Issetibbeha

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Thu, 2016-06-23 12:53
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Issetibbeha
Display Name: 
Issetibbeha
Sort Name: 
Issetibbeha
Race: 
Indian
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Indian Chief
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Family: 
Issetibbeha|Ikkemotubbe
Family (new): 
IkkemotubbesInGDM
First Mentioned: 
Big Bottom in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Home: 
Choctaw|Chickasaw Plantation in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Other Texts: 
"A Courtship"
"Red Leaves"
"The Old People"
Requiem for a Nun
The Reivers
The Town
Biography: 

When the Chickasaw chief Issetibbeha is first mentioned, in "The Old People" chapter, he is identified by the narrator as the uncle of Ikkemotubbe (157). In "The Bear" chapter, however, Ike McCaslin refers to “Ikkemotubbe’s father old Issetibbeha” when speaking with Cass Edmonds (245).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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