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Choctaw Indians -- Social life and customs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

H. S. Halbert Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2291
Abstract

In a September 24, 1881, letter to Mr. Berlie in Pennsylvania, historian H. S. Halbert writes about his ethnographic and archaeological work among the Choctaw Indians in Neshoba County, MS. He speaks of attending a ball play, overcoming the suspiciousness of the chief and members of the tribe, and finding difficulties in locating antiquities.

Dates: 1881 September 24

Joseph M. White Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3639
Abstract

This collection contains two autographed letters regarding Native American treaties signed by Joseph White.

Dates: 1836 April 21, June 22