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Big Black River Band
The following data is extracted from Muster Roll of Big Black River Band.
Muster roll of a party on immigrant Choctaw Indians, known as the Big Black River Band who arrived at Fort Coffee, in the Choctaw Nation West on the 10th of June 1847.
Eli W. Crowder Charles Bench Henry C. D. Massy William Jones Ah hook lachr Jackson James McCans wife An to na Pipa la ho ka Chuffa tubbee Nuk ah na cha Emah a chi tubbee Ah loh ma tubbee Hannah Co mon tah ho nah Poh sha to nubbee Emath la chubbee Kann pa tubbee Ish to ma nubbee Loh ma chubbee Bottish Tik e tin tubbee Sukky John Hardaway Lucy McEwen Mak a too na Ho bah ta cha Pah lun tubbee Hartwell Hardaway Simpson Colbert Mary Sims Total
I certify on honor that the foregong is a correct roll of the party which was landed at Fort Coffee this morning and for which the contractors for removing Choctaws are entitled to compensation as per contract with the War Department.
William Wilson Issuing Commissary June 10th, 1847
The information for these pages is contributed by Jackie Matte, author of They Say the Wind is Red. We thank her for allowing us to provide our readers with this valuable Choctaw history.
