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The Chickasaw Indians
Lafayette County is situated in the portion of Mississippi occupied by the Chickasaw Indians upon the arrival of the first Europeagns. The Chickasaws, along with their cousins, the Choctaws, were the principal Mississippi tribes subjected to a series of r emoval attempts by the United States government, designed to bring about a clearance of valuable tribal-owned lands which were eagerly sought by increasing numbers of immigrant families. Lafayette County was one of the twelve original Mississippi countie s carved from the Chickasaw cessions, therefore the events which preceded removal are an important prelude to the formation of the county. The Chickasaws, averaging only about four thousand persons, were a small tribe, yet were known for their prowess in warfare, being" hunters and fighters first and agriculturists only upon occasion." However,by the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, they had ceased their more violent activities, and resigned themselves unenthusiastically to a pastoral routine. While a few of the Chickasaws became prosperous frgom agricultural pursuits, patterning themselves in the mold of the white man, most of the tribesmen preferred an existence which centered around a modified version of old traditions. The men would devote some efforts to construction of houses and other community projects, but according to custom "spend most of their time on the game trail and warpath," while the women tended to domestic affairs and managed the plots where the small amount of crops were pl anted. When white civilization began to encroach upon the Chickasaw domain, game became less plentiful and the warriors of the tribe had fewer activities to keep them occupied,though as latp as 1815, at a time when government officials were prodding the Indians to migrate because of the supposed exhaustion of the game within their lands, the Chickasaws traded at least $23,812 worth of pelts, far more than any other tribe. When ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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