“Through all the epochs of colonial history the Chickasaw people maintained their old reputation for independence and bravery.” (Gatschet.)
“The ancient Chickasaws have justily been regarded as the bravest and most skillful warriors among all the American Indians.” (Cushman.)
“The smallest of the Southern nations, but they were also the bravest and most warlike.” (Roosevelt.)
“Noted from remote times for their bravery, independence and warlike disposition.” (Hodge.)
[179]. See on this town, Swanton, Early Creeks, 313, et seq.
[180]. Should be 1748, when “the Western Choctaws attack the Quartier Alemands.” French Transcripts at Jackson, Miss., Vol. 32, p. 81.
[181]. Quapaw, a Southwestern Siouan tribe, their villages west of the Mississippi and north of the Arkansas River. Hodge, Handbook, II, 333.
[182]. A name applied by Adair to a company of traders, composed of Gov. James Glen, his brother and two others, and given official countenance.
[183]. At their head Charles McNaire.
[184]. George Galphin.