At the end of the year 1831, whilst I was on the left bank of the Mississippi at a place named by Europeans, Memphis, there arrived a numerous band of Choctaws (or Chactas, as they are called by the French in Louisiana).
1831. urtearen bukaeran Mississippiren ezkerraldean nengoen, europarrek Memphis deritzoten leku batean. Hantxe nengoen bitartean, choctaws-en (Louisianako frantsesek "chactas" deitzen dituzte) talde handi bat iritsi zen;