Nalora, Personally I don't think you have a thing to apologize for. You will be missed. Shari >From: Nalora <vashti@theshop.net> >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CHOCTAW] My apologies and goodbye >Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:33:30 -0600 > >Seems I offended someone with the use of the word SQUAW. > >I am offended by anyone being offended by words. > >They ban Mark Twain for that in Enid, Oklahoma, ya know. > >I am unsubbing. Yall have a good time. > > >Nalora > > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ >Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Nalora, I am so sorry . How in the world could anyone critisize you after all the work and help you have been to the list--Shame on the one that is guilty. ewaller@tyler.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nalora" <vashti@theshop.net> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 6:33 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW] My apologies and goodbye > Seems I offended someone with the use of the word SQUAW. > > I am offended by anyone being offended by words. > > They ban Mark Twain for that in Enid, Oklahoma, ya know. > > I am unsubbing. Yall have a good time. > > > Nalora > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm > >

I agree with you! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nalora" <vashti@theshop.net> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 6:33 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW] My apologies and goodbye > Seems I offended someone with the use of the word SQUAW. > > I am offended by anyone being offended by words. > > They ban Mark Twain for that in Enid, Oklahoma, ya know. > > I am unsubbing. Yall have a good time. > > > Nalora > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm >

Seems I offended someone with the use of the word SQUAW. I am offended by anyone being offended by words. They ban Mark Twain for that in Enid, Oklahoma, ya know. I am unsubbing. Yall have a good time. Nalora

You might try and "go sideways" and find out, by getting the packets on his ancestors that are on the rolls: If I was searching, I would send for the packets I have a star by. Dawes Final Rolls The Native American Collection, GenRef, Inc. and the Oklahoma Historical Society Bld Census Enroll. Surname Given Name(s) Age Sex % Cd # Page Number Tribe Going, Lesine, 1, Female, Full, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5973 Choctaws - by Blood Going, Lizzie, 33, Female, Full, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5967 Choctaws - by Blood **Robinson, Amsiah, 35, Male, 1-2, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5966 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Elsie, 15, Female, 3-4, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5968 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Jane, 13, Female, 2-4, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5969 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, John, 7, Male, 3-4, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5972 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Lyman, 11, Male, 3-4, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5970 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Mary, 4, Female, 3-4, CC# 2073 Page 93, Enr# 15573 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Moses, 10, Male, 3-4, CC# 2073 Page 36, Enr# 5971 Choctaws - by Blood Dawes Final Rolls The Native American Collection, GenRef, Inc. and the Oklahoma Historical Society Bld Census Enroll. Surname Given Name(s) Age Sex % Cd # Page Number Tribe Robinson, Carrie A., 17, Female, 3-4, CC# 4765 Page 79, Enr# 13151 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Coleman, 19, Male, 3-4, CC# 4765 Page 79, Enr# 13150 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Ella L., 12, Female, 3-4, CC# 4765 Page 79, Enr# 13153 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Lourena L., 38, Female, 3-4, CC# 4765 Page 79, Enr# 13149 Choctaws - by Blood **Robinson, McKee F., 7, Male, 3-4, CC# 4765 Page 79, Enr# 13154 Choctaws - by Blood Robinson, Nannie B., 15, Female, 3-4, CC# 4765 Page 79, Enr# 13152 Choctaws - by Blood Dawes Final Rolls The Native American Collection, GenRef, Inc. and the Oklahoma Historical Society Bld Census Enroll. Surname Given Name(s) Age Sex % Cd # Page Number Tribe **Robinson, Clisto C., 20, Male, 1-8, CC# 3608 Page 61, Enr# 10191 Choctaws - by Blood Nalora

Nalora, Thanks so much for your information. Do you know if Amzi was indian I haven't been able to find him in NC yet. Thanks again Linda

At 06:05 PM 3/22/00 EST, you wrote: >Nalora, >Thanks so much for your information. Do you know if Amzi was indian I >haven't been able to find him in NC yet. Thanks again >Linda Linda, I am not reading from the little in O'Beirne's book that he was Choctaw. I have a feeling he was a "Squaw-man". Nalora

The only thing that makes me think twice about that is that in an interview my grandfather did with a WPA worker, he talked about how Choctaws very seldom took a literal translation of their Choctaw names; other tribes often did, but not usually Choctaws. Of course, that doesn't mean they never did, so it's quite possible those started out as vbi, or some variation of vbi. So maybe Sixkiller started out as Untuklotubbe or something like that. Beverly >Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 19:32:41 -0600 >From: Nalora <vashti@theshop.net> >To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000321193241.00922c40@theshop.net> >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] Re: Choctaw for "Killer" >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Thanks Beverly. Is it possible the various "Killer" names were originally >"Tubbe" names? ie Sixkiller. > > >Nalora

