Choctaws traded one third of their remaining lands in Mississippi for land across the Mississippi River. Mississippi’s capital and its county, Jackson and Hinds, were later named after United States negotiators Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hinds.
Choctaws traded one third of their remaining lands in Mississippi for land across the Mississippi River. Mississippi’s capital and its county, Jackson and Hinds, were later named after United States negotiators Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hinds.