Oh where does the time go?

Found an interesting survey of the 1805 Choctaw boundary as decreed by the treaty of Mount Dexter. The surveyor spends a lot of time in cautious negotiations with Choctaws who aren't happy to see him. The leaders are called Mingos. The Mingo Pushmataha arrives and advises the surveyor not to enter the village up ahead. These Indians did not agree to the treaty, they think Pushmataha is a sell out, the Mingo fears for his own life. The survey goes on and on. They go into Alabama, cross the Tombigbee River and set a post on a ridge marking the corner of Choctaw, Muskogee (west side and east side) and the United States of America (to the south). It goes on and on, with many twists and turns, like the rivers.

The U.S.A. signed nine treaties in all with the Choctaw Nation. The final one, the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830, ended the Choctaw nation and sent most of the inhabitants on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

I have moved into an office on campus to avoid the distractions of home. Now I have two monitors. I can switch back and forth from the surveys to my notes much more easily.

Sally's friend Eddie Mae is staying with us this week. She is in her eighties but is still very sharp and is pleasant company.