Others included the Caddo, Osage Nation, Tensa, Chickasaw, and Choctaw. Brown's ancestry was African American, Chickasaw, and Choctaw. The southern tribes included the Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole and the Cherokee. She identifies as being of English, African American, Choctaw and Chickasaw descent. There were several reasons the Choctaw Nation agreed to sign the Choctaw & Chickasaw/Confederate treaty. It was named after a Choctaw/Chickasaw word for cotton. These are still carved today by several Muscogee Creek, Chickasaw, and Cherokee jewelers. Between 75 and 250 Natchez warriors escaped and found refuge among the Chickasaw. The Chickasaw Nation never extended citizenship to Chickasaw Freedmen. They elected Overton James by a landslide as governor of the Chickasaw Nation. Jr. Hood is a native of New Houlka in Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi. North Carolina sent their militia to aid in driving out the Cherokee and Chickasaw. He has English and Chickasaw Native American ancestry. The Ochese Creeks had other connections, such as the Chickasaw and Cherokee. Houston is located west of the center of Chickasaw County.