Isparhecher

Isparhecher
Born	Isparhecher 1829 Alabama
Died	December 22, 1902 Indian Territory
Nationality	Muscogee Creek
Other names	Is-pa-he-che, Spa-he-cha
Occupation	farmer, political activist

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 7 miles (11 km) southeast of the present city of Okmulgee, Oklahoma 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.

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 7 miles (11 km) 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, whom 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.

Isparhecher enlisted for a one-year term in the Confederate Army on August 17, 1861, becoming 4th Sergeant in Company K of the 1st Regiment of Creek Mounted Volunteers. D. N. McIntosh was the company commander and the unit was attached to a brigade led by Col. D. H. Cooper. However, he did not seem to take his military service seriously, since muster rolls indicate he was absent from August 19, 1861 until August 17, 1862. After that date, he appeared on every muster roll until December 1, 1862. He did not report again after that.

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