us indian agent douglas h cooper enrolled natives for service as early as april of 1861 again before an official treaty of alliance had been signed muster role show over 100 troops enlisted in may of 1861 specifically on may 13th and scullyville. described which you can see here in the northeast corner of choctaw nation. and and scullyville was known as a particular stronghold for southern support because of the large number of slaveholders in the area. so perhaps that explains this high number of enlistments in that area or this fervor for enlistment might have been prompted by the neighboring state of arkansas's decision to join the confederacy less than one week prior on may 7th of 1861. so you can see other locations on this map that were hotbeds of enlistment activity dokesville, fort ouachita for arbuckle sulfur spring goodland station sugarloaf boggy depot, blackjack grove and perryville were all locations for clusters of enlistment in 1861 dogsville and boggy depot. so each served as capitals of the choctaw nation. so these seem like very logical sites for forming companies.

colonel douglas cooper read over 14 supplemented by the texas calvary. each ofse the battles. cherokee presbyterian ministers wrote in january of1862. unless there is considerable force of confederate troops on the border to oppose another nickname. nearly 230 f and listed in march again for the same area. of the company is raised in the county formed on march 10th in response to the battle at the ridge at the tavern in nearby arkansas. here's one battle from 1899 so after the war and here is a 20th century which we could talk about if you would like. this was produced in a part of a celebration of the war centennial and its bob saunders and at the back of the card had a summary of the war and a black hole collection included 88 cards, ed seven with images and then a card that was the checklist. albert pulled back the forces in thee territory isolated. i hope what i am giving you a sense of and trying to argue is that you can see that these battles can spur enlistment activities that they are happening obviously in the larger world where they are paying attention to the events

the 10,000 troops coronal douglas predicted they would provide in a litter to the confederacy, jeff davis, given the number of the population was less then 23,000 people.d cooper w wrote the choctaw can furnish 10,000 warriors. they are extremely anxious to form another regiment. the data included in the compiled military records tell us about individual soldiers but the changing nation of the choctaw society. the s names can demonstrate the influence of euro americans and changes ine practices. this is an look at some of the names we can see in the records.ou you will see several thomaser jefferson, jefferson david, private age 25. also, more traditional name like chubby. you can see blended names were there is a european root of a name but combined with choctaw name and prominent families. the leflorees and mccurtains are important. something as simple as these names on the enlistment records reveals t broader changes that were taking place in choctaw society.ol the age data provides opportunities for comparison with similar data on american soldiers.rs just summarize to say choctaw soldiers the average age was a bit older than the average age of a enlistees

cooper's union. the premier cited the country to give a major speech. it was covered widely in the new york press. it has been on accountability ignored by historians in anthologies of douglas's speeches. in this remarkable speech he says that abraham lincoln was pre eminently the white man's president. the first president to bow the prejudices of his time and the country. to invite me a black man to the white house. by that gesture abraham lincoln was saying he is the president of the black man as well as the white man, i mean to honor their rights as men and citizens. it is a striking contrast to the speech that is very well-known, widely anthologized, commented on regularly which is a speech he gave 11 years later at the dedication of a statue of the emancipation memorial in washington. he said that abraham lincoln was pre-eminently the white man's president. i remember when i first encountered that speech in the douglass papers and manuscripts. i was astounded! surely i would have seen this speech in the fine volume edition of douglas's speech is that the yale press published, or the four volume study that philip foner had done -- i went back to the sources in those was n

cooper union the premiere site in the country to give up major speech. and it was covered widely in the new york press, but it's been on accountably ignored by historians and anthologists of douglas's speeches. and in this remarkable speech he says abraham lincoln was preeminently the white man's president the first to rise above the prejudices of his time and his country by inviting me frederick douglass to the white house to consult on public affairs. lincoln was saying by that gesture that i am the president of the black people as well as the white and i mean to honor their rights as men and citizens. and it's a striking contrast to the speech. that is very well. known widely anthologized and commented on regularly and that is a speech he gave 11 years later. at the dedication of a statue the emancipation memorial in washington in which he said abraham lincoln was preeminently the white man's president. and i remember when i first encountered the speech in the douglas papers in manuscript. i was i was astounded i said surely i would have seen this speech in the five. i am addition of douglas's speeches that the yale press published or the four-volume study of philip phone or had

cooperator. he's a rabble-rouser. >> yes. >> from the days, david, when i was at spartacus workers league, this is the way we played it. probably thinks spartacus is something with -- >> kirk douglas >> great book, by the way, "ragman's son." he talks about the making of that movie. >> born in abject poverty. >> how great. anyway, that's neither here nor there. >> no, it isn't, but something else we talk a lot about in addition to kirk douglas is antitrust policy, both the department of justice -- >> what kind of segue was that? >> it wasn't one. is the fact that the aggressive stance of both, of course, has mitigated the willingness of certain companies to pursue deals, to pursue mergers and acquisitions. >> okay. >> interesting data point of late. and since, really, the ftc lost that case against microsoft, we've seen a number of deals that might have been expected to be challenged by either the doj or the ftc get through. now, is it indicative, necessarily, of anything in particular? it may be a brief trend, but it's worth noting. one was this week. vmware got ftc approval of broadcom. that was somewhat unexpected. there had been some belief that they might try to step in there