Choctaw materials, Samuel George Morton Papers

Culture:
Choctaw includes: Chahta
Creek
Language: English
Date: December 16, 1832
Contributor: Pitcher, Zina, 1797-1872
Subject: Grave robbing | Human remains | Migrations | Phrenology | Anthropometry
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 3 pages
Description: Letter discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Pitcher gives route for Mr. Conrad (conchologist) to go west, tells of migration of Choctaws, road, and explorations for land for them. Has a Creek skeleton he will send when the river gets high enough.
Collection: Samuel George Morton Papers Mss.B.M843