Chickasaw

a branch of Indians allied to the Creeks, Seminoles, and Choctaws. The whites under De Soto found them occupying the headwaters of the Tombigbee and Yazoo rivers, with a trail to the Mississippi River at Memphis, 160 miles away. As the country settled up they sided with the English against the French. They were induced to cede one tract of land after another. The last cession was dated 1834. They were removed to the eastern part of the Indian Territory, where they form the Chickasaw nation, one of the federated Indian tribes of the territory. Even here, over 100,000 whites have crowded in to their territory. As the Chickasaws number less than 6,000 the result is not difficult to foresee, though at present many are farmers and stock-raisers living in a fair degree of comfort. See Indians