I have been cleaning up files and backing up files today, and ran across this stashed away. Thought I would send it out just in case there might be someone's family listed. Happy New Year. May all our computers work fine Saturday morning, ~~| :-) ~^~^~^~^~^~^`^`^`^~^~^^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Choctaw Indian Immigrants - 1847 Muster Roll of a party of Immigrant Choctaw Indians known as the Big Black River Band who arrived at Fort Chaffee, in the Choctaw Nation West, June 10th, 1847 No. Name of Head of Family Men Women Children Total 1 Eli W. Crowder 1 1 6 8 2 Charles Bench 1 1 2 4 3 Henry C. D. Massey 2 1 5 8 4 William Jones 1 0 0 0 5 Ah Hook La Che 2 0 2 4 6 Jackson 1 1 1 3 7 James McCans wife 0 1 0 1 8. An To Na 0 1 4 5 9 Pissa La Ho Ka 1 1 2 4 10 Chuffa Tubbee 1 2 2 5 11 Nuk Ah Na Cha 4 1 1 6 12 E Mah A Che Tubbee 1 1 1 3 13 Ah Loh Ma Tubbee 1 1 0 2 14 Hannah 0 2 2 4 15 Co Mon Tah Ho Nah 2 1 1 4 16 Poh Sha To Nubbee 1 1 5 7 17 E Math La Chubbee 2 1 3 6 18 Kam Pa Lubbee 1 1 0 2 19 Ish Te Ma Nubbee 1 1 2 4 20 Loh Ma Chubbee 1 1 0 2 21 Battiste 1 0 0 1 22 Tik E lin Tubbee 1 1 2 4 23 Sukky 0 1 0 1 24 John Hardaway 1 1 0 2 25 Lucy McEwen 0 1 0 1 26 Mak A Too Na 0 1 0 1 27 Ho Bah Ta Cha 3 0 0 3 28 Pah Len Tubbee 1 1 1 3 29 Hartwell Hardaway 3 6 0 9 30 Simpson Colbert 1 0 0 1 31 Mary Sims 0 1 0 1 _________________________________ 35 33 42 110 I certify on honor that the foregoing is a correct roll of the party which landed at Fort Chaffee this morning and for which the contractors for removing Choctaws are entitled to compensation as per contract with the War Department. June 10th, 1847 /s/ William Wilson Issuing Commissary AiSv Nv wa do hi ya do (Walk in Peace) Ethel Taylor AKA Bandony1@cs.com 55500 Bates Road Bandon, OR 97411 ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Each of our lives are imbedded in a web that reaches back in time to the beginning; each of our tracks marked in stone leading to eternity. We never walk alone!