Don L. Birchfield

Elementary Choctology
The new governor of French Louisiana meets the Choctaws:

“It seems to me that they are true to their plighted faith. But we must be the
same in our transactions with them. They are men who reflect, and who have
more logic and precision in their reasoning than it is commonly thought.”
Kerleric, 1753

One year later:

“I am sufficiently acquainted with the Choctaws to know that they are cov-
etous, lying, and treacherous. So that I keep on my guard without showing
it.” Kerleric, 1754

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