Possibly a payment roll of those who were employed by the government to furnish services to the tribes. jc ~~ Lldurham@aol.com wrote: > In a letter written August 1, 1892 to Nelson Case, president of the Labette > County KS historical society, Dr. George Lisle said: > > <<....thence he (a fellow named Wilfred Cox) had come down to Osage Mission > with some stockmen, and from there in one way and other got down to Ambrose > McGhee's place near where Chetopa now stands. This was sometime probably in > 1847 or 48. Ambrose McGhee, during the period from 1855 to 61 [Ambrose's son, > Thomas Jefferson McGhee, says Ambrose died 1860], was registered on the > Government Rolls as Blacksmith for the Quapaws, and at times for the Osages. > He also owned a farm a mile or so southeast of the present site of Chetopa > where the old Shawnee cattle trail joined the Texas cattle trail after it > crossed the Neosho at Rocky Ford on the present State line.>> > > Ambrose McGhee was a white man married to Judith Cochran, a full blood > Cherokee. Does anyone have any idea what "Government Rolls" Dr. Lisle is > talking about here? Thanking you in advance!