Song of the OktahutcheMuscogee (Creek) writer and humorist Alexander Posey (18731908) lived most of his short but productive life in the Muscogee Nation, in what is now Oklahoma. He was an influential political spokesperson, an advocate for improving conditions in Indian Territory, and one of the most prominent American Indian literary figures of his era. One of Poseys dearest subjects was the Oktahutche River, which he so loved that he gave it voice in his poem, Song of