Bear in mind that both the Cherokee & Choctaw tribes joined the Confederacy. One of the main reasons those tribes fought for the south was that they bought and sold black (negro) slaves. Owning slaves was not a foreign idea to them. They owned slaves before meeting the white men.
11 posted on 08/17/2017 4:25:41 PM PDT by Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))