In the 1880's several leaders of the Chickasaw Nation gathered and elected some spokesmen--King Blue and Isaac Alexander who later drafted the eloquent Memorial of the Chickasaw Freedmen which was a formal appeal of the Freedmen to the United States Government.

For those who have not read the document you may do so on the web page:
http://members.aol.com/angelaw859/chic_mem.html

(note keep clicking the link at the end of each page to get the entire document)

[10 Aug 1999]