I see some of my Choctaw names and sure would like to know how to get the info on them ( and what the names are listed for !! ) Deana On 8/21/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > ToAll: > > Yesterday I received a message through another list that a huge collection > of private manuscripts, letters, deeds, bills and copies of court records > entitled the "Natchez Trace Small Manuscript Collection" has been sold by a > private Mississippi collector to the University of Texas at Austin. I was > told that the Mississippi State Archives personnel were quite upset that > they could not afford to purchase this collection, which took many > 18-wheeler trucks to move it to the Austin university library. Anyone > investigating their Choctaw (and other) ancestors in Mississippi, Alabama or > anywhere along the Natchez Trace may benefit from this collection newly made > available to the public. The Natchez Trace was an ancient trail used by the > Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee and other Indians. It runs 440 miles > connecting the southern portions of the Mississippi River Delta to salt > licks in today's central Tennessee. "The Natchez Trace experienced its > heaviest use from 1785 to 1820 by th! > e "Kaintuck" boatmen that floated the Ohio and Miss. Rivers to markets in > Natchez and New Orleans. They sold their cargo and boats and began the trek > back north enroute to Nashville and points beyond. It was (and still is) a > significant historical trail through Miss., Ala. and Tenn." that was > originally a prehistoric buffalo trail. I've seen some places where this > trail is worn down as much as 20 feet into the ground. It's a fascinating > place to visit for those interested in archeology and paleontology. > > In glancing at the list of papers, letters, etc. in this collection I see > many surnames that were connected to the early Choctaws. You can access an > index of these surnames at: > > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00140/cah-00140.html#a23 > > dusty > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- CHATA SIA