Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: washington , d.c.    - nicknames: indian general    - native name: apushamatahahubi    - tribe: choctaw    - resting place: congressional cemetery , washington d.c.    - caption: pushmataha indian tribes of north america '' , 1824 , from '' history of the    - death cause: croup    - successor: oklahoma -lrb- nephew -rrb-    - death date: 24 december 1824    - spouse: 2    - lead: 1815 -- 1824      - children: 5    - birth date: c. 1764    - name: pushmataha    - image size: 250px    - image: pushmataha_high_resolution . jpg    - birth place: macon , mississippi   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pushmataha .
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pushmataha -lrb- c. 1760s -- december 24 , 1824 ; also spelled pooshawattaha , pooshamallaha , or poosha matthaw -rrb- , the `` indian general '' , was one of the three regional chiefs of the major divisions of the choctaw in the 19th century .many historians considered him the `` greatest of all choctaw chiefs '' .pushmataha was highly regarded among native americans , europeans , and white americans , for his skill and cunning in both war and diplomacy .rejecting the offers of alliance and reconquest proffered by tecumseh , pushmataha led the choctaw to fight on the side of the united states in the war of 1812 .he negotiated several treaties with the united states .in 1824 , he traveled to washington to petition the federal government against further cessions of choctaw land ; he met with john c. calhoun and marquis de lafayette , and his portrait was painted by charles bird king .he died in the capital city and was buried with full military honors in the congressional cemetery in washington , d.c.