Judy wrote: <Some how the Indians appointed Mr. Wright as power of attorney. He charged each one of them $15 for paying them $85 their money, I am just getting into the part of how much he recieved for larger amounts. I do believe that much of the trial is in the book also. The information I have put up on the Home Guard was interesting because the payment dates were for 2 different years, but one entry could be for 1869 while the next one would be for 1868, in a journal type book, other than pulling out the pages I don't quite understand how something paid in 1869 could have an entery for 1868 after it. I am guessing they might have just sat down and started writing enteries and none of the receipts are in order either.> Thanks for the additional information, Judy. As a sidenote, awhile back I clicked on the link you have on Access Genealogy for online books, Native American, and read The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by Annie Heloise Abel. I went back to that online book last night and was able to tie some of the names you listed to the Indian regiments, how they began, etc. It had been awhile since I had read that book, so names like Wright rang a distant chord but my senior memory failed me as to why...lol. For anyone else following their Indian ancestors into the Civil War, this is a really good book choice that Judy linked to. It contains much of the correspondence dealing with recruitment and enlistment and forming of regiments and how and why. For instance, most of the Five Civilized Tribes refused to fight in a mixed regiment of Creek/Cherokee/Chickasaw but Creeks and Seminoles got along just fine, partly because their language was almost identical. I will be looking forward to "the rest of the story" on Mr. Wright. Evelyn S. Leslie

One way of doctoring the books and more cash in his pocket. They use to also keep two sets of books;. One legal and one illegal. Or transferring one book to another, to do away with the original book. Some businesses do that now. Tks, Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn S. Leslie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:31 AM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Indian Home Guard > Judy wrote: > <Some how the Indians appointed Mr. Wright as power of attorney. He > charged > each one of them $15 for paying them $85 their money, I am just getting > into > the part of how much he recieved for larger amounts. I do believe that > much > of the trial is in the book also. The information I have put up on the > Home > Guard was interesting because the payment dates were for 2 different > years, > but one entry could be for 1869 while the next one would be for 1868, in a > journal type book, other than pulling out the pages I don't quite > understand > how something paid in 1869 could have an entery for 1868 after it. I am > guessing they might have just sat down and started writing enteries and > none > of the receipts are in order either.> > > Thanks for the additional information, Judy. As a sidenote, awhile back I > clicked on the link you have on Access Genealogy for online books, Native > American, and read The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by > Annie Heloise Abel. I went back to that online book last night and was > able to tie some of the names you listed to the Indian regiments, how they > began, etc. It had been awhile since I had read that book, so names like > Wright rang a distant chord but my senior memory failed me as to > why...lol. For anyone else following their Indian ancestors into the > Civil War, this is a really good book choice that Judy linked to. It > contains much of the correspondence dealing with recruitment and > enlistment and forming of regiments and how and why. For instance, most > of the Five Civilized Tribes refused to fight in a mixed regiment of > Creek/Cherokee/Chickasaw but Creeks and Seminoles got along just fine, > partly because their language was almost identical. > > I will be looking forward to "the rest of the story" on Mr. Wright. > > Evelyn S. Leslie > > ------------------------------- > 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