Chinnubbie and the OwlThough he died at the age of thirty four, the Muscogee (Creek) poet, journalist, and humorist Alexander Posey (18731908) was one of the most prolific and influential American Indian writers of his time. This volume of nine stories, five orations, and nine works of oral tradition is the first to collect these entertaining and important works of Muscogee literature. Many of Poseys stories reflect trickster themes; his orations demonstrate both his