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!