polikissut, who bore him a son named Washington. He married Lucy Barnett and had four children by her. His third wife was Alma Harrover, who he married in Washington D.C. on June 4, 1884. They divorced November 28, 1891. His last wife was a woman 36 years younger than himself, Cindoche Sixkiller, on March 26, 1896. She outlived her husband and died June 14, 1931.〔() Find-a grave memorial. "Chief Isparhecher." Retrieved April 24, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isparhecher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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