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Report (copy), Samuel Mitchell, Chickasaw Agent, Washington near Natchez, to Governor Claiborne, treating such topics as: failure to make reports on time due to illness; accompanying Mr. Dinsmoor on a trip to the Choctaws; taking trip to Nashville with some Indians to supply them with plows; relocation of some Indians within the Nation; fear of the Indians of the French taking control of Louisiana and fomenting other Indians against them and desire for establishment of fort to give protection; need for tools and a blacksmith; the industry of the women in weaving cotton cloth for their families; hiring of workmen to make and repair tools and a woman to teach weaving; financial records of the agency; acknowledgment with gratitude of the orders from the Secretary of War for the issuing of tools and procuring of workmen; the establishment of factories in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations; urging the Indians to cultivate cotton; endeavoring to suppress the introduction of ardent spirits among Indians, problems detailed not withstanding; lateness of arrival of passport preventing Indians departure for Washington within the time specified; preference of Indians for traveling in warm weather; tracing of missing supplies and efforts to replace them; request for medicine chest and books; need for greater ease in procuring funds; reporting unlicensed traders in the territory; and asking what to do with recovered stolen or lost horses with unknown owners.
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Report (copy), Samuel Mitchell, Chickasaw Agent, Washington near Natchez, to Governor Claiborne, treating such topics as: failure to make reports on time due to illness; accompanying Mr. Dinsmoor on a trip to the Choctaws; taking trip to Nashville with some Indians to supply them with plows; relocation of some Indians within the Nation; fear of the Indians of the French taking control of Louisiana and fomenting other Indians against them and desire for establishment of fort to give protection; need for tools and a blacksmith; the industry of the women in weaving cotton cloth for their families; hiring of workmen to make and repair tools and a woman to teach weaving; financial records of the agency; acknowledgment with gratitude of the orders from the Secretary of War for the issuing of tools and procuring of workmen; the establishment of factories in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations; urging the Indians to cultivate cotton; endeavoring to suppress the introduction of ardent spirits among Indians, problems detailed not withstanding; lateness of arrival of passport preventing Indians departure for Washington within the time specified; preference of Indians for traveling in warm weather; tracing of missing supplies and efforts to replace them; request for medicine chest and books; need for greater ease in procuring funds; reporting unlicensed traders in the territory; and asking what to do with recovered stolen or lost horses with unknown owners.
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- Doc Number: 138
- Administration: William C. Claiborne
- Date(s): 1803-01-23
- Description: Report (copy), Samuel Mitchell, Chickasaw Agent, Washington near Natchez, to Governor Claiborne, treating such topics as: failure to make reports on time due to illness; accompanying Mr. Dinsmoor on a trip to the Choctaws; taking trip to Nashville with some Indians to supply them with plows; relocation of some Indians within the Nation; fear of the Indians of the French taking control of Louisiana and fomenting other Indians against them and desire for establishment of fort to give protection; need for tools and a blacksmith; the industry of the women in weaving cotton cloth for their families; hiring of workmen to make and repair tools and a woman to teach weaving; financial records of the agency; acknowledgment with gratitude of the orders from the Secretary of War for the issuing of tools and procuring of workmen; the establishment of factories in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations; urging the Indians to cultivate cotton; endeavoring to suppress the introduction of ardent spirits among Indians, problems detailed not withstanding; lateness of arrival of passport preventing Indians departure for Washington within the time specified; preference of Indians for traveling in warm weather; tracing of missing supplies and efforts to replace them; request for medicine chest and books; need for greater ease in procuring funds; reporting unlicensed traders in the territory; and asking what to do with recovered stolen or lost horses with unknown owners.
- Call Number: Series 0488
- Filename: 488-0138-08.tif