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Choctaw Chiefs

 

David Folsom (1791–1847) had served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and between 1826 and 1830 ruled over the Choctaws’ northeastern district as one of the Nation’s so-called “Medal Chiefs”  

• David Folsom to William Ward, ca September 15, 1829
• David Folsom to William Ward, September 17, 1829
• David Folsom to William Ward, November 7, 1829
• David Folsom to William Ward, November 22, 1829
• David Folsom to David W. Haley, December 14, 1829
• David Folsom to Richard Mentor Johnson, February 7, 1830
• David Folsom and Greenwood Leflore to Jackson, March 18, 1830

 

Pierre Juzan (c. 1805-1841), a grandnephew of Chief Pushmataha (d. 1824), was a graduate of the Choctaw Academy in Kentucky 

• Pierre Juzan to William Ward, July 5, 1829

 

Greenwood Leflore (1800–1865), a grandson of Chief Pushmahata, served as “Medal Chief” of the Choctaws’ northwestern district from 1822 to 1830 and then from 1830 to 1831 as the Nation’s principal chief               

• Greenwood Leflore and David Folsom to Jackson, March 18, 1830
• Greenwood Leflore to Mushulatubbe, April 7, 1830

 

Mushulatubbe (d. 1838) had fought on the side of the U.S. in the Creek War (1813-14) and the War of 1812 and ruled the Nation’s northeastern district as a “Medal Chief” before being replaced by David Folsom in 1826

• Mushulatubbe to Andrew Jackson, May 16, 1829
• Mushulatubbe to John Henry Eaton, September 28, 1829
• Mushulatubbe et al. to John Henry Eaton, March 25, 1830
• Mushulatubbee et al. to William Ward, April 17, 1830

 

Nitakechi (1772-1845), a nephew of Chief Pushmataha, ruled the Nation’s Pushmataha District in the Choctaws’ western domain from 1834 to 1838

• Nitakechi et al. to John Henry Eaton, November 20, 1829

 

Officers of the United States government

 

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) of Tennessee was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837

• Andrew Jackson to David W. Haley, October 15, 1829
• Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren, April 15, 1830
• Andrew Jackson to the United States Senate, May 6, 1830 (Draft)
• Andrew Jackson to the United States Senate, May 6, 1830 (Sent)
• Choctaw Removal Treaty Proposed by Andrew Jackson

 

John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) of Tennessee, a former U.S. senator, served as Jackson’s Secretary of War from 1829 to 1831

• John Henry Eaton to William Ward, July 31, 1829
• John Henry Eaton to Andrew Jackson, April 27, 1830

 

William Ward (1769-1836), a native of Maryland, had served as the U.S. Indian agent to the Choctaw Nation since 1821

• William Ward to John Henry Eaton, July 14, 1829
• William Ward to John Henry Eaton, September 1, 1829
• William Ward to John Henry Eaton, October 15, 1829
• William Ward to John Henry Eaton, November 4, 1829
• William Ward to John Henry Eaton, November 20, 1829
• William Ward to John Henry Eaton, December 29, 1829
• William Ward to John Henry Eaton, April 19, 1830

 

David McClellan (1873-1858) of Tennessee served as the U.S. Indian subagent to the Western Choctaw Nation

• David McClellan to Andrew Jackson, December 2, 1829

 

Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) served in the War Department as superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1824 to 1830 and later authored a three-volume History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1836-1844)

• Thomas Loraine McKenney to John Henry Eaton, April 17, 1830

 

Others

 

David W. Wright (1795-1844) was a lawyer and former Mississippi state legislator

• Daniel W. Wright to Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829
• Daniel W. Wright to Powhatan Ellis, April 11, 1830

 

David W. Haley (1793–1857) was a Mississippi mail contractor employed by Jackson as a personal emissary to the Choctaws

• David W. Haley to Andrew Jackson, October 8, 1829

 

Middleton Mackey, a native of South Carolina, served as interpreter for the Choctaw Nation

• Middleton Mackey to John Henry Eaton, November 29, 1829