Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-22
OLD MEMPHIS.
Indians and Indian Trading-The Three
lizards Of Mayor Rawlings.

Fprroas APPEAL-Memphis, during the
wears of her infancy, from $50 70 ls5l, mad
large Indian trade, which was dlNloed among
the FUR merchants who al tnat esfiy PeIlOa
bad settled here. Among the earliest were
Isaac Rawlings. Winchester q Cairrs llIlleton
Henderson, Fearn & Lawrence ana L 1ouns
The Chiclrasar Indians. whose territory lay
II, the northern part OF Mississi ppls annually
visited Memphis for the purpose Oi - l,4sills l,
.of such articles OF commerce as lileli cOutittg
a-nd habits produced htcb consisted OF nlqesi
6l irs peitries, honey, beeswax, taJoWr PONIES
~ .niSon hams. dressed bucksiklnhs moe ctisliiss
-, 4 head work The government paid tneln
an annuity in coin OF HUNDREDS Of thouhanuh
or dollars, a large portion oi wnlch loull 49, ~
- 10 our then small village. The assori-
,,e55, = OF goods were then mostly brought IN
- - g Indian trade. Flour and whisky, sugar
ana e, pfee, salt and tobacco powder aiie @ ie'il,
ol1,1 hi ufs and butcbeT-kn1Ves, saddles D.idles
-.5,5 sD,lrs. blankets and beads, blue cltlAcyts
md 6ro wn shirrimgs, ana Dlue ana seeiIet
cloth ma de up gfnerat ai'i 1iiieiit VI MUM
Tbe indian has a peculiar mode OF traihe,
ana SLOW and cautious in his sales ana p9r-
qfasas III he had a hundred De&f fer-sillils ne
would dispose of only one az 2 lllil'ss ll1 49,
Receiving ia pa ment the articles ne v anltul
would return TO his camp on tut y41I @ "-lu @
give them 70 his squaW, and speno lhe Ie-
F1,aiuder Of fhe day in q discussing the quallty
slf his whisky and tobacco, ana lne shlue =.
his purchases, until, 9Fercoils ~ -, - y f5if
syn his blankets 10 sleep on us eliecls. fOny
racing. shooting with bow and arrow dfllA-
islu and carUuSlug ana IuelE ftcltldI liAsiliAilA
OF iispusing OF business generally took a lam
fIv from two % three weeks 70 get through
riieir stock. The skins in which they brought
their honey 90 market served 70 nold tnelr
whisky for transportation; every thing was
carried on the backs Of their ponies, which
made their vessels and sacks Of sizes and
SHAPES unusual 10 the eyes Of one not accus-
TONED 10 them.
In these DAYS the most OF our business men
smoke their language or had in their employ
:, clerk who did, in l62 there was a large fall
inc o4f in their trade which gradually got
less every year until their removal west Of the
Asthe indian trade fen or the cotton crop
sfl1creased In l83s Mr. samuel Dunn erected a
serfubouse ON ChickasaW street, west side,
north OF jackson, and ginned all the cotton
raised around Memphis. The next year 10 was
run by Mason Smith. and did a large business.
Mason smith. think, was the first cOnsta-
fice while Mr. Isaac Rawlings was magistrate.
M Rawlings was q MarylaRoer, an educated,
hfgh-toBed gentleman. but had some eccen-
tricities. and among them was his habit Of
calling The last letter Of the alphabet Izs0rd
M u Joiner and u. Bite had a suit Ia his
.eourf and on the day q trial Ar. haulings
asked Mr. smith II The parties We're in court
,Td readv for trial? On being answered they
,r-sre. fe ordered Mr.. Smith 70 cali lizard Ed
7aunds and read him his docket.
lizard Joiner Ua. lizard Hliei lzZaEd Ed
Tbis was more than the audience could
stand. and a general laughter followed, the ei-
forts of the officer 70 suppress lt BY ealing ior
h"''ei ii''e' CHICKAs BLUFF.