Chickasaw Council House Westerly on the Natchez Trace stood an Indian village "Pontatock" with its council house which, in the 1820's, became the Capitol of the Chickasaw Nation. The chiefs and headmen met there to sign treaties or to establish tribal laws and policies. Each summer, two or three thousand Indians... [full inscription unknown]

, Troy, MS, United States

Monroe Mission Station At Monroe Mission Station northwest of here, the Chickasaws first received Christianity and education in 1822. Five years later, 100 acres were under cultivation and 81 pupils were attending the school. Boys learned farming and carpentry, and girls learned spinning and weaving, in addition to classroom work. More than 150 persons were baptized in the church, a "diminutive room, not over 16' × 16'." In front was "a large arbor covered with brush and seated with puncheons" for summer meetings. Monroe and three other stations were the training centers for many who became leaders of the Chickasaws in Oklahoma.

, Troy, MS, United States