In a message dated 8/27/2002 7:11:34 AM Central Daylight Time, Lori0602h@aol.com writes: > > You are probably correct about the term "Captain" because my great great > grandmother commented in her testimony before the Commission on the Five > Civilized Tribes that her mother and the white man told her that her father > was "Captain John." She was 74 at that time (1901), Now I'll try to find > something on Captain John to further my research. I'm sure it will be > difficult, but I like challenges. > > Lori, there were some Indian muster rolls from the War of 1812 and afterwards that can be found in various places. I came across one signed by Andrew Jackson on some reels of microfilm that were sent me from the State of Tennessee recently. It was discharge orders, dated April 29, 1818, for a Company of Indian Warriors commanded by Capt. Powas Hanjo who apparently was under the command of Major G. Cutler. It was said to have the names of 68 Indians on it and was provided as an Autograph by Forest H. Sweet of Battle Creek, Michigan. I do not know if Forrest H. Sweet is the name of an individual person or of a company that provided the Autorgraph of Jackson's Discharge orders to the Company of Indians commanded by Capt. Powas Hanjo. I also don't know what tribe these Indians were from. This list include two Indian Lieutenants, 4 Indian sargeants, 4 Indian corporals and the rest of the Indians were privates. I gather from this that the company was divided in half with one Lieutenant for each half of the company. I'm not sure what you would call half a company - a platoon? If that's the correct term, then each half of the company was further subdivided into two more halves - squads? - with each one of these commanded by a sargeant with a corporal as second in command. From my NJROTC days in high school, all I remember is that a battalion broke down into companies and a company broke down into platoons and platoons broke down into squads. And a regiment was comprised of several battalions and a division was comprised of several regiments. But I could be completely confused. In any event, there should be other lists of Indian muster rolls around somewhere. John Craven New Orleans