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This b-side to Scarlet's Walk was first released as a streaming-audio feature on Scarlet's Web, located on the star on the Mississippi River. It has since been released officially as one of Scarlet's Hidden Treasures on May 18, 2004 as part of the Welcome to Sunny Florida DVD/CD set.
Tombigbee appears to be a reference to the Tombigbee River. The original Choctaw (Native American) homeland took in most of what is now the state of Mississippi, plus some smaller land holdings in what are now the present states of Georgia and Alabama. It was rich land, bordered on the west by the Mississippi River, and included the rich bottomlands of both the Tombigbee and Pearl Rivers and their tributaries plus millions of acres of rich timber and hunting lands. It was decided by the U. S. Military, who found themselves looking at a French port just across the river, that they needed an extensive "piece of pie" shaped chunk of the Choctaw Nation as a buffer against any possible French invasion through Indian country. Within two years, the United States negotiators were back with even bigger demands for Choctaw lands, which would give them most of the rich Tombigbee River valley farming lands. Despite very few Choctaws attending the negotiations, the conference agreed and the Treaty of Mount Dexter was signed Nov. 16, 1805. It is ironic to note that in this treaty the U.S. government pledged "this is the last time that the United States will ask the Choctaw Nation to give up any of its traditional homeland and will hereafter respect the Choctaw borders and Choctaw laws." They lived up to this pledge for 15 years. It should be noted that, in the meantime, between the 1805 Treaty of Mt. Dexter and 1820, there had been a major shift in policy concerning the Indians of the southeast within the U.S. Government. And, the decision had been reached that the southeastern tribes, including Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Cherokees and Seminoles must be removed to "someplace in the west" giving all of the rich cotton growing lands east of the Mississippi to the whites. (Source)
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