On 17 Oct. James Wilkinson had signed a convention with the Choctaw Indians agreeing to mark and establish the boundary line between the Choctaw Nation and the U.S. (
2To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 14 May 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...takeover on 15 Apr. of the post and district of Ouachitas, along with the archives and public papers. Bowmar estimated the population of the district at 150 heads of families and noted that a village of about one hundred Choctaw Indians was located “eight or nine leagues from this place.”
3To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 10 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
...who gave him the transcript of the accounts of Dayton Pickering &c. The last was suspected & turned out; the first was not suspected but resigned. He wants Gardner to be made Agent with the Choctaw Indians & Campbell to have a commission in the army. Whatever impropriety there might be in their conduct, I have reason to believe Gardner to be a man of honor. Campbell is very impudent but as...
4To Thomas Jefferson from John Forbes, 16 November 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
...purchase lands from the said Nation; Your Memorialists from friendly dispositions towards the United States, as well as from a desire to promote the interests and gratify the wishes of the said Choctaw Indians, and secure the payment of the said debts; exerted their influence with the chiefs of the said Nation, and prevailed upon them to present a Memorial to the President of the United...