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Choctaw Indians -- Mississippi.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Cyrus Byington Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2038
Abstract

This collection consists of a single letter written by Cyrus Byington, a Christian missionary, on December 20, 1821 from the Choctaw Nation.

Dates: 1821

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

Timothy Pickering Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2037
Abstract

This collection consists of one letter from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War, to Samuel Hodgdoin, Commissioner of Military stores. The letter is dated July 17, 1795.

Dates: 1795