That's not the way I understand it. There was an Arkansas Territory and there was an Indian Territory, but the demarcation was fuzzy because no one had really been there. The Choctaw were originally given land in Arkansas Territory and land in Indian Territory. At least that is the way the history books seem to be recording it. Some Choctaw did remove to Arkansas Territory in the early 1800's. Later the land swap was amended so that the Choctaw gave up their land in Arkansas Territory, and most removed then further west to Choctaw lands in Indian Territory. I am still reading. Maybe I will come across more accurate information on the exact sites. I am somewhat hindered, however, because I don't have as good a grasp of geography as I probably need to understand the latitude and longitude of it all. Do you have old maps? I only mentioned this source because many of the history books do mention families and individuals by name. George Ann --- Ron Hawkins <redhawk1@adelphia.net> wrote: > All the territory that became Indian Territory was > originally part of the Arkansas territory. East of > the river was more heavily populated by white > settlers, and when they complained, IT was moved > across the river. This is one reason why Ft. Smith > in Arkansas has connections to Choctaw history. > > Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Ann Gregory > To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:09 AM > Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Arkansas Choctaw > > > Halito! > > Earlier someone was looking for information about > Choctaws in Arkansas. I believe that you can find > a > discussion of that in DeRosier's The Removal of > the > Choctaw Indians (1970). It may be out of print, > but > you might be able to find a used copy on > Amazon.com. > > Apparently, the Choctaw were originally given land > in > Arkansas, but the white settlers complained. > Consequently, the U.S. govt. took that land back. > Most > of the Choctaw moved into Indian Territory. > However, > some may have stayed. > > Good luck, > > George Ann > --- > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Home Page: > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/chat.htm > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Try Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST pages at > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.html > for CHOCTAW Muster Rolls, Orphans lists, censuses, > land records, etc. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com