In 1826, this war chief led 300 Quapaw home to Arkansas—the government never forgave him

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Sarasin’s Defiant Return to Arkansas After Treaty Betrayal

Sarasin walked between two worlds as a French-Quapaw man in 1820s Arkansas.

Though his mixed blood kept him from being a hereditary chief, he earned fame by rescuing two children from Chickasaw raiders. After signing the 1824 treaty that sent his people to Louisiana, disaster struck…

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