Among the thousands of resources in the custody of the Oklahoma Historical Society's Archives and Manuscripts Division is a series of bound volumes containing transcripts of documents on the subject of Indian Affairs. The transcripts were the work of Grant Foreman, one of Oklahoma's most esteemed historians. An authority on the Five Civilized Tribes, Foreman was responsible for the Oklahoma Historical Society's acquisition of the more than three million documents and six thousand volumes that are the nucleus of the Archives' collection.
The following list was found on pages 50-51 in the first of three volumes labeled Foreman Transcripts, London Public Record 0ffice. The volume is described as "Correspondence between John Stuart, Superintendent for Indian Affairs for the Southern District of North America, and the Cherokees; and miscellaneous Indian documents relating to Indian Affairs. 1 February 1766 to 2 February 1767. (Typed copy, 159 pp.)" The title page of the volume reads, "Public Record Office (London), Colonial Office, Class 5, Number 67 (On binding, 'Plantations General'). Secured by Grant Foreman. Copy deposited July 1, 1937."
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A List of Traders and Packhorsemen in the
Chickasaw Nation January 22:d 1766.
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TRADERS |
PACKHORSEMEN |
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John Sims |
Moses Price |
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Henry Dukes |
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Michael Creadle |
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James Calbert |
Richard Hyde |
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William Gilchrist |
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James Crongleton |
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Alex:r M:c Intosh |
John Francis |
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Benjamin Sealy |
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Alex:r Curtone |
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John Gooding |
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Anthony Danford |
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John Highrider |
William Kemp |
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John M:c Bean |
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William James |
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Arthur Cruise |
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John Burrowson |
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Francis M:c Cartan |
James Andrews |
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George Scott |
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Daniel Derise |
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Robert Hannah |
George Wood |
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Richard Stuart |
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Elias Campbell |
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James Adair |
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By the above List it appears, that there are [P. 86]
Thirty White Men in the Chactaw [sic] Nation, which does not contain more than 350 Men fit to bear Arms; for which Number of Hunters, three Traders would be fully sufficient.
J:S:
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Endorsed Copy of a List of Traders and Packhorsemen in the Chickasaw Nation / January 22, 1766. / N.° 47
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