I understand that at the request of the US govt the Oklahoma Choctaw sent regular invitations to their Mississippi relatives to join them. George Ann >From: "Dusty" <dustyc@microgear.net> >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Choctaw removals >Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:10:11 -0500 > >Since there was no Mississippi Band until the 1940's they couldn't have >issued a letter about the removals to Oklahoma in the previous century. > >The US government issued notifications and sent agents into Choctaw >territory to inform everyone (they claimed), but the removals process with >the Choctaws in Miss/Ala was so full of skullduggery and "selective" >registration, that books have been written about it. i suggest you read >"The Removal of the Choctaw Indians" by Arthur DeRosier, Jr. and Angi >Debo's >"And Still the Waters Run - The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes". >These books can give you more detail about what happened. Another good >read >is "The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic" by Debo. > >dusty > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Lori0602h@aol.com> >To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:28 PM >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Surnames Being Researched > > > > Dusty: > > > > Perhaps I used the term "Mississippi Choctaws" loosely. However, this >is >the > > way it was stated in the case files. > > > > By chance, do you know if the Mississippi Band issued a letter to >possible > > members (for lack of a better word) inviting them to relocate to >Oklahoma >or > > remain in Mississippi? This letter thing has had me puzzled for years. >Can > > you give me some direction on this? > > > > Thanks, > > Lori > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE.... > > Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes >and spelled correctly. > > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > >==== 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. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com