>Kenneth Prewitt >Director >Bureau of the Census >Department of Commerce >Washington, D.C. 20233 > >Dear Director Prewitt: >I am writing a series of articles about the 2000 census for Indigenous >periodicals and several issues have been raised in the press for which I >need answers. These issues are very important to Native American >communities. >First, some people are concerned about the loss of anonymity if they put >down their tribal affiliation in the Race question, because they may be >the only person from their tribe in the particular census tract or even in >the town or city. Will the tribal designation remain attached to any >confidential information ? >Second, we are being told by a Native advisory group to the census that if >we mark yes for the Hispanic category and then check American Indian in >the race category, we will NOT BE COUNTED AS AMERICAN INDIAN. This is of >tremendous concern because of the huge numbers of indigenous people in >Florida, Texas, and the Southwest who have Spanish-surnames or who come >from a Latin American country. Is this correct information, and if so, why >does the Bureau favor the Hispanic count over the Native count? >Third, we are also being told that if we check more than one race under >the race category that we will be aggregated in a racially-mixed category >and not counted as American Indian. Is this so? If so, why would this be, >when American Indian status is a matter of tribal affiliation or community >identity and not a matter of "purity" of blood under federal law as well >as tribal custom? >We are also being told that the Bureau still has the policy of "assigning" >persons of Mexican and other Latin American origin to the "white" category >when they select "other" or leave race blank or write in Mexican, Chicano, >or some other term. Is this still Bureau policy? If so, why is this done, >given the overwhelming anthropological evidence that Mexicans are 80% of >American Indian ancestry and only about 10% European? >Is it not correct that the OMB has redefined American Indian and Alaska >Native to include all persons of pre-Columbian ancestry from North, South >and Central America? Is this information being conveyed to census workers >who will be helping people fill out their forms? >Your responses are needed so that Indian people can decide what to check >on the forms if they are to protect their right to be counted as American >Indian. > > Sincerely yours, > > > Jack D. Forbes > Professor Emeritus > NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES > -- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)

Can anyone tell me if the surnames MERRIFIELD/MERRYFIELD/MARYFIELD will relate to surname MAYFIELD? I have a ggrandmother named Missouri Victoria MERRIFIELD b. 1865 Mo daug to Joseph W. MERRIFIELD b. 1836 Leroy, McLean Co. Illinois who in pictures with her sisters, looks very much native american. Can anyone help me tie to MAYFIELD who do appear on Dawes rolls? Peter

Hi Nalora: Would love to help! Not that I have time on my hands, but, we all need this information. Best, Sandi :)

If you can help Suzanne, please email her directly as she is not on the list. Thanks Jacque ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy & Suzanne Johnston <july@nook.net> To: <hopkinsj@ida.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:56 PM Subject: geneology > Hi there - were are currently looking for information on our great great > grandmother who was full blooded choctaw. Her name was Elizabeth Morris DOB > I believe was 1837 in Danville Arkansas and DOD was around 1887. She > married William Putman in 1867. I have an arcticle from "The Old Pioneer > Cemetary" data compiled by Aileen McWilliam that states "In Oklahoma, the > best known of the old pioneers was William (Bill Putman), a civil war > confederate veteran, born in 1828, died in 1888. Putman could acquire land > in Oklahoma because he became an"intermarried" Choctaw citizen by marrying > an Indian woman, Elizabeth Morris. He owne dand operated 400 acres on and > around Rich Mountain." Any inofrmation you could give me really on either > of the above would be most helpful, like wherre I can get copies of Birth > and Death Certificates. And any geneology information too. Thank you very > much. > > Suzanne Johnston > Nome, Alaska ( Home of the Iditarod) >

At 11:01 PM 3/21/00 EST, you wrote: >Nalora: > >Are you wonderful, or what? Many of my old family are mentioned in the >O'Beirne Book. I can't wait to read the whole index! > >Love, Sandi :) Well, Sandi, I was actually thinking of asking you to help me compile it, if you had some time. An easy task, really, you see I have taken the "mentions" and just put them into a "list", as I go along. Now I know that I have some names that are repetitive, so I need to take the list, put the names in alphabetical order, and eliminate the repetitive names by placing the page numbers next to one entry for that name. If you want to do this for me, I could send you the txt file, you could alphabetize it and then I could send you a "daily" list, as I continue my reading of the book. Would save me some time, and be a big help to me. Nalora

