BGuthrie Photos: AL -- Natchez Trace Parkway -- Mile 320.3 -- Buzzard Roost Spring

AL -- Natchez Trace Parkway -- Mile 320.3 -- Buzzard Roost Spring:

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1. NT3203_170606_01.JPG: Bridging Cultures Natchez Trace Parkway Here, near the bubbling waters of Buzzard Roost Spring, Levi Colbert (Itawamba Minko, "Bench Chief") built one of the many inns -- called stands -- along the Natchez Trace. But it was Colbert's negotiating and language skills that sustained him as a tribal leader. Bilingual, with a Scottish father and Chickasaw mother, he took advance of opportunities in both cultures. Across several decades, Colbert sat among the Chickasaw during treaty talks. Using his knowledge both white and Chickasaw society, he protected both the Chickasaw homeland and his own interest. A dogged negotiator, at the time of his death in 1834, Colbert was trying to amend an 1832 treaty to gain better terms for the Chickasaw people. A 2012 inductee into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame, Levi Colbert earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator.
2. NT3203_170606_37.JPG: Levi Colbert, a Chickasaw Chief, operated a stand near here that served Old Trace travelers in the early 1800s. Adjacent to this area was a spring which provided an abundant water supply.
3. NT3203_170606_44.JPG: Something to Chew on Natchez Trace Parkway Inns, or stands, provided occasional shelter for travelers along the Natchez Trace. These stands offered flood to eat and food for thought: local news, information, and ideas. The ever-changing mix of diverse populations -- whites, American Indians, African Americans -- interacted at stands on a regular basis. Already a Chickasaw leader and successful businessman, Levi Colbert enhanced his influence with a stand that he owned and operated here at Buzzard Roost Spring. Trace travelers no doubt talked about Levi's stand. It was nicer than most, and offered respite from the miles of footsteps that defined a Trace journey.
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Description of Subject Matter: Site of historic stand. Short trail to spring.
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