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INDIAN LANDS, Mississippi in the 1820s: 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. The Effects of Fertile Land in the Mississippi Delta
    date 1817 to 1820map INDIAN LANDS, Mississippitags Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In a letter received by James Ure, John Bisland, a long time friend was intent on convincing him to move to Mississippi and invest in the cotton industry because of how easy it [was] to make money here. I bought 100 acres of land which lay contiguous to my estate [and] paid 600 dollars he explained and was able to make about 500 dollars by only planting cotton on seventeen acres. Cotton was seen as...

  2. Choctaw Treaty of 1820
    date October 18, 1820 to December 23, 1820map INDIAN LANDS, Mississippitags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    The United States, represented by Generals Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hinds, negotiated at Doak's Stand with “Mingoes,' or head men and warriors of the Choctaw nation, over land. The United States hoped to expand white settlement specifically in Mississippi, the Choctaw homeland. In return for the Choctaw land, President Monroe agreed to a cession of about one-fifth of the state of Arkansas,...

  3. A Missionary's View of the Choctaw Nation in 1825
    date February 15, 1825map INDIAN LANDS, Mississippitags Native-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity

    In February of 1825 the Western Recorder published an extract from a letter describing the current state of the Choctaw Indians. The missionary L.S. Williams wrote the letter in December of 1824 after having lived with the Choctaw for almost eight years. He wrote that the human nature he saw in the Choctaw nation was lower than any he had previously witnessed. He regarded the Indians as ignorant,...