...supposed to consist, in.;all, of five hundred families! They .are, at times, troublesome to the boats descending the river, and have even plundered some...long in any place ; many of them speak English, all underitfand it, and there are some who even read and write it. " At St. Genevieve, in the settlement...

...become greatly reduced in numbers, and had lost their former power. In the year 1802 it was written: "At St. Genevieve, in the settlement among the whites, are about thirty Piorias, Kaskaskias, and Hinois, who seldom hunt, for fear of the other Indians. They are the remains of a nation, which fifty...

...An 1806 report called the Chickasaws "vagabonds" and stated that they were "troublesome to the boats descending the river and have even plundered some of them and committed a few murders." However, the Western Chickasaws spent most of the time on the lower Red and Arkansas rivers.11 Resourceful...

...and supposed to consist in all of five hundred families : they are at times troublesome to the boats descending the river, and have even plundered some...Genevieve, in the settlement among the whites, are abput thirty Piorias, Kaskaskias, and Illinois, who seldom hunt, for fear of the other Indians: they...