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From: DJ Thornton
To: June ; Deb
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 6:46 AM
Subject: Map Choctaw Cessions,Bogue Chito stuff and Choctaw Stuff River Locations

June,
Thought you would like a refresh on this in looking for Emaka, concentrating in the areas of the dancing Rabbit Creek Cessions http://www.bc.bia.edu/maps.htm I found scroll bottom location of 3 Rivers the Yalobusha, Yazoo, Amite Rivers and Bayou Pierre, which need to look in Leflore, Lincoln Found the Dancing RAbbit Creek map here and decided to turn up searches for Bogue Chito which is near McComb MS, the Rials area.Probably the original Ryals Land grants I have ref to.I couldn't find a map of White Oak Creek but it is off the Big Black and Little Yazoo that flows from Bayou Pierre Northe. East of Yazoo which Flows north to the Yalobusa map we have .Couldn't find the Creek mention in between the Yazoo and Yalobusha but should be in the same general Area.
Apparently this area is still part of the Choctaw Reservation system
from website ofBogue Chitto Elementary School
http://www.bc.bia.edu/
The area I think we are looking at George Rials.listed as in Old Marion, MS
Choctaw Map Trail of Tears
http://www.cts.bia.edu/trail_of_tears/index.htm
 
 
MS Choctaw http://www.choctaw.org/
http://www.choctaw.org/culture/welcome.htm
The Choctaw Indian Reservation contains some 35,000 acres of Tribal lands situated in ten different Mississippi counties. This land is held in trust for the benefit of the Choctaw Tribe by the federal government. The Tribe has seven officially recognized Choctaw Indian communities, and also the Crystal Ridge community. The names of these sites are Pearl River, Red Water, Bogue Chitto, Standing Pine, Tucker, Conehatta, and Bogue Homa. Pearl River, located in Neshoba County, is the largest Choctaw Indian community, and is the site of Tribal government headquarters, as well as Pearl River Resort.

General Description & Characteristics -- The Bogue Chitto River rises in several small streams around Brookhaven, Mississippi.  The two main branches, the East and West Bogue Chitto Rivers come together a few miles south of Brookhaven to form the main stem.  The river flows southward, near McComb, Mississippi, then gradually bends toward the southeast, entering Louisiana, and finally flows into the West Pearl River Canal a few miles south of Bogalusa.  Map study suggests that the Bogue Chitto is the primary source of the stream that is officially named West Pearl. The name is supposed to come from a Choctaw Indian term meaning "big creek".  This river is an excellent example of a southern forest/swamp river, with fairly easy access and nice gravel sandbars throughout most of its course.

History http://www.telapex.com/~rroberts/bctown/bchist.html

General Description & Characteristics -- The Bogue Chitto River rises in several small streams around Brookhaven, Mississippi.  The two main branches, the East and West Bogue Chitto Rivers come together a few miles south of Brookhaven to form the main stem.  The river flows southward, near McComb, Mississippi, then gradually bends toward the southeast, entering Louisiana, and finally flows into the West Pearl River Canal a few miles south of Bogalusa.  Map study suggests that the Bogue Chitto is the primary source of the stream that is officially named West Pearl. The name is supposed to come from a Choctaw Indian term meaning "big creek".  This river is an excellent example of a southern forest/swamp river, with fairly easy access and nice gravel sandbars throughout most of its course.

 

Ryals Canoe and Tube Rental

http://www.ryalscanoe.com/index.html

Ryals Canoe and Tube Rental
1055 Dogwood Trail
McComb, MS  39648

Phone: (601)684-4948
Fax: (601)684-4948
ryalscanoe@yahoo.com <ryalscanoe@yahoo.com>

BOGUE CHITTO NR TYLERTOWN, MS

Out of print book might be interestting
          
 
 
 
 
Lower Pearl River's Piney Woods: Its Land and People
by John Hawkins Napier
Bogue Chitto Map

Bogue Chitto is located at 32°49'47" North, 88°55'12" West (32.829842, -88.920118)1 

Lincoln County, Mississippi (MS), United States

Facts & Statistics

Place Name

Lincoln County

Place Status (Type)

county

Capital is

Brookhaven

Population

30,278 (1990)

Location

Mississippi, United States, North America

Latitude

31°32'N

Longitude

90°27'W



Lincoln , county ( 588 sq mi/1,523 sq km; 1990 pop. 30,278), SW Miss.; Brookhaven; 31°32'N 90°27'W. Drained by Bogue Chitto and East Fork Amite rivers. Agr. (cotton, corn; cattle, poultry; dairying); timber. Part of Homochitto Natl. Forest in NW. Formed 1870.

French Camp, Mississippi (MS), United States

Facts & Statistics

Place Name

French Camp

Place Status (Type)

village

Population

320 (1990)

Location

Choctaw County, Mississippi (MS), United States, North America

Latitude

33°17'N

Longitude

89°24'W



French Camp , village (1990 pop. 320), Choctaw co., central Miss., 13 mi/21 km W of Ackerman, on Natchez Trace Natl. Parkway; 33°17'N 89°24'W. Agr. (cotton, corn; cattle); mfg. (wooden boxes). Rainwater Observatory to N, has 13 telescopes.

Stuff about Yalobusha River region Interesting have to print as can't copy.