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...McGillivray of the Creeks, by John Walter Caughey (University of Oklahoma Press, $3), tells of a Creek Indian chief of the post-Revolutionary War period who was known as the Talleyrand of Alabama for his skill in playing off Spanish-American antagonisms for Creek benefit. Son of a Scottish trader and a French-Indian woman, McGillivray owned slaves, suffered from venereal disease, died in his 303, preserved the Creek nation a full generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Source Material | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...through the water one after the ather like successive finger snaps md established a new U. S. record for the half mile relay, hewing rff a full 16 4/5 sec. from the >ld mark of a little over ten minutes, at Philadelphia last week. They were Johnny Weismuller, P. McGillivray, Albert Schwartz, Arne Borg, all of different nationalities, all swimming for Illinois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

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