Journal of the Proceedings with the Choctaw Nation Z/2343.000/S

This is a handwritten "true copy" produced by George B. Crogill and Thomas Lewis of the "Journal of the Proceedings with the Choctaw Indians, 1826," written by United States commissioners appointed to negotiate treaties with the Choctaws. Dating between November 10, 1826, and November 16, 1826, the journal describes two unsuccessful proposals for Choctaw land cession offered by United States commissioners, including William Clark, John Coffee, and Thomas Hinds, to Choctaw representatives, including Chief Tapena Homa (General Hummingbird), James L. McDonald, Israel Folsom, and interpreter Major J. L. Pichlyn. The journal also relates the successful negotiations between Choctaw leader David Folsom and Superintendent of Indian Affairs William Clark for peace between the Choctaws and the Osage and Delaware tribes.


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Image Arrangement and Numbering

Page numbers supplied by the archivist at the time of processing mirror original page numbers.

Technical Details

Original Scans: The original scans of the Journal of the Proceedings with the Choctaw Nation were made in January 2017, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The pages were scanned as uncompressed, 24-bit RGB TIFF files at 600 pixels per inch. Blank pages (30-43) were not scanned.

Conversion: For Web display, the original scans of the journal were converted to Zoomify JPEG files.

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Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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