A Map Describing the Situation of the several Nations of Indians between South Carolina and the Massisipi; was Copyed from a Draught Drawn upon a Deer Skin by an Indian Cacique and Presented to Francis Nicholson Esqr. Governour of Carolina
Unidentified Chickasaw mapmaker
c. 1723

This map depicts an area encompassing approximately 700,000 square miles from Texas to New York. Because several of the notations are from the western Muskogean language, it is believed that a Chickasaw drew this map and presented it to Nicholson on behalf of the Chickasaws. Several paths and river routes lead from the Chickasaw Nation, and several tribes allied with the French (F) surround the Chickasaws. It is likely the Chickasaws wished to illustrate their predicament to the English, their allies against the French. The original copy, drawn on deerskin-shaped paper, no longer exists.

Courtesy British Public Record Office, Kew

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