Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 6O. Bachelor & J.S. Redfield, 1839 |
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Page 32
... Choctaw nation , which ran in a parallel direction with the Mississip- pi and eastward thereof . " The Choctaws relin- quished all right and title to the same from latitude thirty - one degrees north , to the Yazoo . This line is laid ...
... Choctaw nation , which ran in a parallel direction with the Mississip- pi and eastward thereof . " The Choctaws relin- quished all right and title to the same from latitude thirty - one degrees north , to the Yazoo . This line is laid ...
Page 33
... Choctaws . The latter tribe have been immemorially distinguished for their aversion to shed the blood of the whites . The contrast of northern settlement is deeply marked in a war of twenty years , characterized by every feature of fe ...
... Choctaws . The latter tribe have been immemorially distinguished for their aversion to shed the blood of the whites . The contrast of northern settlement is deeply marked in a war of twenty years , characterized by every feature of fe ...
Page 82
... Choctaw chief , until further orders . Man , was covered by an intervening ridge from the fire however , eager to ... Choctaws . Then the credentials and sup- a boy at the time too young to be pressed into ser- plies I have , " continued ...
... Choctaw chief , until further orders . Man , was covered by an intervening ridge from the fire however , eager to ... Choctaws . Then the credentials and sup- a boy at the time too young to be pressed into ser- plies I have , " continued ...
Page 88
... Choctaw nations , hole in another stone . It is perforated longitudinally , and brought by families who moved from thence , to the bore about inch diameter , and resembles the Hamilton county , Ohio . old - fashioned pendants ...
... Choctaw nations , hole in another stone . It is perforated longitudinally , and brought by families who moved from thence , to the bore about inch diameter , and resembles the Hamilton county , Ohio . old - fashioned pendants ...
Page 236
... Choctaw and Cherokee fresh appearance , without any symptom of petri- reservations , and they often kicked up oyster - shells faction . A few miles from this , and at about the among the sands , hundreds of miles from the salt same ...
... Choctaw and Cherokee fresh appearance , without any symptom of petri- reservations , and they often kicked up oyster - shells faction . A few miles from this , and at about the among the sands , hundreds of miles from the salt same ...
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