Hi gang: Even though there's not many of us, I'll start posting my "brick wall". Anybody ever heard of some sort of Choctaw "reservation" or "settlement" in northern Caddo about 1865. My gr grmthr was born 1865 somewhere in La. (according to 1900 census) and family oral tradition says her parents were living on a "reservation" right on the La./Ark. border. I am a student of La. indian nations and have never heard (and can't find anybody else whose ever heard of) a reservation that far north. These people wound up in Sulphur Fork/Bright Star, Miller Co., Ark. working on a cotton plantation owned by a "Smith" family, where they took on the surname Smith. No one in the family remembers what the Chatah names were. We've got old tintypes, just cant narrow down where this "reservation" could have been. I will gladly entertain any ideas, clues, dreams, visions or insight anyone might have as to where this settlement could have been. I have an old map that shows two communities, "New Camp" and "Missionary" very near the Arkansas line. Could one of these been an indian settlement? Someone told me that "Missionary" was a plantation. Was it ever in Miller Co and maybe the boundaries moved? Also, they mentioned a village called "Kiblah" where a Britton Smith had a large farm. Was that in La. or Arkansas. When was todays present La/Ark boundary established? Anybody know anything about the Britton Smith family. Thanks!! [email protected]