Thanks, I am not really connected to Smallwood. My husband's grandmother, Lucy Jane Tanner, m. Michol Smallwood. They had a daughter, Sorilla (don't know what happened to her). He died perhaps in 1877. In 1880, she married James Knox Bowman in Dallas Co. I have been unable to find anything about either of them. She died in Carter Co., OK in 1895. The 1890 Census of Chickasaw Nation, Book 2 has: 27080-Bowman, J.K. and wife, age 33, 1 male, 3 females, Healdton, Carter County, Choctaw by marriage to Indian, 6 in family. The children were never registered to the Dawes rolls that we can find. I hoped if I could find her with Smallwood's, maybe I could trace her back farther. I know nothing beyond "start with what you know." If you can be of any help I would really appreciate it. Jean

Nalora: Are you wonderful, or what? Many of my old family are mentioned in the O'Beirne Book. I can't wait to read the whole index! Love, Sandi :)

HI Jean I have nine generation of Smallwoods , I'll dig them out if you want them. Paul and Linda Schramm e mail Pelr@aol.com

Is there a listing for a Michol sp? Smallwood from Atoka Co. OK. He died in the 1870s and is said to have been the son of a Choctaw governor? Jean

I will be posting the entire "comprehensive" Index to "Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory", Vol. I, Choctaws and Chickasaws By H. F. O'Beirne published 1891. When I get it finished. I am hoping to finish it in a week, it looks like now, at the rate it is going. I posted the original index to the book to this list a long while back, and it can be found, I think, on a search of the Archives of this list. What I am doing is taking all the genealogical information from each entry and placing that underneath the main entry header's name. I am also compiling a "brief mention" list of other people who are in the book, in individual stories, and yet are not on the original index. Essentially completing a more comprehensive index to the book. Eventually this, and all my other transcription work will be on my own webpage, which should be ready for the public in another week or so, as well. Jacque has had a lot of my stuff sitting on her web page for a long while, since I am so slow at getting my own web page up and running. I am very thankful to Jacque for providing me space for so long for some of my transcriptions. (and I am thrilled those tiny little Chronicle index notations helped you so much Sharon!! just thrilled--Maybe when I get the time to really scour I will come up with more. I do know your surnames are in the O'Beirne Book) Nalora

I just found this information today courtesy of Nalora's generous help. In the Chronicles of Oklahoma Vol. XVII, No. 2. June 1939. "A Story of Choctaw Chiefs" by Peter James Hudson. On page 206 "Ben Smallwood succeeded Thompson McKinney, taking the oath of office in October 1888 and serving until 1890. His opponent was Wilson N. Jones. It is not known what school he attended. He was a son of William Smallwood. His grandfather was Elijah Smallwood, a white man, from South Carolina, who went to Mississippi and married Mary Leflore, sister of Thomas Leflore. Ben Smallwood's father, William Smallwood was a student at Choctaw Academy. He was a member of Council in 1863. He married Annie Burney, a Chickasaw woman. He lived and died Dec. 15,1891 at Lehigh and is buried there. Mrs. Lizzie Nash of Antlers is a descendent of Ben Smallwood." Maybe this will give you something more to go on. Sharon D. -----Original Message----- From: Bowjean@aol.com <Bowjean@aol.com> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 2:18 AM Subject: [CHOCTAW] Smallwood >Is there a listing for a Michol sp? Smallwood from Atoka Co. OK. He died in >the 1870s and is said to have been the son of a Choctaw governor? >Jean > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >Pushmataha County, Oklahoma -- >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma > >

Oops, found another one, as I work on this index tonight: ROBINSON, McKee F., Choctaw, b. 1856 Father: Rev. Calvin Robinson of Blue county wife: Lorena Daney daughter of Watson Daney. children: Coleman D., Carrie L., Nannie and Ella page 139 of O'Beirne's Book. MCKEE F. ROBINSON (Choctaw) The subject of this sketch is a son of Rev. Calvin Robinson, of Blue county; was born in 1856 and married Lorena Daney, the daughter of Watson Daney. He was educated at Old Spencer, in Cedar county, which school he attended for four years. After marrying he opened a farm and took charge of stock, moving one year ago to his present residence and renting out the old place. In 1887 he was attacked by a spinal disorder, which was mistaken by his physician for consumption, and for which he found no relief until he met a traveling physician named Dr. Harteman, who has since treated him with great success. Mr. Robinson has four children--Coleman D., Carrie L., Nannie and Ella, the oldest being seven and the youngest one. He believes in progressive action and is a Presbyterian in his belief. Nalora